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This course will introduce students already familiar with the basics of cellular and molecular biology to a broader application of those disciplines. The course will first expand on their understanding of genetics by demonstrating how an accumulation of small changes in the way genes are coded can lead to allelic shifts in populations (microevolution), which can contribute to populations diverging into distinct species (macroevolution). The class will follow the dynamics within populations and how they interact to form communities. The selective pressures exerted on individuals, populations, and communities will be at the forefront of the discussion of ecology. Throughout the course, important biological innovations and adaptations will be a major focal point as the history of life is used as a backdrop.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Add a small contribution to the article section that you critiqued in the previous assignment, or add a citation to a claim that doesn't have one.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. Your writing will go in
your sandbox.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique. Keep in mind that the final amount of work that you add to an article needs to be about two paragaphs of well-referenced and content-rich information.
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." ** Do NOT move your work to Wikipedia until your instructor approves it.
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article. The final amount of work that you add to an article needs to be about two paragraphs of well-referenced and content-rich information. Additionally, you need to cite a minimum of 3 sources; at least one source must be a published journal or magazine article that you find through a library database.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
This course will introduce students already familiar with the basics of cellular and molecular biology to a broader application of those disciplines. The course will first expand on their understanding of genetics by demonstrating how an accumulation of small changes in the way genes are coded can lead to allelic shifts in populations (microevolution), which can contribute to populations diverging into distinct species (macroevolution). The class will follow the dynamics within populations and how they interact to form communities. The selective pressures exerted on individuals, populations, and communities will be at the forefront of the discussion of ecology. Throughout the course, important biological innovations and adaptations will be a major focal point as the history of life is used as a backdrop.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Add a small contribution to the article section that you critiqued in the previous assignment, or add a citation to a claim that doesn't have one.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. Your writing will go in
your sandbox.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique. Keep in mind that the final amount of work that you add to an article needs to be about two paragaphs of well-referenced and content-rich information.
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." ** Do NOT move your work to Wikipedia until your instructor approves it.
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article. The final amount of work that you add to an article needs to be about two paragraphs of well-referenced and content-rich information. Additionally, you need to cite a minimum of 3 sources; at least one source must be a published journal or magazine article that you find through a library database.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.