In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
• Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

It is essential that you log into the "Epidemiology ENPH 450 - Fall 2019" course with your username everytime you work on or complete an assignment. You will not get credit for completeling the work if you are not logged in.

Assignment - Evaluating and navigating Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Assignment - Form your group and identify an article

Form your group (1-5 students per group). Individually complete the training module below.

Identify a course-related article that has an epidemiology section or paragraph(s) suitable for improvement, or perhaps, is missing altogether.

Submit your group membership and article URL per the instructions you received in class. Be sure to indicate which team member's sandbox your team will used for drafting edits. The course instructors will review the article that you selected to be sure that it is suitable for the assignment.

Assignment -

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Part A

Add to an article --- getting your feet wet

Familiarize your self with Wikipedia by adding a citation or two to an existing article. It doesn't have to be the article that you ultimately use for the assignment. This exercise is just to get you familiar with editing in Wikipedia.

Assignment -

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - Part B

Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Depending on whether you are working alone (N = 1) or in a group (N = 2-5), take the appropriate training on using the Sandbox (see above).

First draft of article needs to be ready for peer review by Thursday, 14 November 2019, 11:59 pm.

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Medicine

Assignment - Peer review training

Take the peer review training module indicated below.

Depending on the size of your group, the instructors will assign one or two articles for your group to review.

Remember, other Wikepedia editors may also be reviewing the article. Be respectful of others' opinions

Peer review training must be complete by Thursday, 14 November 2019, 11:59 pm

Assignment -

Guiding framework

Assignment - Continue working on your article

First drafts must be ready for peer review by SUNDAY, 17 November 2019, 11:59 pm

Assignment - Continue working on your article

First drafts must be ready for peer review by SUNDAY, 17 November 2019, 11:59 pm

Assignment - Conduct peer review

Peer reviews are due by FRIDAY, 22 November 2019, 11:59 pm.

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
• Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia

It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace." This is due no later than Thursday, 5 December 2019, 11:59 pm. This is the version that will be evaluated. Any additional chances will not be considered for the purpose of this Wikipedia assignment.

Depending on whether you are working alone (N = 1) or in a group (N = 2-5), take the appropriate training on using the Moving to the Mainpage (see above).

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Assignment - Reflection paper

Submit your reflection paper to the CANVAS dropbox by THURSDAY, 12 December 2019, 11:59 pm. Follow the instruction received in class on 10 October 2019.

You are a Wikipedian -- go forth and make the world a better place.