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Course name
BIOL 4610H_6610 Cell Biology
Institution
Clemson University
Instructor
Kaustubha Qanungo
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Cell Biology
Course dates
2021-01-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course serves as the additional requirement for the honors and the graduate students only. Each student will develop a new wiki page (not created previously) of a scientist who contributed to the area of "cell and molecular biology" and is a member of the prestigious "National Academy of Sciences, United States."

Student Assigned Reviewing
Nboulos Sheldon Penman
Ashleyb123 J. Richard McIntosh
RajDwiv John W. Saunders, Jr.
Chelsev
Kathleenfallon Gary Struhl
Abbeysch123 George Stark
Noahashley Anthony Mahowald
Saltier4 Alfred Goldberg
Amahend Robert E. Kingston
Juleyharper Edwin Taylor
Mgraf12 Kevin Struhl
Kalisj Paul Kaesberg
Micaylm Alberto Kornblihtt
Kaelao Danny Reinberg
Emkatemoo Alan Lambowitz
ChrisKahle22 Yoshito Kaziro
Elisehildebrandt Alexander Glazer

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 15 January 2021
Assignment - 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:


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.

Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 22 January 2021
Assignment - The Basics of Editing

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 29 January 2021
Assignment - Exercise

"Choose an article"; The article's (which will be the wikipedia page) name is the scientist's name assigned to you


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 5 February 2021
Assignment -

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 12 February 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Friday, 19 February 2021
Assignment -

Week 8

Course meetings
Friday, 26 February 2021
Assignment - Finishing up article draft

Finish up sandbox content of your article

Week 9

Course meetings
Friday, 5 March 2021
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings
Friday, 12 March 2021
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings
Friday, 19 March 2021
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12

Course meetings
Friday, 26 March 2021
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 13

Course meetings
Friday, 2 April 2021
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Week 14

Course meetings
Friday, 9 April 2021
Milestones

First extra week for all the excuses

Week 15

Course meetings
Friday, 16 April 2021
Milestones

Second extra week for all the excuses