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Course name
Freshwater Biology
Institution
Tarleton State University
Instructor
Victoria Chraibi
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Environmental Sciences
Course dates
2020-08-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-04 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
13


Freshwater Biology (a.k.a. Limnology) teaches on the biological and physicochemical characteristics of lakes, rivers, and wetlands. Students will spend the first part of the semester learning lab and field data collection techniques. To gain an appreciation of how these data are analyzed, interpreted, and disseminated, they will edit Wikipedia pages for reservoirs in Texas (the university’s home state). They will use resources including peer-reviewed literature, federal and state government reports, and informal literature to learn how to find and critically assess each resource. Another learning goal is public science communication. It also fulfills a need for Wikipedia because of the 200 Texas reservoirs, many articles remain as stubs or do not yet exist. My plan is for each student to individually edit two pages, one stub and one new (13 students for 26 pages total).

Student Assigned Reviewing
Specspidey33 Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway, Sulphur Springs Lake Lake Weatherford, Lake Georgetown
Chasenb37 Lake Gonzales Choke Canyon Reservoir, Inks Lake State Park
Lsmith8828 Lake Bastrop, Boerne City Lake Davy Crockett Lake (Fannin County, Texas), Inks Lake State Park
Smarshall01! Choke Canyon Reservoir, Buffalo springs Lake Lake Limestone, Lake Georgetown
AntrelleClark98 Lake Limestone, Lake Arlington (Texas) Lake Georgetown, Lake Gonzales
Jstone9900 Lake Leon, Inks Lake State Park Averhoff Reservoir, Lake Georgetown
RachKingg Lake Georgetown, Lake Palo Pinto Averhoff Reservoir, Lake Gonzales
ChanceCobb Lake Ray Roberts, Lake Palestine Choke Canyon Reservoir
Twin3399 Davy Crockett Lake (Fannin County, Texas), Fort Parker State Park Lake Averhoff Reservoir, Lake Limestone
Ashtynkmccurdy Balmorhea Lake
Hmwhmw02 Averhoff Reservoir, Lake Weatherford Balmorhea Lake, Choke Canyon Reservoir

Timeline

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
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:


Assignment - Getting 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.


Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Assignment - Exercise
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Science Communication

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


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

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
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.
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


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 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
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!


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!
Milestones

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