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- Course name
- Advanced Genetics
- Institution
- Salem College
- Instructor
- Rebecca Dunn
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Advanced Genetics
- Course dates
- 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 24
We are working with Drosophila melanogaster in the laboratory section of the course. I have seen that the mutations that we are working with are not on the Drosophila melanogaster page. Students will work in pairs to add a description of a common mutation found in classical Drosphila genetics. White eyes exist as a page by itself but that appears to be it, it seems that the Drosophila melanogaster page could incorporate the mutations or the students could add the mutations to new pages.
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 February 2019 | Thursday, 28 February 2019
- 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.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 March 2019 | Thursday, 7 March 2019
- In class - Evaluate Wikipedia In Laboratory
Exercise
- In class - Exercise
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 March 2019 | Thursday, 14 March 2019
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 March 2019 | Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Assignment - Wikistorm- Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
- 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 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 April 2019 | Thursday, 4 April 2019
- Milestones
Exercise
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 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 April 2019 | Thursday, 11 April 2019
- Milestones
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 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- In class - In-class presentation
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.