Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/USC Upstate/Plant Taxonomy (Spring 2020)

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Course name
Plant Taxonomy
Institution
USC Upstate
Instructor
Benjamin Montgomery
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Biology
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


Plant taxonomy and systematics, with a focus on the flora of the southeastern United States. Students learn to identify plants to family, genus and species using keys.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ben montgomery student
EricAtUSC Calycanthus floridus
ScienceMartin Plantago arenaria
Kmbenton Xanthium spinosum
Kopchak Balduina uniflora
Kris Karasev Geonoma undata

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 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 - 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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Species

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020   |   Monday, 9 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 March 2020   |   Friday, 13 March 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
Milestones

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


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 - 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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 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.