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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
2022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


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 (16 students for 32 pages total).

Student Assigned Reviewing
Marythemuffinlady Lake Kickapoo, Lake Tyler East Brady Creek Reservoir, Lake Athens
Everhartnr Granger Lake, Lake Marble Falls Lake Pflugerville, Lake Plainview
Karlabt Lake Pflugerville, Lake Nagadoches Hords creek, Lake Marble Falls
Jaylenreed Lake Athens, Lake Childress Mitchell Lake (San Antonio), Lake Leon (Eastland Co.)
Kburleson12 Lake Corpus Christi, Lake Quitman O.H. Ivie Lake, Lake Tyler East
Mariannh31 Lake Cherokee, Texas, Navarro Mills Lake Coffee Mill Lake, Lake Kickapoo
John.gross0864 McGovern Lake, Lake Plainview Stillhouse Hollow Lake
Garrettduncan2 Stillhouse Hollow Lake, Hords creek McGovern Lake, Navarro Mills Lake
Bgood2day Alvarado Park Lake, Lake Waxahachie Kirby Lake
Courtney3502 Mitchell Lake (San Antonio), Coffee Mill Lake Lake Cherokee, Texas, Lake Waxahachie
Crogers52 Lake Colorado City, Texas, Cooper Lake Lake Holbrook (Texas), Granger Lake
Cweise93 Brady Creek Reservoir, Lake Charlotte Lake Bob Sandlin
Courtneythom123 Kirby Lake, Lake Leon (Eastland Co.) Alvarado Park Lake, Cooper Lake
Stj0518 O.H. Ivie Lake, Lake Bob Sandlin Lake Corpus Christi, Lake Childress
Jedmonson74 Lake Holbrook (Texas) Lake Colorado City, Texas, Lake Nagadoches

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
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 - Choose your article
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Science Communication

Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
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 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

In class - Discussion

Week 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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

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 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
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.