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Course name
Biochemistry II
Institution
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Instructor
Emily Ragan
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Chemistry
Course dates
2022-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Students engage in an in-depth study of the metabolism and function of lipids, amino acids, and nucleic acids. Students also expand their understanding protein structure/function relationships, performing multiple sequence alignments and exploring protein structures using UCSF Chimera. The creation or modification of a protein-related entry is an alternative to the traditional final paper.

Student Assigned Reviewing
DSchlink15 ABCG2
Amdillon27 Integrase
Mooncat2627 Replication protein A
KNoelA Bovine serum albumin
Eaustin656 MMP28
HollyRH
Katymh92 CTNS (gene)
Rainbowsalad Arrestin beta 2, Arrestin beta 1
Komatz
Aiccicco Flavodoxin
Tmetz22 PRDX6
Csully222 ADAR
Jessicabiochem Protein Z
Afineran RIPK3
Athoma80
Cayley P COX-2 inhibitor

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 January 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:

In class - Discussion
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
Monday, 31 January 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Genes and Proteins

Science Communication

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 7 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Content Gap Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 14 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Assignment - Find 3 review articles (one on each possible topic)

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 21 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 28 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Assignment - Exercise Finalizing topic & finding sources

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Annotated bibliography (4 sources, 1 topic) due

Be sure to include an article about a structure if you are using a protein that has a crystal structure/NMR structure/CryoEM structure; otherwise pick a protein that has an AlphaFold structure

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 March 2022
In class - Sources and Plagiarism Discussion
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise Copyedit an Article

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 March 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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 30 March 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 6 April 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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 13 April 2022
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.

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 - Submit 2nd draft to Dr. Ragan

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 20 April 2022
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 14

Course meetings
Monday, 25 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 27 April 2022
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!
In class - In-class presentation
Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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