Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Lehigh University/Exoplanets (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Exoplanets
Institution
Lehigh University
Instructor
Joshua Pepper
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Astrophysics
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


This course covers the topic of exoplanets, including detection methods, planet populations, properties of known exoplanets, and conditions for exoplanet habitability.

Student Assigned Reviewing
TeamAsteroid Methods of detecting exoplanets
Spoondog100
Astrostudent
Jal418 Transit (astronomy)
Mgd319
Artlessbarnacle Transit (astronomy)

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 October 2018
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.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018   |   Thursday, 25 October 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

For this project, review the Transit section of the exoplanet article and another article of your choosing related to the course. 

Evaluate an article

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018   |   Thursday, 1 November 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Thursday, 15 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 November 2018   |   Thursday, 29 November 2018
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
Tuesday, 4 December 2018   |   Thursday, 6 December 2018
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 15

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

Guiding questions

Milestones

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