Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/The Atmospheric Boundary Layer (2014 Q2)/Timeline

AOS224A: The Atmospheric Boundary Layer is a graduate-level course at UCLA that covers the lowest portion of the atmosphere, representing the interface between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. This region is strongly affected by turbulence and plays an important role in the exchange of heat, momentum, trace gases, and aerosols between the Earth’s surface and the free troposphere.

Wikipedia term project

This will be a quarter-long assignment, with milestones at various times to help ensure that progress is being made.

Students will work individually to create one wikipedia article, and will act as a peer reviewer for two other articles. The goal of the assignment is to make a substantive contribution to a Wikipedia article on a topic within the atmospheric boundary layer.

Students should, as much as possible, help each other out with questions about how to do things on Wikipedia. You should communicate the Wikipedia way -- on user talk pages, and article talk pages. If you still have a question or a problem, don't hesitate to contact our Online Ambassadors.

Overview of assignments throughout the quarter (still subject to change)

Assignment Timeline

Assignment	Task	Due Date	Requirements	Points
#1	Do the online student tutorial Wikipedia:STUDENT Read WP:Students Create a Wikipedia account. Enroll in the course with the enrollment token. Create your user page. Create a pretend article in your sandbox. Make some minor edits in any article.	April 15		5
#2	Review criteria for "good" and "featured" articles Look at a few featured articles for inspiration (e.g., wind, surface weather analysis) Select 2-3 topics that are within the scope of the course, and that either have a stub or do not exist as a page on wikipedia (in rare cases, I can make an exception to this). Create a sandbox with a pretend article. Make a major edit (e.g., add a paragraph) to any article of your choice. Your edit must include adding a reference.	April 22		5
#3	Select final topic after receiving feedback from instructor. If your topic has a stub or a closely related page, make sure to leave a note on the talk page of that stub or page with a link to your sandbox where you’re writing your article. Begin writing on your topic. Compile a bibliography of relevant articles.*	April 29		5
#4	Complete first draft of your paper	May 13		5
#5	Have article ready for peer reviews	May 20th		5
#6	Peer review two articles of your peers	May 27th		20
#7	Finalize article based on peer reviews and feedback from Wikipedia community	June 10th	Grade will be based on quality of research and writing	50
#8	General participation and responsiveness to feedback from wikipedia community	Throughout project		5

More detailed description of assignments

Assignment 1: Wikipedia essentials

When is it due? Tuesday, April 15 2014, 3 PM - Allow about 2 hours, plus extra time if you get confused or distracted

What do I do? In this first unit, you will be introduced to Wikipedia, set up an account, your user page, and a pretend article in your "sandbox". If you are confused or get stuck, you can check out the resources at the bottom of this page, or ask a question at the Teahouse.

• Go through the online student orientation. It is important that you also learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. Allow about an hour for this.
• Read WP:Students. Allow about 10 minutes.
• Create a user account on Wikipedia. Note that is usually best not to use your real name, otherwise any mistakes you make (plagiarism, copyright infringements) will be on your public record!
• Enroll in the course page as follows:
  • Click on the "Enroll" tab at the top of this page.
  • Enter the Enrollment Token provided in the CCLE instruction email and follow any other instructions.
  • Make sure that your User Name appears in the list of students at the bottom of the course page.
  • If it does not, check the top of the page to make sure that there is no statement indicating that you are looking at a cached copy of the page. If you are, click the link to update. This might take a few minutes.
• Look at an annotated article to better understand editing and the layout of Wikipedia articles.
• Create your user page (so that your user name is no longer red like this. Make sure there is a link (see WP:CHEAT for basic linking advice) to the course page at the top. Your user page can be as simple as copy and pasting this: "I'm editing Wikipedia as part of this assignment and here's a link to my sandbox." And of course feel free to further personalize your user page! Allow a few minutes.
• Create your sandbox with a pretend article. Practice using brief edit summaries for each edit. Make a first sentence with bold letters, like Wikipedia articles. Add a reference section. Cite a source. Add a picture from the Wikipedia Commons. Add a section heading. Allow about 20 minutes
• Make some minor edits in any article of your choice (e.g., improve the writing and / or add some references).
• 5% of project grade

Further resources

• Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia, Logan DW, Sandal M, Gardner PP, Manske M, Bateman A (2010). PLoS Comput Biol 6(9): e1000941.
• Welcome to Wikipedia
• Getting started
• Where to ask questions or make comments
• Glossary
• Help desk
• Reference desk
• The manual of style
• A list of words and phrases to avoid to ensure a neutral article.
• The "Editing Wikipedia" brochure.
• Figures and Images - You need to make sure that any figure you add to an article is suitably licensed. Usually that means Creative Commons attribution (CC-BY) or Creative Commons attribution/share-alike (CC-BY-SA). You can either try to find existing figures, or you can create your own. A great resource for finding existing figures and images is Wikimedia Commons. Here is a list of a few search tools that might help.
• A brief video on citing your sources.

Notes

Much of this page was adapted from this education page.

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