Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Metropolitan State University of Denver/Biochemistry II (Spring 2022)
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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.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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
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- Monday, 31 January 2022 | Wednesday, 2 February 2022
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 February 2022 | Wednesday, 9 February 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Content Gap Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 February 2022 | Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Assignment - Find 3 review articles (one on each possible topic)
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 February 2022 | Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Monday, 28 March 2022 | Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.