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Course name
MMG 301-Summer 2017 Online
Institution
Michigan State University
Instructor
Scott Mulrooney
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Introductory Microbiology
Course dates
2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-07-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


Fundamentals of microbiology, including microbial structure and function, nutrition and growth, death and control. Importance and applications of major microbial groups.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 9 June 2017
Assignment - Wikipedia essentials training modules

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 16 June 2017
Assignment - Illustrate an article
  • Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article. 
    • All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a "free license," which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
    • To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.


Email Dr. Mulrooney with potential figures and Wikipedia articles they can be inserted in to.

Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 23 June 2017
Assignment - Continuing working on draft figures

Email Dr. Mulrooney with questions. Allow time for several revision cycles.

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 30 June 2017
Assignment - Submission of draft figures and figure legends

Email drafts to Dr. Mulrooney  mulroon2@msu.edu

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 7 July 2017
Assignment - Approval of finalized figures and legends

Email final versions to Dr. Mulrooney

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 14 July 2017
Assignment - Upload final figures/legends

Upload finalized figures to Wikimedia commons and edit article to embed the figures.