Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Washington/Meso and Microfluidics in Chemical Analysis (Spring Quarter 2023)

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Course name
Meso and Microfluidics in Chemical Analysis
Institution
University of Washington
Instructor
Ashleigh Theberge
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Chemistry
Course dates
2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-31 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


‘Microfluidics’ refers to the manipulation of fluids in confined spaces, typically channels or networks of channels with at least one dimension on the micron scale. This course is interdisciplinary, drawing on analytical chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering concepts.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 27 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 29 March 2023   |   Friday, 31 March 2023
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.

Initial 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.)

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise (optional)

Evaluate an article

Assignment - Add to an article
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Medicine

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 3 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 5 April 2023   |   Friday, 7 April 2023
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

Assignment - Learn how to add links (required) and images (optional)

Exercise

[[../../../training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles|Add links to your article]]

 

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics if you are writing on a health topic
Optional but useful - Reflect on your own & ask in class if questions

What's a content gap?

Optional but useful - Reflect on your own & ask in class if questions

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 10 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 12 April 2023   |   Friday, 14 April 2023

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 19 April 2023   |   Friday, 21 April 2023

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 24 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 26 April 2023   |   Friday, 28 April 2023

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 3 May 2023   |   Friday, 5 May 2023

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 10 May 2023   |   Friday, 12 May 2023

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 17 May 2023   |   Friday, 19 May 2023

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 22 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 24 May 2023   |   Friday, 26 May 2023
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!

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Assignment - Moving our 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