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Course name
Biology 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity
Institution
Louisiana State University
Instructor
Becky Carmichael
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Microbiology
Course dates
2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-05-04 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


From the catalog: “Biology of bacteria and archaea; evolution, diversity assessment, systematics, ecology; emphasis on molecular approaches.” This course is meant to expand your basic knowledge of microbes established in General Microbiology to help you appreciate the myriad forms, capabilities, and lifestyles of organisms in the Domains Bacteria and Archaea. We will explore their evolutionary relationships on the tree of life, their lifestyle, metabolic, and genomic variations, and introduce methods for measuring microbial diversity.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Cwooli1
JSchaf4 Deinococcus frigens
Josh.lsu791
Pcecola Deinococcus frigens
Pgraham8
Eliseduhon Deinococcus marmoris
Wmoore1996 Halobacterium noricense
Baylorpbarron Xenophilus azovorans
Cwilth
DLe828
Ccali3
Baileygentile Halobacterium noricense
Dlope11 Halobacterium noricense
AAAnadi
Mvoss12 Xenophilus azovorans
Willrd1227
Melodysalmanian Metallosphaera hakonensis
Jritt13
Llyon225 Deinococcus frigens
Dtoms12
Nhomes1 Helicobacter typhlonius
Rmicha6
Gsach7
Seriousfacephil Xenophilus aerolatus
Mburk18

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 January 2018

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 January 2018   |   Thursday, 18 January 2018

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 January 2018   |   Thursday, 25 January 2018

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 January 2018   |   Thursday, 1 February 2018

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 February 2018   |   Thursday, 8 February 2018

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 February 2018   |   Thursday, 22 February 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Proposal First Draft

Turn in to Moodle, one draft per team. These will be subjected to one round of peer review and returned for you to improve. If you do not submit a proposal, you forfeit your right to peer-review as well.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 February 2018   |   Thursday, 1 March 2018

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 March 2018   |   Thursday, 8 March 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Proposal Peer Reviews

Turn in to Moodle. These will be graded based on a rubric.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 March 2018   |   Thursday, 15 March 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Proposal Final Draft

Final draft incorporating your peer reviews. This version will be graded by Dr. Thrash according to the rubric.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 April 2018   |   Thursday, 5 April 2018
Assignment - Training

Begin working through these tutorials on your own timing

In class - Wikipedia training with Dr. Becky Carmichael

Class meets in the CxC Studio 151, 151 Coates Hall

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 April 2018   |   Thursday, 12 April 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Page First Draft

This will be done completely in your sandbox, and will not be live. Also subjected to peer-review with the same rules as before.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 April 2018   |   Thursday, 19 April 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Proposal Peer Reviews

Peer reviews of Wikipedia pages turned in, graded according to the rubric

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 April 2018   |   Thursday, 26 April 2018
Assignment - Wikipedia Page Final Draft

Final draft incorporating peer reviews. This version will be graded by Dr. Thrash. Once given the ok, you can make the page live.