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Course name
Helping Giving Away Psychological Science
Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Instructor
Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2019-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-01-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
200


The goal of this class is to learn about dissemination of psychological science through editing Wikipedia and Wikiversity pages and websites. Projects will include adding new pages, fleshing out existing pages, adding links to resources, and updating key pages as new high-quality information becomes available.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Hkim243
Logan520
Eldeane
Ithaker
Jenny rogers98
Whfulbri
Banawan
Taylorla
Vgarg98
Obliviblob
Averyrw
Bellete Lu
Aadevinney
Brikaug
Morgananvari
Htralka
Cdreww
Cody naccarato
Jsark01
Adodell
Keb816
Thalia0508.
Cicerritos
Taelonum
Gracemcchen911
Shruthigopalan
Alyssabrostowin
Inkrein
Alexandramoorehead

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 26 August 2019   |   Thursday, 29 August 2019
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:

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
Monday, 2 September 2019   |   Thursday, 5 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 9 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
Assignment - Select your topic

Review the rules for editing health topics and then complete the exercise. 

Exercise

Choose your topic / Find your sources

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 16 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 23 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Thursday, 10 October 2019
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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!

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.