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- Course name
- Adult Development
- Institution
- BYUIdaho
- Instructor
- Jon Skalski
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Adult Development
- Course dates
- 2020-09-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-21 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 67
This course studies cognitive, social, physical, and personality development during adulthood. Note: This course page is being used for two sections of the same course.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 September 2020 | Wednesday, 23 September 2020 | Friday, 25 September 2020
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 September 2020 | Wednesday, 30 September 2020 | Friday, 2 October 2020
- 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
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link Brother Skalski posted on the Canvas home page and/or emailed 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.)
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 October 2020 | Wednesday, 7 October 2020 | Friday, 9 October 2020
- Assignment - Review rules for clinical psychology topics... these are to be avoided
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 October 2020 | Wednesday, 14 October 2020 | Friday, 16 October 2020
- In class - Complete Copyediting an Article Assignment in Canvas
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 19 October 2020 | Wednesday, 21 October 2020 | Friday, 23 October 2020
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your peers, teaching assistant(s), Brother Skalski, and Wikipedia Expert if you have questions. The Get Help button at the top of this page takes you to our Wikipedia Content Expert, but they have thousands of students.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 October 2020 | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 | Friday, 30 October 2020
- In class - Work on Your Contributions
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 November 2020 | Wednesday, 4 November 2020 | Friday, 6 November 2020
- Assignment - Peer review two students' contributions
- 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.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned contributions, making sure that every contribution has been reviewed.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 November 2020 | Wednesday, 11 November 2020 | Friday, 13 November 2020
- 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 November 2020 | Wednesday, 18 November 2020 | Friday, 20 November 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving your contributions
Exercise
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; 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 peers, teaching assistant(s), subject librarian, and Brother Skalski if you need further help! We can even reach out to Wikipedia content experts if
needed.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 November 2020
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your contributions.
- 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 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 November 2020 | Wednesday, 2 December 2020 | Friday, 4 December 2020
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.