Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/College of Southern Nevada/PSY 101 (Spring 2019)

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Course name
PSY 101
Institution
College of Southern Nevada
Instructor
Jon Skalski
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Introduction to General Psychology
Course dates
2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-18 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


Psychological Topics

Student Assigned Reviewing
Nscpsy101

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 March 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 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 April 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

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

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Assignment - Finalize your contribution(s)

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

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!