Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Colorado, Boulder/Remote Sensing of the Environment (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
- Institution
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Instructor
- Rachel Isaacs
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Remote Sensing
- Course dates
- 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-15 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 32
Extra credit project for students to update existing articles related to Remote Sensing
Timeline
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018 | Thursday, 4 October 2018
- In class - Extra Credit Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia Extra Credit 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
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018 | Thursday, 11 October 2018
- 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 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Exercise
For this exercise, please read the Remote Sensing article on Wikipedia.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Exercise
For this exercise, please pick a topic related to Remote Sensing to improve. You can see a list of existing articles on Wikipedia related to Remote Sensing here.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- Assignment - Finalize your topic
Exercise
Make sure another student has not already assigned themself your chosen topic. You can see the other topics students have selected on the Students tab of this course page.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018 | Thursday, 1 November 2018
- 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
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Once you have a complete first draft, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 December 2018 | Thursday, 6 December 2018
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 December 2018 | Thursday, 13 December 2018
- 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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay
To get full credit for this extra credit assignment you'll need to write up a short response to the guiding questions here and provide a print out copy (before & after) of your article.
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.