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Course name
Astro482 Spring 2020
Institution
U of Washington
Instructor
Paula Szkody
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Scientific Writing
Course dates
2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-06-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
6


The course covers various aspects of scientific writing and editing, including journal articles and an article for the public in the TJO Observatory Newsletter. To compare different editing styles, students will find and edit a scientific wikipedia article that needs further work.

Student Assigned Reviewing
CayenneEMatt Extragalactic astronomy
Tsartuis
Chayner22
Stephdav000 Synestia
Gkovoor Deformable mirror
Brad.koplitz
Williamdolsen Quantum computing
ThomasDKennedy Type Ia supernova
Tzvetd Owl Nebula
JoeschUW Elementary particle
EddySu98 Quantum Hall effect

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 1 April 2020
In class - Getting 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.)


Assignment - Learn about Wikipedia

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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 6 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Assignment - Find an article to edit

 

Exercise

Edit an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 13 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Assignment - Complete changes to your article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 20 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Assignment - Submit your final edited article