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Course name
MAE 7160
Institution
Engineering
Instructor
Selena Bryant
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Fracture Mechanics
Course dates
2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


Editing Fracture Mechanics articles

Student Assigned Reviewing
Guwenjia Crack closure
Sairam Pamulaparthi Venkata Paris' law
Cbonneville
Zwrouse Crack growth resistance curve
JPMulderrig Fracture mechanics
MingjieZ Strain energy release rate
Tpm92 Fracture mechanics
StevenJYang Delamination
Debmalya Ghosh Fracture toughness
IdaAng Fracture of Biological Materials
SBLCebry
Mrb289
Mbuche1 User:Mbuche1/sandbox
FernandaFontenele The Basics on Fracture of Soft Materials, Fracture of Soft Materials

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


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 4

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Assignment - Peer Review
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 - 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 5

Course meetings
Monday, 6 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 8 May 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!
Milestones

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