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Students will perform a set of laboratory experiments covering areas of biochemistry such as protein analysis, enzyme purification, enzymatic assays, recombinant DNA and the polymerase chain reaction. The Wikipedia assignment will provide students with an opportunity to conduct secondary research in library databases and to contribute findings and sources to Wikipedia articles in the discipline.
Assignment - 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. It includes links to the training modules required for this course.
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.)
Once you have decided on an article stub, begin your research. Use the Hunter College Libraries databases to find information you want to add to the stub. You should locate two peer review sources on which to base your contribution(s)
Week 9
Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Milestones
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
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 11
Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Milestones
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 12
Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draftm it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
