User:Eas4200c.f08.gator.edwards/Wikipedia Introduction

Wikipedia is a safe and effective way to view and edit information on nearly every topic imaginable. Though some information should be taken with a grain of salt, in most cases it is fairly accurate. Individual users are able to alter information for specific pages, increasing the breadth of knowledge.

CAUTIONARY NOTE: Some information can be made false or misleading and, in some cases, purposeful misinformation can be included.

Knowing this a user can return to any previously saved information by looking in the wiki log. This log describes every user who added or subtracted from the information and what their contribution was. To deter aggresive wiki vandals from reaching out and targetting EAS 4200 user pages students are encouraged to keep a low profile. Editing other pages under a class username is not recommended as this may attract unwanted attention.

For use in EAS 4200 when turning in a homework file. The archived link should be included, not just the overall link to the main page since the article can possibly change from the time the user submits the work and the Teachers Assistant or Professor views it.

Articles in Wikipedia can be edited easily. The homeworks are created as an article under the team leader's account. From there all members of the team have access to it. The Wikipedia article editor is straightforward but there are some useful shortcuts to note:

alt + shift + e --> edit article alt + shift + s --> save article alt + shift + p --> preview article

Depending on your web browser, these shortchuts can slightly differ. See Wikipedia Keyboard Shortcuts for an extended list.

Homwork reports prepared on wikipedia are to be written in prose and should follow the fomat of this wikipedia page on Stress. The goal of this idea is to follow the format of MIT's Open CourseWare. This is to allow students to be able to understand material on their own, then communicate with others and share it in their group, and then for each group of students to share all of their work with each other. This allows for students to learn from other students and then allows the professor to communicate with the students as well. Our class is a small scale example of what MIT has to offer which is class notes for all of their classes provided to the public. Wikiversity is similar to MIT's site by providing information on many subject for further learning through collaboration.

Class Information

course title: EAS4200c Aerospace Structures

professor e-mail: vu-quoc@ufl.edu

course website: mae.ufl.edu/~vql $$ \Rightarrow \ $$ teaching $$ \Rightarrow \ $$ my course website

team details: team name between four and six characters, member names and UFID numbers, wikipedia username for the class for each member