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=Welcome to Wikis I & II=

Course Dates and Times: Wikis I: Wednesday. 3/2/11 3-6 pm & Wednesday, 3/9/11 3-6 pm Wikis II:Monday, 4/11/11 3-6 pm & Tuesday, 4/12/11 3-6 pm

Wikis II - Kicking it up a notch
Course Roster:

Tim Kasper Brenda Kohl Alison Moran Katie Nosek Robyn Starr Mary Summers-Wende Rob Currin

Items that will be covered in this class:

Day One:

-[|What is a wiki]? -Why Wikis?

-Basic Wiki Use
 * Adding/Formatting Text
 * To add and format text, simply click the 'Edit' button on the page and use the editing tool bar that appears at the top of the page.
 * Uploading Documents
 * To upload a document you must first click on the 'file' tab to upload it from your computer (perhaps your H drive here at school). Once the document has been uploaded, simply double click on it and it will be placed wherever your cursor currently is on the page.
 * Uploading Images
 * Follow all the same rules for uploading a document.
 * Uploading Videos
 * In order to upload a video to your wiki, you must first click on the 'widget' tab in the edit bar and copy the embed code from the page that the video is currently on. Once you have copied the video's embed code, click 'edit', then click the 'widget' tab. Click video, and then the source, then paste the embed code. The video will now show up on your wiki page.
 * External and Internal Links (creating new pages)
 * To create a new page on your wiki, you must first decide what to call the page. Click the 'edit' button. When you have typed in the name of the new page, highlight the text and click the link button at the top of the page. Click 'add link' and the new page will be ready for you to edit. Remember, you must edit the page in order for it to exist.
 * To create an external link, highlight the desired text that you want to link, click 'link', click 'external link'.
 * Using the Discussion Function
 * Click on the 'discussion' tab. Click 'new post', label the post and start typing what you'd like to appear in the message body. You can lock and delete topics from the 'discussion' tab as well.
 * Wikispaces Messaging (In house e-mail)
 * Click on the envelope at the top right corner of the page. Follow standard e-mailing procedure. Instead of e-mail addresses, use user names. You can also send messages to entire groups.
 * Keeping Tabs (who's doing what)
 * Click the 'history' tab on any page to see who has been up to what.

Day Two:

-Advanced Wiki Use How can you use this? - Group discussion
 * Starting Your Wiki
 * Public/Protected/Private
 * Public wikis can be viewed and edited by anyone
 * Protected wikis can be viewed by anyone but only members can edit content
 * Private wikis can only be viewed and edited by members
 * Look and Feel
 * Under the 'manage wiki' tab
 * Locking Pages (Very Important!!!)
 * under 'manage wikis' click 'pages' select the page(s) that you would like to lock
 * Navigation Bar and the Widget
 * Deleting and Managing Pages
 * under 'manage wikis' click 'pages' select the page(s) that you would like to lock
 * Inviting Members
 * Click 'manage wiki', click 'members', scroll to the bottom of that page and start inviting members to join by username.

-Wiki Design and Use

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