Wikis in Education: Part III Wiki Basics University School of Milwaukee

The basics In this section you will learn to: Edit a page Create a new page Create a folder Put the page in the folder Add a link to page/URL/ Add a picture Add a file Add a gadget Add a calendar

HELP Button Useful information when you need help!

While all that information is useful, we rather not have it on the front page Best way to keep this information is to move it to a separate page So let us create a new page! Click “Create Page” (top right corner) Name your page “HELP” – OK and SAVE

Recent Activity Go back to front page Click EDIT Highlight all text Copy How to find your help page? Look under RECENT ACTIVITY Click HELP page Click Edit Paste information Click SAVE

Click SAVE!

Changing a title of a page Click EDIT at the page you wish to change the title of Click the “abI” button next to the title Rename help to HELP Click Rename Important! ◦If you rename a page, all links to that page should be checked!

There are different ways to get to the pages you create 1)Click PAGES & FILES TEMPLATES (we will create templates later ) TEMPLATES (we will create templates later )

2) Create links on the front page that makes it easy to locate it. ◦Click EDIT ◦Type text ◦Highlight text you wish to link (HELP) ◦Click either: Add link from toolbar OR click the page in side bar

Sidebar 3) Add links to side bar ◦Click “Edit the sidebar” ◦Click EDIT ◦Delete information ◦Add the link “HELP” just like before ◦Click SAVE ◦A side bar is useful because you will see the side bar on EVERY page you visit! Good to add useful links here!

Linking Creating links between pages makes a wiki more interactive Always remember to put the cursor where you want the link to be. Different types of links? ◦Add Link ◦Browse Pages and Folders ◦Options:  Link to other wiki page  Link to new wiki page  Link to folder  Link to Web address  Link to Address

Editing a PAGE Click WIKI Click “Edit” Use the “WYSIWYG” editor – as easy as using word. Type away! Click SAVE!

The Toolbar Bold, underline, Italic, Strikethrough Subscript an Superscript Bullets and Numbering Increasing and Decreasing Indent Alignment: left, center, right Undo, Copy & Paste Text and Background color Headers, Font, Size Spelling check, Horizontal Line Erase formatting / Show Source (coding) Add link Normal view and Full screen

Inserting Link Table Horizontal line Table of contents Video Calendar HTML/Javascript More ◦Powerpoint slideshow, equation, footnotes, google gadgets, RSS feed, photo slideshow, TeacherTube video, page information, SKYPE

Creating a new page/ folder Creating a folder:Creating a new page: ◦Front Page ◦“Page and Files” ◦“New” ◦New page or new file ◦Go to front page ◦Click “Create a Page” ◦Give your page a name ◦Put your page in a folder TIP: Folders are great to separate students or courses!

Add a template If you want your students to use the same format. E.g. lesson plans, creating a game, writing a paragraph, doing a project You can create a page and by adding the tag “template,” you create a template that you can copy.

Templates When you create a new page, you can now click on a template you designed TIP Templates are great for beginning wiki users and young children – they should only know to click edit, type, and save. Just like a worksheet but online! TIP Templates are great for beginning wiki users and young children – they should only know to click edit, type, and save. Just like a worksheet but online!

Your turn! Try this! Edit a page Create a new page Create a folder Put the page in the folder Add a link to page/URL/ Add a picture Add a file Add a gadget Add a calendar Create a template

For more ideas check out the PBworks educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates, and a community of fellow teacher users.

Thank you! More info: com com me if you have any questions or you need assistance with your wiki.