(Off Like a Prom Dress) How We Used a Wiki to Manage Our Prom Expo Marcus Lacher Minnesota State Community & Technical College – Detroit Lakes

Who am I? – Why am I here? Instructor – Administrative Management Technology (Admin Support-on-Steriods) Detroit Lakes is a small campus with many commuting students I am trying to minimize the quantity of required F2F class meetings without being classified as a “Distance” course.

Enrollment What is a Prom Expo? Event Planning course Goals! Host local high school students (Prom Attendees) Sell booth space to local vendors Goals! Authentic experience for students to administer an event on-campus Expose area high school students to our campus Enrollment

To the Rescue!

Why a Wiki? A wiki allows multiple disparate users to collaborate on a project using a web site 24x7 Allows class to meet outside of physical time/location Popular for commuting students No software to download Internet-based (Web 2.0) Free for educators (PBwiki) Easy WYSIWIG editing

Our Wiki … (Demo) © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Demo Notes Our Wiki was created with PBwiki 1.0 This version allowed access to the wiki via a password. SPARTANS08 The 2.0 version changes the access procedure to require an invite to an email address. The navigation on our wiki is aided by the use of the Sidebar navigation tool. The Recent Activity & Page Information allowed to track student participation

Other Wiki Resources WikiSpaces* http://www.wikispaces.com *Public Wikis are free, private wikis are accessed a fee. WetPaint http://www.wetpaint.com http://www.wikidot.com/ There are dozens of wiki environments that are free and easy to use. © © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Make a free wiki as easily as a Peanut butter sandwich. © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Log onto www.pbwiki.com © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Create Your Wiki Create Your Wiki Name Enter Your e-mail Address Specify “Education” Go to your e-mail to Continue Click the Link to your new wiki © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Create Your Wiki Select a Password (letters & numbers- no spaces or punctuation) Confirm your Password Make wiki Private Agree to Terms Accept Point & Click Editor Click “Next” © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Try Out the Free Version Select “Continue trying out the free version. © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Your Website is Ready! © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Click Edit To Begin the Journey © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Edit Text Delete current text Enter your text Make formatting changes: Font color, style, centering, etc. Save your changes SAVE © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Add Text © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Add an Image Save your image (you cannot use copy) Select Insert Image Browse for your image Upload Click OK © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Add New Page Type your new page name Click the Link icon Select Wiki Page Click on the Tiddler for your new page Select Create New Page © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Group Project Page For a group project, you can select to use the PBWiki template for the project or a page of the project. Here, students can combine information, share information or resources, and leave messages for each other. © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Insert Navigation This is the Sidebar What gets placed in the Sidebar will appear on ALL pages This is the perfect spot for links Edit the Sidebar the same way as any other page by clicking Edit. © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Delete Sidebar? To delete any page of the three-tab Sidebar, click the + button next to The page name. © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Change the Skin Select Settings (top right of page) Select Skins (you might need to scroll down) Choose your Skin: Snakeskin = Default Green Bamboo = Bamboo (very busy) Minimalist = Gray/White Hyperreal = Orange/White Qua = Blue Preview appears at the bottom when you save. Return to the Home (FrontPage) © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Insert a Table Select Table Icon Table Properties Box Opens Select Number of Rows & Columns Set other options Click OK © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu

Insert Plug In © Marcus Lacher 2008 - marcus.lacher@minnesota.edu