Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Contents Page Inviting students to join FIZX Responding to a FIZX invitation Accepting a FIZX invitation without a wikidot account Creating a wikidot account Editing your school’s FIZX page Uploading a file to FIZX Including a website link in FIZX Contributing to a forum discussion on FIZX Creating a forum thread on FIZX Slides 3 – 10 Slides 11 – 19 Slides 20 – 26 Slides 27 – 35 Slides 36 – 42 Slides 43 – 52 Slides 53 – 57 Slides 58 – 64 Slides 65 – 71

Inviting students to join Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

Step Two: Go to the bottom of the side panel and click on the moderators link moderators

Step Three: Click on the manage memberships manage memberships link

Step Four: Click on the Send invitations now link

Step Five: Add the names and addresses of any students (or colleagues) you wish to invite

Step Six: You may add a short message to accompany your invitations. Click on the Send invitations button when you are finished

Step Seven: You will then see a list of all the invitations you have sent. You can also remove invitations by clicking on the Delete link Back to Contents Page

Responding to a invitation Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: invitations will be sent to the specified address. Login to your chosen account. Click on the ed link to accept the invitation

Step Two: If you already have a account loginlogin using the Sign In link. If you don’t, follow the instructions to create a new account. new account

Step Three: Enter your account details to loginlogin

Step Four: Click on the on the Accept Invitation link

Step Five: Click on the fizx.wikidot.com link tofizx.wikidot.com enter the website

Step Six: Congratulations! You are now a member of the website. You can now use your new membership to explore all areas of the site!!!

Step Seven: If you are a teacher and wish to have full moderator status for the website, please the site administrators so that you can edit your school’s page, upload resources and invite students!

Step Three: Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification. Congratulations!! You can now start editing your school’s page and uploading resources! Back to Contents Page

Accepting a invitation without a account Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: invitations are sent to your account from a colleague or the site administrators Click on the ed link to accept the invitation

Step Two: If you do not have a account create a new account using the Create a new account link.

Step Three: Enter your full name and proper address to create you new account. You will need these to login to the website. Choose a password that you will remember.

Step Three: Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification. Congratulations!! You can now start editing your school’s page and uploading resources!

Step Three: Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification. Congratulations!! You can now start editing your school’s page and uploading resources! Back to Contents Page

Creating a account Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Go to to create your account. Choose create account using the Create account link.

Step Two: Enter your full name and address to create your wikidot account. You will need these to login to the website. Choose a password you will remember.

Step Three: will now send you an invitation to the address you specified.

Step Four: invitations will be sent to the specified address. Login to your chosen account. Click on the ed link to accept the invitation

Step Five: Congratulations! You are now a member of the website. You can now use your new membership to join the community!!!

Step Six: Go to and the Join FIZX! tab and follow the instructions to join thewww.fizx.org.uk website

Step Seven: If you are a teacher and wish to join the community, please use your school address to your school details and account details to the site administrators

Step Eight: Use the and the Join FIZX! Tab andwww.fizx.org.uk follow the instructions to join the website Back to Contents Page

Editing your school’s page Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

\ Step Two: Find your school’s page through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your school’s link

Step Three: Go to the bottom of your page and click on the Edit link \

\ \ Step Four: Insert your wiki code here. You can Preview the page before you Save any edits. You can use this toolbox to help with wiki syntax You can use these links to help with wiki syntax

Step Five: Your school will have a default template which outlines the units and modules for your designated exam specification. Feel free to change this to suit! You can add your stuff for each module in the spaces provided

Step Six: Wikidot has useful reference pages to help with wiki syntax for your code Alternatively, you can ‘borrow’ code from other school’s pages by ‘editing’ their page and ‘copying & pasting’ any useful code CAUTION: Take care not to overwrite or delete anyone else’s code!!! Back to Contents Page

Uploading a file to Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

\ Step Two: Find your school’s page through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your school’s link

Step Three: Go to the bottom of your page and click on the Files link \

\ Step Four: Scroll down and click on the Upload a file from your computer link

\ Step Five: Click on the Select Files button to find the file you wish to upload This link is useful for adding multiple files

Step Six: Browse to select the file you wish to upload. Click on the Open button to upload the file. Click on the refresh file list link \ \

Step Seven: Right click on the newly uploaded file and select Copy link address Now click Edit to add the uploaded file to your school’s page \

Step Eight: Edit your page and paste the copied address link where you wish to access the uploaded file. Step Eight: Edit your page and paste the copied address link where you wish to access the uploaded file. This [..] syntax displays the uploaded file as Radiation Dose Chart and the * in front of the copied address will open the file in a new window Copied address link

Step Nine: Check your page to see if the link for the newly uploaded file works \ Back to Contents Page

Including a website link in Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

\ Step Two: Find your school’s page through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your school’s link

Step Three: Go to the bottom of your page and click on the Edit link \

\ Step Four: You can use the URL Link button on the code wizard menu or simply type the web address directly Using the * http format opens the web address in a new window Using the URL Link format [] hides the ‘messy’ web address with a simple description Back to Contents Page

Contributing to a forum discussion on Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

Step Two: Click on the Forum link at the top of the sidebar. Click on the link for the forum category you would like to add to \

Step Three: Click on the Forum thread that you would like to add to \

\ Step Four: Click on Reply to contribute to the discussion

\ Step Five: Add your reply in the space provided. Use wiki syntax for //italics// or ** bold ** comments. You can preview your reply. Click Post It when you are finished

Step Six: Your reply will now appear in the forum discussion thread Back to Contents Page

Creating a forum thread on Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Step One: Login to your account

Step Two: Click on the Forum link at the top of the sidebar. Click on the link for the forum category you would like to add to \

Step Three: Click on Create a new thread to make a new discussion thread \

Step Four: Add the details for your thread in the spaces provided. Use wiki syntax for //italics// or ** bold ** comments. You can preview your reply. Click Post It when you are finished

Step Five: Your new thread will now appear in the forum discussion

Step Six: Your new thread summary will also appear in the forum discussion contents Back to Contents Page