Wiki course

Course Outline Motivation for using a wiki – examples and common sense rules – SyBIT wiki – Ralf’s wiki (WingX) – BattleX wiki – iBRAIN (SyBIT project) Editing in action – Make your own page 2wiki course Lausanne, Jan 2011

Questions Please ask questions any time you feel like it wiki course Lausanne, Jan 20113

wiki course Lausanne, 20 th Jan Left – menus, logos, search Right – links Middle – content with links

wiki course Lausanne, Jan Personal page: No menu on the left, just editing operations available Picture, address, content below Top right – access to personal settings

Finding people via the dashboard wiki course Lausanne, Jan 20116

7 Dashboard for help List of wikis (spaces) Info on recent updates Access to people pages search

Ralf’s personal space - Ralf is in charge, gives access to individuals as required, access control can be different for each page wiki course Lausanne, Jan 20118

Security model Hierarchical, children pages inherit security from parent page Page is public, unless we impose edit and view restrictions Restrictions/lists of allowed users apply to individuals or groups Nominated admins define security for the group wiki wiki course Lausanne, Jan 20119

Group listing, the listed group has access wiki course Lausanne, Jan

wiki course Lausanne, Jan Personal content controlled by Ralf -Navigation bar on the left -Content in the main pane -Search field -Structure left bottom -Recent updates right bottom

Ralf’s protocols – links to attachments wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Ralf’s macros page and its children wiki course Lausanne, Jan

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Ralf’s summary of his results wiki course Lausanne, Jan

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A group or group leader establishes rules/policies wiki course Lausanne, Jan

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Templates wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Example wiki wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Integrating excel docs wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Showing powerpoint/pdf wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Showing word docs wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Hands-on session with examples New pages Attachments Syntax Macros Documentation wiki course Lausanne, Jan

New page – two options (depending on your layout) Edit page and add [My New Page], save, click on it to edit wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Attachments – getting to them wiki course Lausanne, Jan

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Using attachments They can be shown as links to files (protocols for instance) They can be included within a page (pdf, powerpoint, excel, word), using macros wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Macros – finding them wiki course Lausanne, Jan {macro}

Links wiki course Lausanne, Jan [link txt|link]

Images 1 wiki course Lausanne, Jan !image1.png!

Images 2 wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Syntax wiki course Lausanne, Jan

wiki course Lausanne, 20th Jan Table H3. Effect of RNAo..... || RNAi ||... ||.. Grey shading | entry | entry | | {color:red} entry {color} |.... For complex formatting, see documentation link

Task 1 Create a personal page if you do not have one yet Add your picture, address, details Attach your latest paper, add link to it, and url pointing to PubMed entry, could also show pdf/word doc in a page Create a table of your papers where beside the latest your last but one paper is also shown Restrict access to your page (edit page, edit restrictions at the bottom of the page) wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Space admin wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Task 2: Permissions – edit them wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Themes wiki course Lausanne, Jan

Navigation wiki course Lausanne, Jan

SyBIT Navigation page wiki course Lausanne, Jan ||* [SyBIT Home|SyBIT:] || |h1. [About / Organization|Organization and Structure]| |h1. [Projects]| |h1. [Project Application]| |h1. [Software & Tools|Software and Tools]| || * [Documents] || |h1. [Blueprint]| |h1. [Guidelines|Internal Guidelines]| ||* [Communities]|| |h1. [Genomics]| |h1. [Proteomics]| |h1. [Screening]| |h1. [IT Infrastructure|IT Infrastructure]|

Summary Define your rules of conduct and the structure the group will stick to Use wiki as your repository for work in progress – I do not back up my laptop any more, as most work is on the wiki Create your home page, learn how to edit Ask me or helpdesk for further help or training If new features are needed, ask me for those and SyBIT can add them (new macros) wiki course Lausanne, Jan