Mechanical Engineering Wiki Tutorial for Tech Lit Seung Ki Moon The Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University Rev. Jan. 2010

What is a Wiki?  “A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.” 2 [ Example: Wikipedia

Example : a Wiki 3 [

Access the Wiki 4 For the project, we will use the following Wiki: Log in this link to create or edit your wiki Template and Editing guide Created Wiki

Log in / Chang Password 5 Log in using your username and password Click on “my preferences” to change your password

Edit a Page 6 Click on the [edit] link If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can edit Main page & Sections. 1 2 If you click Edit -2, you can edit Section“Courses”.

Edit a Page (Cont.) 7 If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can see Editor for editing Main page & Sections

Edit a Page (Cont.) 8 If you click Edit -2, you can see Editor for editing section (Courses).

Edit a Page (Cont.) 9 - Edit the code in the editor here - Do not forget to save when you are done with the changes A detailed guide for edit is available at Alternatively, you can look at the code for existing wiki pages Click on “page “ in Main bar to show the result after Saving the page

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Example 11 Screen Editor

Create a New Page 12 Use the command: [[PageName]] Typing in a new page name will automatically create a page. You can then edit it by clicking on the link Example: [[Single-Use Cameras]] will create a page that can be accessed at: Click to edit the page Created the page

Link a file 13 - Click “Upload fie” at Tool Box

Link a file (Cont.) 14 - Upload a file at Upload file Page

Link a file (Cont.) 15 - link a image to the wiki page, use the command [[Image:PictureName.jpg]] at editor - link a file to the wiki page, use the command [[Media:FileName.pdf]] at editor Results Show the fileicon image Link the file

Create a New Course Material  To create a new course material, use a template  Copy all contents in the template at edit mode, then paste them in the new course material at edit mode  Edit and Add for the new course material 16 Click to link the Template

Create a New Course Material (Cont.) 17 Click on “edit “to copy codes for the template

Create a New Course Material (Cont.) 18 Copy all codes in the template at edit mode,

Create a New Course Material (Cont.) 19 Paste the codes in the new page at edit mode, then edit the new page. New course material title

Create a New Course Material (Cont.) 20