Walking with Wiki Presentation: Cameron Janzen
Overview What is a Wiki? What is the purpose? Example work Getting started – three main steps Creating a page Managing Navigation Editing a page Creating Hyperlinks Uploading files
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Myths They are difficult to use It takes a lot of time consuming Anyone can change the information on a wiki page Kids will naturally want to go to your wiki Design options are as extensive as other web design tools
Purpose To facilitate communication between teachers for administrative or curriculum purposes To facilitate communication between students in a class To facilitate learning and communication between the class, home and teacher For student publication on a theme or topic To create a portal for a unit of work and distribute information and resources
Decide on your purpose Web 1.0: To communicate information from site creator to the user Web 2.0: To allow users to add/create information on to the site
Examples
Getting started Create a user name/account (This is NON-QA)
Getting started Go to:
Getting started with QA Go to te/signin te/signin A NON-QA ID will not work Join here
Creating a new page Click new page Give your page a name Page name will form the url address Click create
Creating a new page Type in content Recommend cutting and pasting from Office software
Adding page to Navigation Page needs to be added into navigation Click edit navigation
Editing Navigation Screen will match current navigation
Editing Navigation Type name of page
Editing Navigation Click Insert link Page will appear with page name or find in your wiki directory (choose an existing page)
Editing a page Click edit this page Editing tools appear Simply make changes and save
Editing a page: Inserting links Highlight text Click Insert link - Click External link - Input url
Editing a page: Adding files Highlight text or put cursor in desired location of file Click add Images or files Upload new file and browse your directory to find desired file Click upload
Editing a page: Adding files File is now added to your wiki directory Select desired file
Editing a page: Adding files Design decision Insert link Insert file
Editing a page: Adding files Adding multiple files to wiki directory Click manage space Click List and upload files
Editing a page: Adding files Click upload files Go to the files location on your computer Press down on the shift key and click on all desired documents
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