1. A guide for UICET for using Wikispaces

2.  A wiki is a web page or collection of web pages that can be linked together as a website.  Wikis are often used as collaborative spaces where many editors can contribute content.  A wiki makes it easy to get started with creating a website quickly.  Wikispaces also has a Discussions tool.

3.  Visit UICET Wikispaces at http://www.uicet.wikispaces.com  Click Sign In from menu located at the top right of the page.

4.  Create your wikispaces account with your email and send a request to join uicet.wikispaces.

5. Send an email to uicet.pu@gmail.com with the following information:  Name  Batch

6. 1. Click Manage Wiki. 2. Click Invite People from the People row of the Manage Wiki page.

7. Alternatively, you can ask the wiki administrator to add the students to your wiki:  Send an email to uicet.pu@gmail.edu with the following information:@gmail.edu  A list of students with students’ first and last names and email addresses.

8.  Click Edit this Page to edit your Home page.

9.  The Editing Toolbar appears at the top of the page when you are in edit mode.

10.  The first group of options are basic options for formatting text:  Bold, Italicize, Underline  Text color  The drop-down box allows you to select preset text heading styles or select Normal style.

11. The next group of options allow you to :  Create Ordered List  Create Unordered List  Insert Horizontal Rule  Insert Link  Remove Link

12.  The next group of icons allows you to include objects:  Insert Images and Files  Embed Widgets  Insert Table  Insert Special Characters  Insert Code

13. Text Editor – allows you to use wikitext, which is a short hand for formatting text. When using Text Editor, the button will change to Visual Editor. Preview – preview your changes before saving Save – to save changes Cancel – allows you to cancel your changes

14.  Wikitext is an alternative to HTML and is a simple way to format pages. To use wikitext, click Text Editor in the Formatting Toolbar and enter special characters in the Text editor. Some examples are listed below: UsageWikitextWeb page preview Use asterisks for bullets * Topic one * Topic two * Topic three Topic one Topic two Topic three Heading styles= Heading one = == Heading two == === Heading three ==

15. 1. Click Text Editor. 2. Enter the following wikitext at the top of your page to include a table of contents for the page: [[toc]] 3. Click Save. All text that has been formatted with a heading style (ex.Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.) will be included in the table of contents at the top of your page and will link to the corresponding content. Each heading level is indented.

16.  There is much more you can do with wikitext. View examples at Help.Wikitext: http://help.wikispaces.com/Help.Wikitext http://help.wikispaces.com/Help.Wikitext

17. 1. Click Insert Images and Files from the Editing Toolbar. 2. From Insert Files tab, select inserts file to include the image on the page. Selecting the links option includes a link to the image. 3. Click Upload Files tab 4. Click Browse. 5. Locate the image to upload and select it. Click Upload. 6. A thumbnail of the image appears in the dialog box. Double click the thumbnail to place it on the page. 7. Add a caption to the image by entering the text into the Caption box in the Image Properties dialog box.

18. 1. Click Insert Images and Files from the Editing Toolbar. 2. From Insert Files tab, select inserts file (to include a file icon on the page) or links to include a link only. 3. Click Upload Files tab. 4. Click Browse. Locate the file to upload and select it. 5. Click Upload. 6. A document icon appears in the dialog box. Double click the icon to link it from your page. 7. Click Save.

19. If an image or file has already been uploaded previously, you will only need to link to it the next time. 1. Click Insert Images and Files from the Editing Toolbar. 2. The Insert Files tab is selected. Select the insert file option to include the image. Files will include a file icon along with the link. Selecting the insert link will link to the file or image only. 3. Double click the thumbnail of the file or image that appears in the dialog box to place it on the page.

20. 1. Click New Page link above the Navigation Menu. 2. The Make a New Page window appears. Enter a page name in the text box. 3. Click Create.

21. 1. Select the text to be linked. 2. Click Insert Link icon. 3. The Wiki Link tab is selected. 4. Click Choose an existing page below the Page Name box. 5. The Page Name box changes to a drop down list. Select the wiki page from the Page Name drop down box. 6. Click Add Link.

22. You can link to another wiki page or another web page outside of your wiki. 1. Select the text to be linked. 2. Click Insert Link from the Formatting Toolbar. 3. Select the External Link tab from Insert Link dialog box. 4. Enter the web address in the Address box. 5. Click Add Link.

23. Two text boxes are displayed at the bottom of every page in edit mode.  The notes box is used to let other wiki editors know what you edited on the page ( ex. the link to support vendor was updated)  The tags box is used to indicate the topic of your page (ex. Web 2.0 tools, Social Bookmarking, etc.)  Click Save to save the changes to the page.

24.  Widgets are used to include dynamic content within a web page.  It is possible to embed one or several widgets on one web page.  Some examples of widgets are: a calendar displaying links to events, a youtube video, a survey or chat application.

25. 1. Click the Embed Widget icon. 2. Select the icon of the widget to embed. 3. Follow the instructions displayed within the widget dialog box. 4. Click Save to embed the widget.

26. 1. To embed a widget that is not listed in the Widgets dialog box, use the Other HTML option. 2. Visit the web page that contains the widget to embed. 3. Copy the HTML. Find on the page “Embed this content”, “Add to mySite blog” or similar. 4. Paste the HTML into the box. 5. Click Save. 6. The next time the page is viewed the content will appear on the wiki page.

27. 1. Click the Table icon 2. Select the number of rows and columns to display. 3. Click Insert Table.

28. 1. Click on any cell of the table to display the table formatting icon. 2. Click on the table icon to open the formatting options menu. 3. Individual cells, rows or columns can be formatted by selecting the option from the menu.

29. 1. Click the are of the page where the character is to appear. 2. Click Special Characters icon. 3. Click on the desired character to place it on the page.

30. It is possible to include code from scripting and programming languages such as action script, javascript, php and javascript to name a few. 1. Click Insert Code from Editing Toolbar. 2. Select the code language from the pull- down menu. 3. Paste the code into the text box. 4. Click Insert Code.

31.  LaTeX support allows you to insert math formulas into your pages.  Enclose the LaTeX formula within [[math]] tags. For example: Enter this formula in EditSave or Preview the page to display this formula [[math]] x = a_0 + \frac{1}{\displaystyle a_1 + \frac{1}{\displaystyle a_2 + \frac{1}{\displaystyle a_3 + a_4}}} [[math]]

32.  Visit the following websites for more information about LaTeX symbol usage:  Most commonly used http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index. php/LaTeX:Symbols http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index. php/LaTeX:Symbols  LaTeX Tutorial http://www.andy- roberts.net/misc/latex/latextutorial9.html http://www.andy- roberts.net/misc/latex/latextutorial9.html

33.  The Navigation Menu located to the left of the content area, appears on all wiki pages.  The Navigation Menu usually contains all pages in your wiki and may include links to other websites.

34.  Click the Edit Navigation link that appears below the Navigation Menu.  The Navigation Menu appears as a wiki page along with the Editing Toolbar allowing you to make changes to the page.  Click Save after making edits.

35.  Your wiki has a Discussions Tool. It allows you to create discussion topics to which others can respond.

36. 1. Click Discussion Tab. 2. Enter a subject in the subject box. 3. Enter a message in the message box. 4. Click Post.

37.  Once you have created a Discussion post, it appears as a link in Discussions.  Click the Discussion Subject link to open it.

38. 1. A Reply box appears below the Discussion post. 2. Enter a response into the Reply message box. 3. Click Post.

39. It is possible to view all page edits and new discussion messages on the Recent Changes page.  Click Recent Changes above Navigation Menu.

40. The Recent Changes page adds a new entry in a listing each time a page is edited and saved. Each page version listed chronologically, includes page title, the date and time it was saved, the author name and any comments associated with the page.

41. 1. To Revert to a previous version of a page, select the link of the page version to revert to.

42. 2. After the page opens, click the revert to this version link.

43. 3. Click Revert to commit to the changes.

44.  Click Recent Changes above Navigation Menu.  Click Notify Me tab if you wish to be notified whenever a change is made to the wiki. You have the option of selecting the following: ▪ Entire space or specific pages to monitor ▪ Page edits, new discussion posts or both ▪ Receive notifications as email messages or RSS feeds Some examples of RSS readers are Google Reader, Bloglines, or Pageflakes, Microsoft Outlook allows RSS subscriptionsGoogle ReaderBloglines Pageflakes

45.  Click Manage Wiki link to access Wiki Preferences

46. Wiki organizers can manage the following:  Name, description, copyright license  Look and Feel – colors, templates and themes  Members and permissions  Subscriptions

47.  Wikispaces Help  http://help.wikispaces.com http://help.wikispaces.com  http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index  http://help.wikispaces.com/Help.Editing http://help.wikispaces.com/Help.Editing  Wikispaces Tours http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introd uction