Wiki+How+To

//** Purpose **// Learning to use a wiki to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom

What is a Wiki?
 * Wiki means quick in Hawaiian
 * A website which allows individual users to create their own web site
 * A website which allows for the collaboration and co-production of work, on that website, from many different authors (teachers and students)
 * A website which allows anyone to see it
 * A website which allows anyone with permission, to edit, delete, or modify the content on the web pages which belong to that wiki
 * A wiki may be collaborative and therefore people who contribute to a wiki understand that their words may be deleted or changed by others

[| Case Study: The World's Most Famous Wiki - Wikipedia]

A Wikipedia Discussion
 * [|Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation]
 * [|Students ’should use Wikipedia’]
 * [|Wikipedia Receives a Citation]
 * [|It Is Generally Considered A Bad Idea To Cite An Encyclopedia In Academic Research Paper]

//** Lesson/Implementation Examples **//

What do you want your classroom wiki for? There are many uses for a classroom wiki.
 * [|50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom]
 * Examples of educational wikis

Teachers at CUIP School have made some wikis. Here are examples.
 * CUIP Teacher Wikis

**// Hands-on Practice //** Create your own wiki.

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New Page Creation (We shall attempt to walk through this process together!) Editing text on a wiki page. You can change the way your wiki page looks by formatting the text on the page. you can use the following formatting features:
 * Making your first new wiki page, an autobiography
 * In order to create a new wiki page, do the following...
 * Click on the //New Page// link to the left
 * In the Enter the name of your new page box, type the new page name (the name should make sense and each word should be capitalized) and click the create button
 * Remove the Type in the content of your new page here. message and begin editing your page
 * Save your page
 * Do some more editing of your page (click the E//dit This Page// button)
 * Save your page
 * Bold
 * Italics
 * Underline (which we will not use because underlining is reserved for links)
 * Colors and Style
 * Font
 * Size
 * Text Color
 * Background Color
 * Alignment
 * Ordered Lists
 * Bullets
 * Numbering
 * Horizontal rule
 * Links
 * To other pages within your own wiki
 * To web pages outside your wiki

Edit text on a wiki page (continued)
 * Bold
 * Italics
 * Underline (which we will not use because underlining is reserved for links)
 * Colors and Style
 * Font
 * Size
 * Text Color
 * Background Color
 * Alignment
 * Ordered Lists
 * Bullets
 * Numbering
 * Horizontal rule
 * Links
 * To other pages within your own wiki
 * To web pages outside your wiki

Make some more new pages
 * Edit and format the text on your pages
 * Link to other pages in your wiki
 * Link to other web site

Adding images and Files
 * Insert Images and Files [[image:cuipwiki:wikipic2.jpg width="160" height="106"]]
 * Upload files from your computer to the wiki
 * A file can be an image or a Word document or a PowerPoint document, etc.
 * Select them for use on the wiki page
 * Once any member of your wiki uploads an image or file to the wiki, any other member of that wiki can use it too
 * External Image
 * You can link to images from other web sites

//**Tabs on each page**//

//**Page**// //**Discussion**// //**History**// //**Notify Me Tab**// (top of page)
 * Access the attributes of a wiki page
 * Access the discussion section of your wiki
 * See the complete history (edits, changes, etc. made by all members of the wiki
 * Receive notices about changes made to any pages by any wiki member
 * Looking for changes to all the pages in a space? Visit the space-wide notification page and set up an Email Subscription for changes

//**Navigation**//

//**New Page**// //**Recent Changes**// - Keeps track of recent changes made to wiki pages //**Manage Wiki -**// Allows you to manage many aspects of your wiki
 * About -** Information about your wiki
 * Content -** Manage the content of your wiki
 * //Pages//
 * Actions
 * print
 * delete
 * rename
 * redirect
 * lock/unlock
 * page permissions
 * Orphaned
 * Wanted
 * //Files//
 * Upload
 * Actions
 * download
 * //Templates// - Can be used to give students starter pages
 * Create New
 * Edit others
 * //Tags//
 * Categorize pages
 * Can be used to help create tables of content
 * //Content Manager//
 * Add and edit useful pages
 * People -** Manage the people who use the wiki
 * //Members//
 * Organize the people who use the wiki by promoting or removing them
 * Invite new members
 * //Permissions//
 * Decide how the wiki will be used
 * //Invite People//
 * By e-mail, invite others to use the wiki
 * //User Creator//
 * Create users for your wiki without having to use e-mail (see above)
 * Very useful for teachers!
 * Settings -** Manage the way your wiki looks and how you use it
 * //Look and Feel//
 * Theme
 * Colors
 * Wiki Style sheet (advanced topic)
 * Logo
 * Ads (Since you have signed for a free teacher wiki, there will be no ads)
 * //Subscription//
 * If you wish to upgrade to paid services
 * Larger uploads
 * Greater security
 * Your own domain name
 * //Domain Name//
 * If you need to change your domain name or purchase a custom name
 * //Wiki Info//
 * Wiki Information
 * SSL Settings
 * Discussion Settings
 * [|Google Analytical Settings]
 * License
 * //Delete Wiki//
 * Be careful!
 * Tools -** Allows you to manage notifications and space usage, etc.
 * //Notifications//
 * Adjust how you and others are notified of changes in the wiki
 * //Wiki Statistics//
 * See how your wiki is being seen //and used//
 * //Space Usage//
 * Know how much of your allotted space is used and available
 * //Badges//
 * Post a Badge on your Website
 * //Web Folders (WebDAV)//
 * Advanced wiki management (subscription option)
 * //Import Blog Posts//
 * You can import your own blog entries into your wiki
 * //Exports//
 * Export files for backup purposes