Wiki+Introduction

www.wikispaces.com

Make yourself a wiki account.

Locate and ask to join our ABCLIBRARY wiki. I will have to approve your account before you can make changes to the wiki.

In the mean time: Use your personal wiki to practice adding content before moving to the ABC wiki.

Go to the ABCLIBRARY wiki. http://abclibrary.wikispaces.com/ OH WAIT YOU'RE HERE!

Search your name in the search box or choose the FACULTY link in blue to the right then find your name. If you do not find your name then you will need to make a Home page (format: Last Name,First Intial Home) EXAMPLE

If your course is not listed on your home page then you will need to make a new page.

To start a new page (must be an ABCLIBRARY member) click the NEW PAGE link in the top left hand corner on any page.

Name the page (keep in other pages formats) example: Bible Study Methods BIB 3302 – ONLINE – Balliet (don’t worry about the TAGS option.)

Add your content. Copy and paste your content into your new page. See below

If you only want to add a document (syllabus.doc or pdf) see below in RED.

You will need to add a link to your new page on your home page. See the LINKS help below in GREEN.

Helpful note: Only do the links after you make all your new pages. Makes Wiki easier!

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The link above is on wiki tutorials in video format. These should give you a lot of insight into your wiki.

Editing a Page Overview This section provides a basic overview of the tools available to you while editing a wiki page and the terms we use to describe them. If you would like to see editing a page in action, check out our

[|video tours].

 How do I start? Different wikis will look different, but you will always be able to find a button at the top of that page, on the left or right, that says ** Edit ** or ** Edit This Page **. Click that button to enter editor mode.

 How do I add text? Just start typing.

Editing a page in Wikispaces is a lot like using a simple word processor — you don’t need to know any special markup languages or wikitext. Use the ** bold **, // italic //, and __underline__ buttons for simple formatting, or use the ** Color and Style Editor ** button to change your text’s size, color , font , and more.

 How do I set a heading? 1. Highlight the text that you want to make into a heading. 2. Select the level of heading from the dropdown list in the editor bar.

This will change the formatting of the line. If you embed a ** Table of Contents ** widget on your page, any paragraphs that you formatted as headings will appear in the table of contents.

 ** Add a Link **

1. put your cursor where you want the link to be on your page 2. Select the ** Link ** icon from the editor toolbar.

3. Under (PAGE NAME) type the page you want to link. Your page should come up as you type, you will see the green check-mark in the ** Page Name ** field. If this is not the case, start typing the name of the page you would like to link to into to the ** Page Name ** field. You can either type the full name or choose it from the dropdown. 4. Click the ** Add Link ** button. 5. Save the wiki page.

1. Highlight the text or image that you would like to make into a link. 2. Select the ** Link ** icon from the editor toolbar. 3. Type the name of the new page into the ** Page Name ** field. 4. Click the ** Add Link ** button. 5. Save the wiki page. 6. Follow the link and begin editing the new page.
 * Create a new page in the current wiki: **

1. Highlight the text or image that you would like to make into a link. 2. Select the ** Link ** icon from the editor toolbar. 3. Select the ** External Link ** tab. 4. Type or paste the URL into the ** Address ** field. 5. Click the ** Add Link ** button. 6. Save the wiki page.
 * Link to another Web site: **

 How do I add an image? 1. Place the cursor where you would like the image to appear. 2. Select the ** File ** icon from the editor toolbar. 3. Click the ** Upload Files ** button. 4. Page through your files, search by file name, or sort by tag. 5. Click on the image to place it on the page. 6. Click on the image to get the ** File Properties ** popup, and adjust the alignment and size of your image, or add a caption. 7. Save the wiki page.

 How do I add a file? 1. Place the cursor where you would like the link to your file to appear. 2. Select the ** File ** icon from the editor toolbar. 3.

Upload Files . 4. Page through your files, search by file name, or sort by tag. 5. Click on the file to place it on the page. Images, videos, and audio clips can be embedded directly into the page. For other file types — including PDFs, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations — the ** Embed File ** option will place a link to the file on the page. 6. Save the wiki page.

 How do I embed a video from another site? 1. Place the cursor where you would like the video to appear. 2. Select the ** Widget ** icon from the editor toolbar. 3. In the ** Widgets ** tool, select ** Video ** from the side menu and choose your video service or click Other. 4. In a separate browser window or tab, navigate to your video. Look for something that says “Embed” (or maybe "Share"), followed by a piece of code. Copy this code. 5. Back on your wiki page, paste the copied code into the field in the Widget tool. Hit ** Save **. 6. Click on the embedded widget (in editor mode, it will be a blue square) to get the ** Widget Properties ** popup, and adjust the alignment and size of your video. 7. Save the wiki page.

 How do I save my changes? Once you have finished making your edits, click the ** Save ** button in the editor toolbar.