Part A

First, you will want to go to the wiki site: http://emergingtechk-12.pbwiki.com/

Once there, you need to login. Click on the login button on the right side of the window.

Enter the password (ode2006), your first and last name and your email address. If you want to be notified when a change is made to the wiki, click in the box that says "Notify me of changes." Then click on Log in.

Once you have logged in, you will notice that you now have many more options to work on the blog. You can add pages, you can edit and revise pages, you can add comments and other features and more. There is also a help button if you are not sure what to do.

Take a look at the sidebar. For your first assignment, you will need to add information and a photo of yourself to the author's page. To do this, click on Authors.

Once you are in the authors page, you will need to click on Edit Page to add your information.

You are then taken into the page editor. Click on one of the cells in the table and add your photo and biographical information. Once the information is added, you can click save and check to see if your cell looks the way that you want it to look. If so, you have completed Part A of this project. If you need to make changes, then you can once again click on Edit Page and make your changes.

The editor uses standard format that everyone should be familiar with from using Word or other word processors. Most of the icons are labeled below. These should cover most, if not all, of the tasks you will need for your wiki chapter.

To add your photo to the Author's page follow the directions below. In the edit window, you will notice that I have created two tables. Choose any one of the cells in the tables that say, "Please post your photo and a brief bio here" to enter your information. Highlight the text in that cell and hit delete.

Next you will insert your photo in the cell. First, make sure your image is no larger that 150 pixels across so that we do not take up too much of the server space. You can use any graphic editing program to crop and reduce the size of your image. If you do not know how to do this, please send me an email so that I can recommend a tutorial for you.

Next, you will click on Insert Image in the editing toolbar above the text. A new window will open. To insert your image, click on Browse.

Browse to find where your image is located, then highlight it and click Open.

Click on Upload to upload your image.

When your image is uploaded you will see it in the preview screen. Click OK to add your image to the cell.

The cells will look better if you wrap your text around the image. To do this, you need to right click on your image and then click on Image Properties.

Fill in the following when the new window opens: In Alternative Text type a brief description of the photo (for visually impaired), click on the drop-down menu for Align and select Left. Then click on OK. You are now ready to add text. You can also add the text and then make changes to Image Properties.

Add text in your cell, then click on Save. If you like the way it looks, then you are finished with Part A of the first project. If you want to make changes, go back into Edit Page and make any changes, then Save. Your photo cell should look something like the example below.

For now, don't worry too much about how the table looks - concentrate on getting your cell to look nice. I will make changes to make the format look better once all the photos and bios are added.

Part B

Once you have added your photo and a brief bio sketch to the Authors page, you are ready to get started on your wiki chapter. The first thing that you have to do is select a topic.

Click on Home to go back to the main page of the wiki.

Once you get to the Home Page, you will see a list of topics in the sidebar to the right. Choose one of these topics (or you can select one of your own). If you select one of your own, please email your topic idea to me with a brief explanation so that I can approve it before you get started.

The topics with a name beside them have already been taken. If someone else in the class has already set up their chapter page, then it will appear in blue. This means that someone has already chosen this topic, so please choose another one for your chapter. If you absolutely feel that you want one of the topics already taken, please contact me so that I can help you choose a different aspect of the topic (different audience, grade level, subject area, etc.)

Once you choose your topic, go to the sidebar and click on edit.

Once you are in edit mode, highlight your topic of choice and then click on Link.

The following box will appear. Click on Ok, then on Save.

Now you will be taken to a page that shows your topic with the title underlined in a dotted line. Click on this and you will then be able to create your blank page.

When the following window appears, click on Create New Page and you have the beginning of your chapter.

You will be taken to a blank page that had an editing toolbar on the top. This is primarily a WYSIWYG editor that will allow you to build your chapter. Click here for a description of the icons in the wiki editor.

Overview

You will need to set up your page so that you can begin entering information. The easiest way to do this is to click on Chapter Format in the sidebar menu. When the page opens, click on Edit page.  In the edit window,

• copy everything that is on the page (hold down control, press A, then C or highlight all text and hold down control and press C - then release control).
• click on cancel at the bottom
• click on the page you created in the sidebar menu
• click on Edit page
• hold down control key and press the letter V (The text that was in the Chapter Format page should now appear on your newly created page.)
• save your page.

You should now have the first page of your chapter ready to be edited.