Regions de France Forum Project Working with Wikispaces An introduction for students

What is a wiki….? a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content. It also allows for linking among any number of pages and websites. It is easy to use and an effective tool for collaborative authoring.

a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content.

It also allows for linking among any number of pages and websites.

It is easy to use and an effective tool for collaborative authoring.

Creating your Account http://regionsdefrance.wikispaces.com Click JOIN

Click JOIN

Username: first name last initial EX. diannek Password: write it down! Email: one that works! Make a Space? NO Fill in ** Your username will be how the teacher credits you for your work.

Username: first name last initial

EX. diannek

Password: write it down!

Email: one that works!

Make a Space? NO

Find your group page Each group has a link on the left side of the page. Click on your group name to redirect to your group’s page.

Each group has a link on the left side of the page. Click on your group name to redirect to your group’s page.

Your Group Page Page Name Discussion Tab Work Space

Page Name

Discussion tab Discussion Tab

Discussing your work Click on the Discussion tab to post a message to your group. Reply or Post your own messages.

Click on the Discussion tab to post a message to your group. Reply or Post your own messages.

Your Wiki… All of the information that you want people to learn about your topic will go here

All of the information that you want people to learn about your topic will go here

Editing your page INSERTING TEXT Click on <Edit this page> ONLY ONE PERSON can edit at a time. You may want to cut and paste your work from MS Word and save right away. Use the discussion tab to communicate with your group.

INSERTING TEXT

Click on <Edit this page>

ONLY ONE PERSON can edit at a time. You may want to cut and paste your work from MS Word and save right away.

Use the discussion tab to communicate with your group.

Editing your page INSERTING DOCUMENTS If you have a word document that you want to add to your page… Click on <Edit this page> Click on the tree icon in the toolbar . Click on <browse>, insert the filename and click on <upload file>. Place the cursor where you want the file link to go. Then double-click on the file.

INSERTING DOCUMENTS

If you have a word document that you want to add to your page…

Click on <Edit this page>

Click on the tree icon in the toolbar

. Click on <browse>, insert the filename and click on <upload file>.

Place the cursor where you want the file link to go. Then double-click on the file.

Editing your page INSERTING LINKS If you have a website that you want to add to your page… Click on <Edit this page>. Highlight the text Click on the globe icon Choose external link Paste the weblink from another source.

INSERTING LINKS

If you have a website that you want to add to your page…

Click on <Edit this page>.

Highlight the text

Click on the globe icon

Choose external link

Paste the weblink from another source.

Some cool tools… For Recording audio EVOCA http://www.evoca.com/ For Embedding PowerPoints SLIDESHARE http://www.slideshare.net/ See the Resources link for more tools.

For Recording audio

EVOCA http://www.evoca.com/

For Embedding PowerPoints

SLIDESHARE http://www.slideshare.net/

See the Resources link for more tools.