How To Set Up A Wiki Site

HOW TO SET UP A WIKI SITE With Wikispaces Written by Jacqui Sharp http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com

REGISTER  Click on http://www.wikispaces.com/  Type in a Username  Type in a Password  Type in your Email Address  Type in a name for your wikispaces address with no spaces room23pns  Click Join

WIKISPACES FOR EDUCATORS http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Or register here if you are a  Type in a Username teacher who is going to use this site for educational  Type in a Password purposes!  Type in your Email Address  Type in a name for your wikispaces address with no spaces  Click on Protected or Private  Click in the box to verify that this space will be used for educational purposes  Click Join

THE EDITING PAGE: VISUAL EDITOR  Click on Edit This Page  Type in your post  Highlight the text and change the Font, size and style by clicking on … Bold … Italic … Underline … Colour of text … Bullets

ADDING  Click on the Image button IMAGES  Click on Upload Files Tab  Click on the Browse button, navigate to the file you want to upload  Click Upload

ADDING IMAGES  Double click the image to be inserted  Select Alignment, of either None, Left, Right or Centre  Alter the size if necessary by clicking on the - + buttons  Add a caption  Click Save on the page when finished

NEW PAGE  Click on New Page  Type in a name for your new page  Click Create  Type in text  Add Pictures

HYPERLINK TO WEBSITES  Copy the Internet address that you are going to link to  Highlight text that is going to be hyperlinked to a website  Click on the Hyperlink button  Click on the External Link address tab, Paste the internet address into the address box  Click Add Link  The new link will be highlighted

HYPERLINK TO ANOTHER WIKI PAGE  Highlight text that is going to be hyperlinked to a website  Click on the Hyperlink button  Click on Choose an existing page, choose a page from the drop down menu  Click Add Link  The new link will be highlighted

ADDING A TABLE  Click on the Table button  Type in the number of columns and rows  Click on Insert Table  The table will appear  Type in information and/or add graphics  Add more rows or columns by clicking in the cell of your choice and then click on the small table icon next to the table  Click on the More Options arrow next to each choice

INSERT A MOVIE  Click on the Widgets button  Click on Video  Click on the type of movie you want to insert (i.e. You Tube)  Copy the code from the embed box in You tube and paste into the box here Click Save

EMBED OTHER ITEMS  Click on the Widgets button  Click on Other HTML  Paste the code and click Save

CHANGE LOOK AND FEEL  Click on Manage Wiki  Click on Look and Feel  Change your theme by clicking on Change or make a new theme  Choose a Pre made theme  And/or change your colours

CHANGE LOOK AND FEEL  Click on Manage Wiki  Click on Look and Feel  Click on Browse in Logo to replace the Wiki logo  Navigate to the picture of your choice  Click Open and Save  Your icon must be smaller than 150 x 150 pixels … If you want to use a picture you can use the resize option in Microsoft Picture Manager to resize the picture

EDITING YOUR NAVIGATION PANEL The Navigation Panel is on your left hand side  By default your pages are added alphabetically to the Navigation panel  If you want to organise them into headings then you will need to delete the ‘include pageList’  Click on which is at the bottom left hand corner click on press Delete on the keyboard  Type in a list of all of the pages, highlight each name and link it to its appropriate page by clicking on the Hyperlink button  Click Add Link  Your Pages will appear in the Navigation panel as you have listed them

EDITING YOUR NAVIGATION PANEL The Navigation Panel is on your left hand side  Widgets can be added to your Navigation Panel  Click on ‘edit navigation’ at the bottom of the Navigation Panel  Use the Widgets button through the Other HTML to insert page counters etc into the Navigation Panel, click Save The widgets will appear as ‘Media’ blocks in the Editor page

WIDGETS Table of Contents are particularly useful when you have a CREATE A large amount of information on one page. You can create links that will jump to different sections. TABLE OF  Click on the Widgets button CONTENTS  Click on Wikispaces  Click on Table of Contents Click on Embed Table of Contents Any links that need to be added to a Table of Contents have to be highlighted and changed to a Heading style, they will automatically be added to the Table of Contents

http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com	448
http://pacificlanguages.wikispaces.com	394
http://www.slideshare.net	146
http://moodle.kentisd.org	132
http://gcsnc.edmodo.com	86
http://courses.core-ed.org	62
http://jacquiscourses.blogspot.com	38
http://psscyberlesson.wikispaces.com	32
http://laconiatech.wikispaces.com	32
http://creatingwikis101.wikispaces.com	31
http://how2doit.wikispaces.com	20
http://tempelos.wikispaces.com	19
http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com	17
https://learningweb2.wikispaces.com	11
http://readyforh1n1.blogspot.com	11
http://mpstaff.wikispaces.com	10
http://alessia-sicula.blogspot.com	10
http://smc-sct.wikispaces.com	9
http://mguhlin.wikispaces.com	8
http://pmonline.parramarist.nsw.edu.au	6
http://waverlytech.wikispaces.com	6
http://willowbankroom30.wikispaces.com	6
http://www.edmodo.com	4
http://smc-pd.wikispaces.com	4
https://moodle.rboces.org	3
http://jek7.wikispaces.com	3
http://wikitesi.wikispaces.com	3
http://smithwebquest.wikispaces.com	2
http://alessia-sicula.blogspot.com.es	2
http://caetaa.wikispaces.com	2
http://wiki-for-groups456.wikispaces.com	1
http://mrswycoff-aphsenglish.wikispaces.com	1
http://ealcteachers.wikispaces.com	1
https://www.myhaikuclass.com	1
http://jacquiscourses.blogspot.in	1
http://jacquiscourses.blogspot.co.nz	1
https://jmmorales.pbwiki.com	1
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	1
https://blackboard.sc.edu	1
http://elsombreros.wikispaces.com	1
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http://jmmorales.pbwiki.com	1
http://irvingtechclass.wikispaces.com	1
http://taasandpit.wiki.cae.edu.au	1

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