Summary+C&T+302+2-27-08

=Summary 02-27-08= toc



__Concepts Covered__
-Review of creating your own wiki -Creating the navigation for your wiki -Icons for your navigation -Editing your page: what all the buttons can be used for on the text editor -Ordered list -Unordered list -Horizontal Line -Insert Link -Remove Link -File insertion (didn't go over this because we already know how to do it) -Embedded Widget -Insert Table -Insert Special Character -Insert Code (we won't use this one) -Managing Space: "If your wiki were a car this is like looking under the hood" -Manage Templates -Space Settings -Look and Feel -Logo -Members and Permissions -Space Promotion



__Period Overview__
Today we went over... Andrew started class by again asking that we participate in his study. Then we worked on our own wiki pages. We reviewed how to create our own wiki page, and then we went over all of the little tools we can use to help us design our wiki.



__Notes__
Review of how to create a wiki: Click on your user name. Click on "make a new space" in the upper left hand corner. Make up a space name without spaces using only letters or numbers, no special characters. Choose "protected free" option.

__How to create navigation box:__ -Click edit navigation -Write out the links to the first level on your site map. Remember, to make a link, use the indication. -Recommended to use icons. To do this, we found pre-made icons on iconarchive.com. On that site, on the left hand menu click on system icons. For example, we clicked on the Comic 3 section. Choose an icon. Right click on the smallest dimension and choose save link as. Save the link on your desktop. Go back to your wiki and when cursor is on same line as your link, click insert file on the editor and upload it like we've uploaded assignments and pictures.

__The Main Editing Toolbar on the Site:__ -The Text Editor changes whatever you wrote into wiki text. -In the Visual Editor, we know how to use different Heading Styles -The next two buttons that are numbers and bullets indicate creating unordered or ordered lists. This would be useful for things like lab instructions. Click on these when you are on the line of text that you want numbered or bulleted. -The next button, depicts a horizontal line. Click on this button to insert a horizontal line useful for delineating different sections or using as a heading. -The next two buttons look like globes. The first one is to insert a link. When you click on this button type in your link text (what you want the link to be called), and then choose external or internal link. The internal link is a link to somewhere within your wiki, the external link is a link to some site on the internet. You can copy and paste the link to any website into that slot and then insert it onto your page. The next button that looks like a globe removes a link. -Next button is the file insertion button, which we already know how to use. -The button that looks like a TV is the Embed Widget button. A widget is a link to another site but it allows you to view that site while still on your wiki. Choose what type of widget you would like on your site from the menu on the left. For example, we did a video. We chose You Tube. Then we picked a video. On the YouTube site, there is a line underneath the video that says embed followed by a string of code. Highlight it and copy it back on to the space on the embed widget screen. Press save. -The next button can be used to insert a table, followed by an insert special characters button, and lastly, the insert code button which we won't be using.

__Manage Space: Space Content, Space Settings, Space Promotion__ -On the upper left corner of your wiki, click on the link that says "manage space." Under the Space Settings heading you can click on Manage Templates, in which you can create a special template for your students to use when they are posting on the wiki, much like our summary template. -You can choose Space Settings where you can play with the appearance of your wiki by clicking on Look and Feel. Here you can choose an overall theme or edit features like your menu and background color. Also, it is important to go to the Logo section here. The logo is the picture on the upper left hand corner of your site next to the site name. To change your logo, upload a picture that is 150x150. You can readjust the size of a desired picture in paint and then save it. -You can make the ads on your site go away if you email wikispaces and tell them you are a K-12 teacher. -Click on Members and Permissions to invite people to your site. Make sure you invite Andrew by typing Magister_M under Invite New Member.

-Under the Space Promotion section, Andrew recommends that we use the Space Badges feature which allows your wiki to show you if a page on your wiki has been edited. Click on Space Badges. Scroll down to the bottom. Highlight and copy the code that is next to the Live Changes Badge. Go back to the homepage of your site. Click edit this page. Choose embed Widget. Then choose "other" at the bottom of the page. Paste the code and save.



__Assignments/Projects Setting Up Your Own Wiki__
Authored by Erin Cook1204140486