Basics


 * I highly recommend that you create another email address besides your school email address. This way any messages and emails will go to that email address and not fill up your school address. Google - gmail is a good alternative. Google**

**Sign Up or Sign In to Wikispaces** - Remember your login name and password!!

You will now have to name your wiki. Be prepared that the name you have thought of may already be taken. Get creative....but not so creative that you cannot remember your wiki's name!!

**How To Videos for Wikispaces** - You must have access to YouTube to view these. Creating a new educational wiki - How to do a bulk member upload.

**Wiki Tours - from Wikispaces** - Drop down menu shows you how to do various things with your wiki. Adding pictures and files. Widgets and much more!! Handy little resource!!

**Wikispaces YouTube Channel** - 26 wikispaces videos in one spot. Of course you have to have access to YouTube to view these.


 * Okay....Okay....I know you can watch videos all day long....maybe...if you have access to YouTube. If you don't - here are some basic written instructions to help you get started with your wiki. **

Over to the left (or right - depending on how you customize your wiki) you will see Pages and Files +. Click on the Plus and a New Page creator will come up. Give your page a name. You can have a lot of pages...so if you are using this for a class you could call it Chapter 1 or whatever topic you are teaching....Genres...Measurement...Poetry....WWII....
 * Adding a Page: **


 * Adding a Link: **

Click on the EDIT button. When in edit mode click on the LINK button. You can link to another page in the same wiki...a web address...or even an e-mail address. If you are adding a link to another web page you can create the link text (what the reader of your wiki will see). I try to let the reader know what the link is taking them to. Then insert the web address. I ALWAYS click the box that opens the page in a new window. This allows the reader to keep your wiki open at all times.


 * Adding a File: **

Click on the FILE button. To upload a file (document, presentation, spreadsheet, etc) Click on the +Upload File button and find the file you want to upload.

To add an external image (as below) right click on the image to open in a new window, copy that URL and then paste in the box for the external image. Click on the image to insert it into your page.




 * To add a Widget: **

As you can see there a ton of widgets you can add. Play around with these....you will need an EMBED CODE for any widget you add. YouTube videos have them....on the video page go to SHARE....then EMBED....you will get a long embed code already highlighted for you. Don't freak...in EDIT mode the widget will not show....a light blue box will. When you click SAVE....the video will save. You will not be able to access the YouTube video at school if your school has them blocked.

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 * You can also add tables and comments. **

Alright....so now you know the basics of creating and modifying a wiki.

What are some ways that wikis can be used in an educational setting?