Around+Wikispaces+in+90+Minutes

toc = Introduction = This is a brief workshop you will be shown how to manipulate Wikispaces, to make it look and feel more professional, and using the tools and techniques used on the Sha Tin College's Technology Wikispaces:
 * www.stctechnology.wikispaces.com

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It is necessary to set up a Wikispace, as educators, Wikispaces offer teachers free private K-12 ad-free Wikispaces so use this link and set up your first Wikispace. Watch the first few seconds of the following video from Wikispaces:
 * Then click on the **Create a New Wiki** in the website below:

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 * @http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour
 * [|http:/www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers]

This is the sign up sheet currently for a new Wikispace, complete and **create** your first space.

Here is a new YouTube video about Wikispaces to help you get going:

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= Features = We are going to look at the following features:
 * introduction: setting up a Wikispace
 * overview and using the edit toolbar
 * setting up new pages
 * adding tags to pages
 * adding table of contents (toc) to pages
 * adding images
 * adding links & buttons to pages
 * adding PowerPoint presentations to Wikispace using Slideboom
 * adding YouTube videos and playlists
 * look and feel of your Wikispace

= Edit Toolbar = Each editable page on Wikispaces has an "edit" button at the top of the page. Click on the "edit" button to bring up the page editor. The page editor allows you to add text and pictures to a page and to format that page. The editor has a visual mode and a plain text mode. Click on the "**edit**" button to use some of the features, add an image and some text, add a web address and create a link, and add a widget for example a PowerPoint presentation or YouTube video. Whilst you are in the edit mode Wikispaces automatically saves regularly, but it is a wise precaution to also additional push the save button, this then returns to the actual Wikispace and you will have to click on edit again to continue editing. NB There is no spellchecker within Wikispaces so you may want to download the Google spellchecker.

= New Pages = Adding pages to you wiki is straight forward, just find the "**new page**" button at the top of the page, the most important thing to remember is that each page needs an individual name.



= Tags = Tags are a simple, and light-weight way to categorize and classify pages, without having to make up an organizational system in advance. In the navigation bar there is a search field which once you have added tags to pages, enables you to search for key words within your wiki. Click on the "Page" tab and select "Details and Tags".



Add the main topic that are included on the page, use the table of contents as a guide.



= Table of Contents - toc = Here are the instructions for creating Table of Contents for each wiki page: Just recently Wikispaces added **toc** to their embed widgit tool, which still uses the designated Headings 1,2, and 3.
 * Click **Edit** to start with then select the **Widgets** menu :




 * The code will pull all the text on your page designated as Heading 1, 2. or 3.
 * The Heading 1 text will be left justified in the Table of Contents.
 * Heading 2 text will be slightly indented and Heading 3 will be slightly more indented.



> Features | Edit Toolbar | New Pages | Links | Images  |  Tags |  TOC | Playlists |  Look & Feel |  References
 * Using the second widget will add a flat table of contents designated as Heading 1 text only, as used as section breaks on this page.
 * For Example:
 * Finally select **Save**



= Navigation = On every Wikispace, there is a navigation bar depending on the design and layout it may be on the left or on the right. By default Wikispaces includes every page that you create automatically in alphabetical order, this is great when your starting out. But as you become more confident, you may wish to create a more sophisticated navigational map, then you need to remove the navigation widget by select **edit navigation** at the bottom of the navigation bar, and type in the pages you do want included and add links by hand. Look at the sitemap of our page **@852 Learning Sitemap** it is quite a simple structure, but not every page is included in the navigation. A better example is at: http://msc-ks4technology.wikispaces.com/Year+10+Food Take alook at the navigation bar, then the page itself has been set up as a menu and navigational page to further materials, currently this site has 160 pages, the navigation would be far too long and difficult to manage.





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