| flat | The Page | Creating Your Page | Discussion | Adding an Image or File to Your Page | Resizing images | Adding Widgets | Wikispace's Widgets

The Page

The wiki for this class is located at http://mmcaulfield.wikispaces.com. This is a private page, which means anyone can view, but only those special few (that’s you guys) are actually allowed to edit or change information or to make comments on the forum. Please remember, that this page is an extension of the classroom, therefore all rules and policies of Westfield-Washington Schools do apply. I receive notification each time the page is altered or edited, so keep that in mind when you’re online.
In order to edit or discuss, you will need your username, which you supplied to me earlier this week. Your password is preset randomly, so you may want to change this to something you can remember ASAP.

Creating Your Page

To create your page, click on New Page in the top left corner of this page. When you are asked for your page name, title it according to the class's decision. You will then have to add your page to the navigation bar on the left. To do so, click on Edit Navigation at the bottom of the list to the left. Type the name of your page under the double line which separates the information pages from the student pages. Before you save, highlight your title and click on the Add Hyperlink button on the Editor bar. Choose your page from the drop down menu, then save. Your page should appear on the navigation bar under the double line.

Discussion

Discussion forums are open . If you have a question about how to do something or want to discuss any general aspect of this unit, use the discussion located from the home page. Otherwise, use the discussion tabs located on your pages.

Editing
When you go to your page, you should see a green box on the right which says Edit This Page. You must click this button in order to edit. You may edit any aspect of your page; however, do not change the look of the entire wiki. Any images you use from other web pages must be cited in your Bibliography section.

You can easily figure out the purpose of each button on your Editor bar by hovering over the button. Two buttons you may want to look at include the Insert Images and Files button and the Embed Widget button.

Adding an Image or File to Your Page

This button may be used to add images or media to your page. You upload a copy of the file in order to add it to your page, however.

1. Click the Insert Images and Files button.
2. Use the "Upload New File" or "External Image URL" dialog to select the image or file you wish to put on your page.
3. Put the cursor at the position on the page where you wish to put the image or file.
4. Double click the image or file to put it on the page.

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Resizing images

1. Click "Edit This Page."
2. Click on the image you'd like to change.
3. White squares will appear the edges of the photo. Click on a white square and drag it to resize the photo.

Adding Widgets

1. Click "Edit This Page."
2. Go to the embed widget button on the toolbar that looks like a television

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3. Choose the type of media you would like to embed.
4. For each application, there will be instructions for copying the HTML from that application's site and pasting it in the widget tool's box.
5. Once you have embedded the widget to your page, "Save" your page.

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Wikispace's Widgets

We have designed special widgets that allow you to place dynamic content about your Wikispace on your page. This content includes most frequent editors, the discussion threads for a particular page, the page history, and your space's tag cloud. You can now easily place them on your Wikispace by going to the embed widget tool

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on the toolbar.

1. In the embed tool, choose "Wikispaces."
2. Choose the Wikispaces Widget you would like to add to your page.
3. Customize the widget as you would like, such as setting the specific page that you will add.
4. "Embed" the widget into your page.
5. "Save" your page.

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Other Widgets can be added by clicking Other.