Wiki-how-to

=How to create a wiki= = = =How to create a page=
 * Go to www.wikispaces.com
 * Select a user name
 * password
 * enter your email address
 * Make a wiki select yes if you want to create your own account or no if you just want to join an account
 * If you selected yes
 * Select a wiki name that will be the first part of your wiki-spaces address
 * Select permissions protected is good
 * If you make this an educational wiki you can then make it a private wiki
 * Private wikis can be seen by the public only if they sign in
 * Wiki type select K-12
 * Select Join
 * Now you can go to the wikispaces login page and sign in to create pages and add content.
 * Click on edit on this page
 * Type the name of page you wish to create
 * In this case "My New Page"
 * Select the name of the page with your mouse
 * Click link on the formatting tool bar
 * Select add link
 * Click save
 * Your new page is created
 * Now click on the link that is created called "My New Page"
 * This will take you to your new page
 * You can edit this page and add content
 * Now to test this out type your name and create a page in your name
 * Tom
 * Harry
 * Your Name
 * On your page you can do the following

=How to add a link to an existing page on this site or to an external site=
 * New Link(Internal)
 * If new link is the text you want to link to select it first
 * Click link on the tool bar
 * In the pop up menu select choose an existing link if you want to link to a page on this site
 * Select add link - Now you have linked a text to one of the pages on this site
 * If you want to link to an external link like[| google.com] (external)choose external link and select link
 * If you click on the text that you have hyper-linked it should take you to the new site

=How to embed a video / youtube on this page=
 * To embed a youtube video click on the icon that says widget
 * Select video
 * Now select the type of video you wish to embed example youtube
 * In the pop up there is a space for inserting the embed code
 * The embed code is obtained from the youtube site
 * Go to www.youtube.com select the video you wish to embed
 * Below the video there is a button which says share click it
 * You will see the option embed click it will show you a code copy and paste it into the popup of your wiki embed save it or preview it before saving
 * Now you have embedded a you-tube video into your page on this wiki

=Upload a document / pdf / image etc. onto this site and share it=
 * To upload a document go to "file" on the toolbar
 * The pop up will give you options to upload - select it
 * The page will take you to your computer documents select your file to upload
 * Once you upload the file select it from the list of files you have it will appear on this page [[file:Atomic Orbitals diagram.doc]]
 * You just embedded a document on this page, this can be repeated for pdf files or images

=How to add a new discussion=
 * A discussion is a easy way to collaborate on the different topics
 * On the top left hand corner you will find discussions
 * Select new post
 * Type in the subject and message and click post
 * You are all set now for receiving responses to your post.

=Creating projects with different team members working uniquely and privately=
 * Select projects from top left hand corner menu
 * Select create project
 * Assign names to the teams which are the different groups that you have created.
 * Add members if you already have a list on excel or choose them from your members of the wiki (This can be done later)
 * Make wiki private and select create
 * Your students can now work on them if you have already added the members