Wikis+(Novice)

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=Wikis (Novice): "To Wikis and Beyond!"=

Overview
In this session, you will be oriented with the foundations of wikis. You will create your own wiki and learn the basics on creating pages, editing pages, editing your navigation bar, and performing primary wiki management. The purpose of this session is to help you gain general understanding of wikis so that you can create your own wiki and help others in your school/district create wikis.

Time Allotted
2 hours and 15 minutes (2:45-5:00)

Goals
By participating in this workshop, participants will experience how to create, manage, and maintain a Wikispaces wiki.

Outcomes
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
 * Create your own wiki
 * Create a home page the explains your wiki
 * Create additional pages within your wiki
 * Perform basic editing of your pages
 * Add images and video to your wiki
 * Edit the Navigation Bar
 * Alter access and the general design of your wiki

Content
Participants will create their own wiki in which they will begin to populate within this session. Participants will learn how to: add and edit pages; integrate files, images, and video; alter the navigation bar; change the theme and color of the wiki; change the privacy settings; and change participant restrictions.

Instructional Strategy/Activities
This session will be a working session using a model where you will watch a skill being completed by the facilitator, practice the skill, and then use the skill on the wiki you are designing.

Resources
PC or Mac, an internet browser (preferably FireFox)

Evaluation
Be prepared to share your wiki at the end of the session.

=Lesson=

Step 1: Creating your Wiki
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Step 2: Creating your Homepage
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Step 3: Editing
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Step 4: Inserting Images, Files and Video
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 * Image**s **and Files**
 * Video**

Step 5: The Navigation Bar
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Step 6: General Wiki Management
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