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Wide World of Wikis

Presenters: Tamara Isaac & Renee Gaskins
PS 80Q, Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia & Communications

1. Sign up for a FREE Wikispace account at www.wikispaces.com.
2. Click on the button I am a Teacher to access an educators
upgraded account.
3. Cieate a useiname & passwoiu

4. Click on "NEW WIKI" in the uppei iight coinei.



You will be piompteu to answei some questions, then you will NANE Y00R WIKI.
Think of a shoit, "easy to iemembei" name foi youi wiki. The following extension...
.!"#"$%&'($)'*+ will be automatically geneiateu by the site) EXANPLE: If you'ie
cieating a giaue 4 Wiki. You may choose the NANE -./0 . Wikispace will
automatically auu .!"#"$%&'($)'*+)

When stuuents oi paients visit youi site, they will use -./0)!"#"$%&'($)'*+)

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S. Change the "L00K & FEEL" (TBENE) of youi Wiki. Click on SETTINuS,
then uENERAL, Select L00K & FEEL, the TBENES & C0L0RS.
(Change youi Wiki to CLASSIC WEBSITE)



6. Auu Text to Youi Wiki





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Click on the EBIT button. Youi scieen will change to an euitable iegion. Belete the
uefault text anu type a "Welcome" message. Bighlight youi text then select the TEXT
T00L (see image below)
Select youi "font", "size", "text coloi" anu "alignment". Then Select "APPLY STYLES"
to save youi changes.






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Click on the EBIT button (top iight-hanu coinei - when signeu into youi Wiki).
Youi scieen will change to an euitable iegion. (see image below). Place youi cuisoi
wheie you want the image to appeai in youi woikspace . Select FILE.


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You will see the INAuES anu FILES menu. You will be able to uploau image files
(jpg, png), uocument files, anu PBFs to the Wikispace fiom youi uesktop, computei
files, oi Inteinet.



B0N'T F0RuET T0 SELECT 123456 WBEN Y00'RE FINISBEB.


8. Embeuuing a viueo


Locate a viueo that you want to embeu on youi
Wikispace. Y00T0BE is blockeu in most school
uistiicts. TEACBER T0BE oi SCB00L T0BE
aie goou staiting points foi accessing viueos.
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Scioll uown youi (viueo) page until you finu the ENBEB C0BE oi ENBEBBABLE
PLAYER. Copy the coue anu ietuin to the Wiki page wheie the viueo will be
inseiteu.

Select WIBuET fiom youi Wikipage woikspace.


New menu will appeai. Select vIBE0, then 0TBER vIBE0.

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Then paste the embeu coue in the box that will appeai at the bottom of the Wiuget
menu.



0TBER WIBuET will appeai in youi Wiki Woikspace. Click SAvE.


Congiatulations! Youi viueo shoulu now be embeuueu on youi site!