Create a Wiki for Your Class

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Follow this step by step guide to creating your own class Wiki.

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Making Your First Class WikiWith PBWorks

By Paul H. Smith 2010

Step 1. Plan it out

Scribble down what you want to achieve with your class wiki.

Sketch pages that you want to include

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Sign Up!

http://pbworks.com

Sign up now. Select the

Free option

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Sign Up 2

This will be your new wiki web address

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Sign Up 3

Click the link to get started

Then you should see

this

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Setting Up

Check your security

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PBWorks Screen: View Mode

Navigate to Frequently used pages

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Similar functions to

MS Word

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Add Students as Members

Access Users Tab, Add More

Users

If you don’t have student email select

create account for

your students

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Add Students as Members

How many students?

Make access level writer

You can enter names

and passwords if you like or

simple press continue

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Add Students as Members

This now prints out an easy to distribute user

card for students

You can enter names

and passwords if you like or

simple press continue

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Student Wiki Agreementshttp://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?

title=Student_Created_Blog_Policies

http://butlertech.wikispaces.com/file/view/wiki+use+agreement.pdf

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Student Folders : Their Own Space

Access Pages & Files

Tab

Add a folder for each

student to keep their

pages

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First PageCreate a

page

Name Your Page

More OptionsPut in in YOUR

FOLDER

Click Create Page

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Images Select Images & files tab

Either Upload orInsert from URL (Most Common)

URL is a web address of the image e.g. Right-Click picture

from Google Images: Copy Image

Location or Copy Image addressPaste into Wiki

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Get Creative with your Wiki!Project Pages

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Plugins: Photo slideshows, You tube, podcasts and much

more!

Homework online

Get Creative with your Wiki!

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Enjoy your Wiki experiences

Start small

Watch the students take the initiative

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Options

Customise your Wiki

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