Beginner’s Guide

Beginner’s Guidefor Students

Contents Page

• Responding to a FIZX invitation

• Accepting a FIZX invitation without a wikidot account

• Creating a wikidot account

• Contributing to a forum discussion

on FIZX

• Creating a forum thread on FIZX

Slides 3 – 9

Slides 10 – 14

Slides 15 – 23

Slides 23 – 29

Slides 30 – 36

Responding to a invitation

Beginner’s Guide for Students

Step One:

invitations

will be sent to you from your teacher.

Login to your chosen email account.

Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation

Step Two:

If you already have a

account login

using the Sign In link.

If you don’t, follow the instructions to create a

new account.

Step Three:

Enter your

account details to login

Step Four:Click on the on the

Accept Invitation link

Step Five:

Click on the fizx.wikidot.com link to

enter the website

Step Six:

Congratulations! You are now a member

of the website.

You can now use your new membership to explore all areas of the site!!!

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Accepting a invitation without a account

Beginner’s Guide for Students

Step One:

invitations

are sent to your email account from your teacher

Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation

Step Two:

If you do not have a

account create a new account using the

Create a new account link.

Step Three:

Enter your full name and proper email address to create you new account. You will need

these to login to the website.

Choose a password that you will remember.

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Step Four:

Congratulations! You are now a member

of the website.

You can now use your new membership to explore all areas of the site!!!

Creating a account

Beginner’s Guide for Students

Step One:

Go to www.wikidot.com to create your account.

Choose create account using the Create account link.

Step Two:

Enter your full name and email address to create your wikidot account.

You will need these to login

to the website.

Choose a password you will remember.

Step Three:

will now send you an invitation

to the email address you specified.

Step Four:

invitations

will be sent to the specified email address.

Login to your chosen email account.

Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation

Step Five:

Congratulations! You are now a member

of the website.

You can now use your new membership to

join the community!!!

Step Six:

Go to www.fizx.org.uk and the Join FIZX! tab and follow the instructions to

join the

website

Step Seven:

Tell your teacher you wish to join the community.

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Contributing to a forum discussion on

Beginner’s Guide for Students

Step One:Login to your

account

Step Two:Click on the Forum link at

the top of the sidebar.Click on the link for the forum

category you would like to add to

\

Step Three:Click on the Forum thread that

you would like to add to

\

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Step Four:Click on Reply to contribute

to the discussion

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Step Five:

Add your reply in the space provided.

Use wiki syntax for //italics// or **bold** comments.

You can preview your reply.

Click Post It when you are finished

Step Six:Your reply will now appear in the

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Creating a forum thread on

Beginner’s Guide for Students

Step One:Login to your

account

Step Two:Click on the Forum link at

the top of the sidebar.Click on the link for the forum

category you would like to add to

\

Step Three:Click on Create a new thread to make a new discussion thread

\

Step Four:

Add the details for your thread in the spaces provided.

Use wiki syntax for //italics// or **bold** comments.

You can preview your reply.

Click Post It when you are finished

Step Five:Your new thread will now

appear in the forum discussion

Step Six:Your new thread summary will also

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