There are lots of wikis out there… But I like…. A how-to for the classroom

There are lots of wikis out there…

But I like…

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A how-to for the classroom



Setting up a Wikispace

1. Go to wikispaces.com

2. Click on

3. Then click on the k-12 link here







4. Fill out the stuff- your username is what

you will sign in as- Remember your

password- You will have to verify

from this e-mail address later

- Click make a wiki- This will be the name of

your wikispace page- NO SPACES

- SettingsIf your students don’t have e-

mails, you will have to set it to public

If they do, set it to either protected or private

- Check the Educational Use box to get your wiki with no ads



5. Welcome to your new wikispace!- Each page has five tabs

1. Page- what you see when you go to the site2. Discussion- a place to argue3. History- so you can keep track of changes and

reset if necessary4. Notify me- you can set to get an e-mail anytime

there are changes to the page


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important tab, the edit button-

that’s where we’ll start

Changing your wiki

1. Simple text editing- The edit tab brings up this

toolbar. Once this toolbar comes up, you can type in the page. Some buttons should be recognizable- bold, etc, and numbers/tabs

- To make the text bigger or smaller, change normal to what heading size you like

- Or there is the more complicated text pallette

- Which brings up this







2. Inserting a link on your page

- click the link button- Click the External link tab- Paste the address here- Type what words you

want to be the link in the top box

- If you want the link to open in a new window, check the box

- Click the “add link” button

- It looks like this on the page







3. Inserting a picture- click the file button from the

toolbar- The Easy Way:

1. Click upload files2. Find the picture on your

computer3. After it finishes loading, click

on it to put it onto your page- The Other Way

1. Click the external images tab2. Paste the location of the

image from the internet3. Double-click it to put it into

the page- You then get a picture toolbar

where you can resize it, align it, or make it a link







4. Inserting a file

- it’s the same process as a picture- Upload file, find it,

then click on it when it loads

- It shows up as a block with it’s own toolbar for resizing, alignment, and editing

- After you save the page, it looks like this on the page









5. Widgets & Tables- Tables are fairly

self-explanatory, you get this box

- Widgets encompass a wide range of things you can do on your wiki

- Most of them are for embedding things in your page

- They usually involve pasting a link to where the source was









Making a New Page1. Making a page- just

click on new page at the top left.

2. Name the page3. Tags- topics that the

page will be about- this allows people to search by keyword and find this particular page. You can put as many tags as you want

4. Your new page will have a link to it on the navigation bar on the left





The Tabs







1. Discussion- Every page has a built in discussion feature- it’s like a message board for each page

- all messages are organized into threads based on the first message posted

- To respond, click on the subject of the thread you want and post a reply

- If you click “monitor topic” you can be e-mailed each time someone updates the page

- To start a new thread, click New Post from the discussion page

2. History- Wikispaces keeps a record of every version of the page, who changed it, and how it was different

- If users are logged in, their usernames appear, if not, it says Guest and their IP address

- To see what a particular person changed, click on the date

- You will get a version of the page where everything they added is in green, and everything they deleted is in red

- You also have the ability to reset to this version, if the newer one is not to your liking







3. Notify Me- you can be updated about page changes by e-mail or RSS

- you can set it to monitor either edits or discussions

- This section only tells you about this page in particular





Manage Wiki

1. Pages- rename, delete, lock pages in the wiki

2. Templates- want all your pages to look the same? Make a template.

3. Members- view, remove, or add new members

4. Permissions- set to public, private, or protected





5. Look & Feel- change background colors, themes, make it pretty- you will be asked to verify it’s a educational wiki to upgrade and activate this feature

6. Notifications- like a Notify Me for the whole wiki

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There are lots of wikis out there… But I like…. A how-to for the classroom