PBWiki Tutorial

What is a wiki?

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Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and cross-links between internal pages on the fly.

Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself.

Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatisWiki

Whose Using Wikis

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Create a Wiki…just the basics

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Set Security

Welcome To Your Wiki

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Two Things You Need to Remember:Click on EDIT page to start creating your new wiki!!

Click on SAVE to lock in your changes!!

Edit Your Wiki

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When you click on EDIT, you will see a standard word processing toolbar.

Inserting Images & Files

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Images: You will need to browse to where the images are located on your computer.

You then will Upload them to PB Wiki.They will stay in this area, and you can preview them or add them to additional pages!

Files:You can add support documentation to your wiki. Just browse to where the files are on your computer.

The uploaded files will stay in the Images & Files area.

Adding Pages & Navigating

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Adding Hyperlinks

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You can link to pages within the wiki, pages on the internet, or email addresses

Save Your Wiki

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Make sure you SAVE YOUR WIKI.

PBWiki has a recent activity of your pages. You can see who has been contributing to the wiki at a glance.

Need To Roll Back?

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PBWiki has a page history. You can revert to an earlier version if necessary.

Get A Little Help from your Friends…

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You can add authors to your wiki

You can choose what level of permission to grant:

Get A Little Help from your Students…

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PBWiki allows for secure student accounts…no email accounts needed…when you click on create accounts for your students…

How Can I Use The Wiki

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Here are some ideas. A wiki might be perfect for you if...

You're tired of waiting for IT to help set you up You want to increase student engagement using

a safe online wiki You're tired of complicated solutions that

nobody uses You want a no-hassle way to showcase your

students' work online You want to eliminate excuses of lost homework You want a central place for your group to

collaborate You want one place to put your files and

thoughts so you can access them anywhere You want a partner to share best practices on

collaboration

Some Classroom Wikis

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Visit The TILT Website: http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/tilt/tilt.html

Need Help?

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PBWiki has a great support center…including video tutorials