mrp_howto-wiki

How To Use:
Reading Plus | Wikispaces.com | Basic Math

 =How To Use: Wikispaces.com= Sign In | Setup 1st Page | Create A Hyperlink | Setup GizmoSurvey Quiz | more how-to's coming soon! 

Signing In

 * 1) Email David Calco (david.calco@constellationschools.com) to receive a **wiki invitation**.
 * 2) You will receive a hyperlink in your email. Click on it and it will take you to a setup page for your wiki site.
 * 3) You will name your wiki page and setup an account.



Setting Up Your First Page
The page...
 * 1) The page will be blank when you see it other than it saying "This is where you write something."
 * 2) To edit your page, you will need to click "Edit This Page" at the top.
 * 3) The screen will change so that a bar appears at the top called "Editor."
 * 4) This bar is similar to a Microsoft Word editor, except it has less buttons (YAY!)
 * 5) Erase the text by selecting it with you mouse (just like you would in Word).
 * 6) Start writing your information.

Editing Text, Adding pictures
 * 1) Edit your text using the **B** //**I**// **__U__** tools.
 * 2) Add pictures by clicking on the palm tree-looking icon.
 * 3) Select a picture from your computer by selecting browse and finding the picture in the folder.
 * 4) Click the Upload button
 * 5) Your picture will be hi-lighted in yellow after the upload. //(NOTICE: this will only happen once you upload it. Do NOT upload the same picture over and over to insert it. Just browse for the picture by its name by using the alphabet and numbers provided below the icons).//
 * 6) Once you see your picture, double click on it to insert it into your website. You can move it down by pressing the ENTER key.



Creating A Hyperlink

 * 1) There are two ways to add a hyperlink
 * 2) Hyperlinking to someone else's wikispaces page
 * 3) OR, hyperlinking to an outside source

To hyperlink to someone else's wikispaces page
 * 1) Click on "Edit This Page."
 * 2) Hi-lite the text that you want to hyperlink (hi-lite like you would in MS Word)
 * 3) Click on the icon in the "Editor" that looks like a world with a //connected// chain link. (The //disconnected// chain link removes a hyperlink.
 * 4) A window pops up and gives you 3 choices. Choose the second.
 * 5) Type in the person's wikispaces page (mine is //mr.+parsons+page//).
 * 6) Click OK.

To hyperlink to an outside source
 * 1) Do steps 1-4 above, except choose the third, //bottom//, choice and type in the web address.
 * 2) Click OK.



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