Tutorials

toc Editing the wiki requires lots of different skills, and everyone struggles in one area or another. The following tutorials are available to help you learn the skills you need. Note the Table of Contents to the right that will help you find what you need.
 * If there is anything confusing, unclear, or missing (i.e. there is no tutorial for something you want to do) on this page, please let us know in the discussion area at the bottom. **

=Accessing Blackboard=
 * DISCLAIMER: Wikispaces has made updates since these tutorials were created. We are working on updating the tutorials to match the changes, but some things still need work. **
 * 1) Go to [|www.sjrstate.edu].
 * 2) Click on **My SJRState** at the top.
 * 3) Click **login**.
 * 4) Enter your school username and password
 * 5) Click on the **MyCourses** tab. Alternatively, you may click on **Blackboard** from the menu on the left-hand side of the page.
 * 6) Click on the **Blackboard** box.
 * 7) Click on the course name.

Quizzes

 * 1) Log into your blackboard account (see above).
 * 2) Click on **Content** in the upper left menu box. Alternatively, you may find quizzes in the **My** **Announcements** box.
 * 3) Click on the quiz you want to take.

Viewing Completed Quizzes
See also Accessing Quizzes Tutorial (detailed tutorial with pictures)
 * 1) Log into your blackboard account (see above)
 * 2) Click on "My Grades" in the upper left menu box. **Alternative**: Find the block labeled **What's New**, click on **Gradebook, c**lick on a quiz
 * 3) Click on the grade that you received under Calculated Grade--it will pull Review Test Submission.

=How to use Recent Changes=

=Viewing Revisions for a Wiki Page (Page Revision History)=

Revert a page to a previous version
=Create a Page=

From a dead link

 * 1) Find or create a dead link (see "dead links" below), and click on it.
 * 2) The page you are on should say:
 * [[image:page doesn't exist.jpg width="800" height="60"]]
 * 1) Select a template from the list if desired (i.e. "Vocabulary" for vocab pages, the appropriate discussion or assignment template).
 * [[image:template drop down.jpg width="800" height="209"]]
 * 1) Click the **Save** button in the tool bar at the top to save your changes.

From Scratch

 * 1) In a separate window, go to the wiki home and click the "+" next to **Pages and Files**on the actions menu.
 * [[image:pages and files plus.jpg width="286" height="231"]]
 * 1) Type the title of your page into the **Page Name**field.
 * [[image:New Page creation-page name.jpg width="382" height="189"]]
 * 1) Select a template if desired [user pages, vocabulary pages, small essay, etc.]
 * [[image:New Page creation-template.jpg width="475" height="238"]]
 * 1) You do not need to add tags at this point.
 * 2) Click the **Create**button.
 * [[image:New Page creation-create.jpg width="498" height="248"]]
 * 1) Type in or copy and paste the text that you want to have on your page.
 * 2) Click the **Save**button in the tool bar at the top to save your changes.
 * [[image:Save editing.jpg width="800" height="63"]]

=Finding a Page= After you save a page, it goes into the list of files. If it doesn't appear in the navigation bar, there are three different ways to search for it.
 * Example: Finding your User Page:**

Search using the search bar.

 * 1) In a separate window, go to the wiki home.
 * 2) Find the white search bar up towards the top of it.
 * 3) Type the name of the page you are searching for (i.e. your grading number) into the search bar.
 * 4) Press enter.

Search using the Recent Changes page.

 * 1) Find the "Recent Changes" link just above the white search bar.
 * 2) Click it to see a list of all the recent changes to the wiki.
 * 3) Enter your username in the username field to find every change you've made to the wiki since you entered.
 * 4) Find your user page in this list. You can use this method if the first doesn't work; usually because of a misspelling.

Search using the Pages and Files page.

 * 1) Find the "Pages and Files" link two lines above the Recent Changes link.
 * 2) Click it to see a list of all the pages and files.
 * 3) Search through the list until you find your user page.

= Adding text = While in Edit mode, just start typing.

Editing a page in Wikispaces is a lot like using a simple word processor. Use the ** bold **, // italic // , and __ underline __ buttons for simple formatting, or use the ** Color and Style Editor ** button to change your text’s size , color , font , and more.

Copy and Paste Text Problems
If you copy and paste text into your page and the formatting is giving you problems, you can clear the formatting using the **Style Text** button (T w/ picture of a painters pallet) in the editing tool bar.
 * 1) While in Edit mode, highlight all of the text you want to fix.
 * 2) Click the **Style Text** button
 * 3) Click **Clear Styles** button at the bottom of the pop-up box. This button only appears when you have selected (highlighted) text for formatting.

= Making a Table of Contents =

Setting a heading
This will change the formatting of the line and any text that you format as headings will appear in the table of contents once you embed a ** Table of Contents ** widget on your page,.
 * 1) While in **Edit** mode, highlight the text that you want to make into a heading.
 * 2) Select the level of heading from the dropdown list in the editor bar.

Embed a Table of Contents

 * 1) While in **Edit** mode, make sure the cursor at the very top of the page
 * 2) Click the **Widget** button in the editing tool bar.
 * 3) Select **Table of Contents** Widget from the list of Wikispaces Widgets.

=Linking= Make sure you are in Edit mode (click Edit at the top of the page) on the page where you want to add a link before you proceed to one of the following.

** Internal link (live): **

 * Link to an existing page in the current wiki **
 * 1) Highlight the text or image that you would like to make into a link.
 * 2) Select the **Link** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) If there is already a page in the wiki named with the highlighted text, you will see the green check-mark in the **Page Name** field. If this is not the case, start typing the name of the page you would like to link to into the **Page Name** field. You can either type the full name or choose it from the drop-down.
 * 4) Click the **Add Link** button.
 * 5) Save the wiki page.

** External link: **

 * Link to another Web site **
 * 1) Highlight the text or image that you would like to make into a link.
 * 2) Select the **Link** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) Select the **External Link** tab.
 * 4) Type or paste the URL into the **Address** field.
 * 5) Click the **Add Link** button.
 * 6) Save the wiki page.

** Internal Link (dead): **

 * Link to a non-existing page in the current wiki **
 * 1) Highlight the text or image that you would like to make into a link.
 * 2) Select the **Link** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) Type the name of the new page into the **Page Name** field.
 * 4) Click the **Add Link** button.
 * 5) Save the wiki page.

** Create a new page from a dead link: **

 * 1) Click the dead link. This will take you to a new page that says "This page does not exist yet."
 * 2)  If you are making a Vocabulary Page (most common), select the vocabulary template. Otherwise, c lick **Edit** to begin editing the new page.
 * 3) Fill in template to the best of your ability (see Wiki Assignment #3 for more info).

Turn pictures into links:

 * 1) Click on the image that you would like to make into a link.
 * 2) Click **Add Link** in the tool bar that pops up.
 * 3) Start to type the name of the page you are linking to into the **Page Name** field. The page name you want should show up in the drop-down list.
 * 4) Find the page name you want in the drop-down list and click on it.
 * 5) Click the **Add Link** button.
 * 6) Save the wiki page.

Video Demonstration
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= =Adding Pictures and Files=

Adding an image

 * 1) Place the cursor where you would like the image to appear.
 * 2) Select the **File** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) Click the **Upload Files** button.
 * 4) Page through your files, search by file name, or sort by tag.
 * 5) Click on the image to place it on the page.
 * 6) Click on the image to get the **File Properties** popup, and adjust the alignment and size of your image, or add a caption.
 * 7) Save the wiki page.

Adding a file

 * 1) Place the cursor where you would like the link to your file to appear.
 * 2) Select the **File** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) **Upload Files**.
 * 4) Page through your files, search by file name, or sort by tag.
 * 5) Click on the file to place it on the page. Images, videos, and audio clips can be embedded directly into the page. For other file types — including PDFs, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations — the **Embed File** option will place a link to the file on the page.
 * 6) Save the wiki page.

Video Demonstration
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=Adding Videos=

Embedding a Video

 * 1) Place the cursor where you would like the video to appear.
 * 2) Select the **Widget** icon from the editor toolbar.
 * 3) In the **Widgets** tool, select **Video** from the side menu and choose your video service or click Other.
 * 4) In a separate browser window or tab, navigate to your video. Look for something that says “Embed” (or maybe "Share"), followed by a piece of code. Copy this code.
 * 5) Back on your wiki page, paste the copied code into the field in the Widget tool. Hit **Save**.
 * 6) Click on the embedded widget (in editor mode, it will be a blue square) to get the **Widget Properties** popup, and adjust the alignment and size of your video.
 * 7) Save the wiki page.

Video Demonstration
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= = =Tagging=
 * 1) Next to the "Edit" button there are four others. Click on the one with ellipses ("...").
 * 2) Click on "tags" and type the appropriate tag (i.e "Essays for Peer Review")
 * 3) While typing, watch for the tag to appear in a list of possible tags. If it appears, select it from the list.
 * 4) Save tags. If the tag refers to a group on the navigation bar, the page should appear in that group. For essays, if they are tagged properly, they will automatically appear in the Peer Forum.

=Comments= Comments are a very important feedback feature here on our wiki, and may earn you credit if a classmate finds your comment helpful. To make a comment on a page, follow these steps:

Making Comments

 * 1) Click "Edit." just as if you were editing the page itself.
 * 2) Highlight the part you want to comment on.
 * 3) Click the "Comment" button (with the yellow speech bubble) in the editing tool bar at the top of the page.
 * 4) Type your comment in the yellow box that appears on the right side.
 * 5) Finish your comment with a link to your user page by typing your grading number and turning it into an internal link.
 * 6) Save the page to close your comment.
 * 7) Click the comments bubble at the top to see your comments.

How to Reward a Helpful Comment (Giving a Comment Badge)

 * 1) Find a comment that was helpful to you, click "edit" on the page, then click reply on the comment you wish to reward.
 * 2) Type your reply message (if any) and insert the picture "comments badge.jpg" (see Adding an image)
 * 3) Save the page.
 * 4) Click on the link in their comment to go to their user page. If they forgot to add the link, you can click on their user number in the navigation bar to the right.
 * 5) Click edit on their user page, click in the table below the heading Comment Badges then click file and insert the picture "comments badge.jpg" (see Adding an image).
 * 6) Link the badge to the page the comment is on, so we have a record of why the badge was awarded (see Turn pictures into links). IMPORTANT: The badge will not receive credit unless it is linked.
 * 7) Save the page.

=Adding a Signature= Type four tilde (~) symbols. You must use shift to type it--see below for location. After you have saved the page it will look something like this 1341794309
 * [[image:keyboard sign key.jpg]]