Freshman Academy -- Wiki and Blog Help

• To register your WikiName, go to TWikiRegistration (Remember to use your real first and last name!)
• ThreeSteps for creating a simple wiki page.

General Section

To start all new accounts are automatically registered as a wiki user when created. Your login name for wiki will be in the form of a special wiki word, which, by default, is your first and last name without a space in between (ex. Joseph Smith will be JosephSmith^?.) You can get to the wiki main page by opening a web browser and typing in the address: http://www.wou.edu/wiki, or by clicking here. -- RickThompson - 14 Jul 2005

-- a GettingStarted page seems like a good place to start....

The Benefits of using Wiki

We should also think about presenting this to the freshman in a manner in which they will WANT to use it, not just that the HAVE to use it. Such things would be as to how they can pin class help on certain wiki pages, or information about the campus. -- ChristianMendez - 15 Jul 2005

The Writing Center staff shall review each summary for clarity, organization and the quality of the content. The Staff, assisted by Center Fellows, will provide feedback to each team about the quality of the written product. At the end of the year, the top twenty teams will be invited to enter their submissions into a writing competition for various awards, including a $10,000.00 scholarship for the top team.

Why Wiki for WOU is good for you!

(Perhaps something like this?) The wiki is quickly becoming one of the most popular information tools around the world. Wikipedia, a wiki encyclopedia is one of the 100 most browsed sites on the internet (I don't remember ho, hosting over 600,000 user made articles in the English version alone. For our purposes, the (What is it's name? WouWiki^?? WikiWou^?? Wiki for Wou? Wiki4Wou? I know the first two will show up as WikiWords, but I think they are the best names and need to be shown in that form.) can be used for (main objective and subordinate objectives). -- KentoIkeda - 15 Jul 2005

When Editing

When you edit a document, look below the edit box for basic formatting help. You can use the preview button to test your formatting changes without saving; use the back button in your browser to return from the preview screen to the edit screen.

When you are done, make sure the "Release Edit Lock" button is checked (it probably is already) and then hit Save. If you have unchecked the Release Edit Lock button, the topic will remain locked for an hour. Note that if you have a topic open for editing but don't do anything for an hour, the system will assume you have abandoned your edits and allow others to come in and edit the topic.

Add other stuff here, this is just a start... -- RonSwartzer - 14 Jul 2005

Only one person is allowed to edit a document at a time. The name of the person that is currently editing will pop up when you click the Edit button. There is no time limit for them to be on, so when working in a large group it is a good idea to write all of your thoughts down in a Word document before transferring it to the Wiki server. Then copy and paste your work into the Wiki edit window. Also make sure that you press the Save button when you are done, otherwise there may be people sitting and waiting until you are done.

Also remember there is no spell check so this will also help out with spelling errors.

-- KatieVolk - 15 Jul 2005

Adding Images

Placing an image on your wiki page can be done two different ways.

1. If the image you would like to use is on the web simply type its URL into your edit page at the point you would like the image to appear. To find an Image’s URL, right click on it and go down to properties. The URL will appear in the “location” field.

2. If the image you would like to use is on your computer you can use the “Attach” function found at the top of your page next to “edit.” Once you have clicked “Attach”, you can browse your hard drive for the desired file. After you have selected the image you can decide either to have the image appear in the body of your page or as a link in the list of attachments at the bottom of your page.

-- AdamBates - 27 Jul 2005

Miscellaneous notes, comments, and fragments

-- TopicEditTest

-- To get access to edit this page send a note to: Bill Kernan

-- AdvancedWikiHints - this topic will hold miscellaneous stuff that might not belong in the basic help file

-- Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = AcademyHelpGroup

-- BillKernan - 29 Jun 2005

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