[edit] Using the CCCOnline Faculty Wiki
Anyone may view articles in this Wiki; however, Wikis are designed for collaboration and this one is no exception. Faculty who have created an account and logged in may do more than just read articles. Once logged in to the Wiki, you can perform either of these two additional actions:
- EDIT existing articles
- CREATE your own pages/articles
Users who have not logged in and attempt to do more than view an article (i.e., go to a user page or edit) will receive a message saying that they are not currently allowed to edit a page. If this happens, you have two options:
- You can log in, if you already have an account.
- You can create an account by clicking "Log in/Create account" on the top right of any page.
[edit] Setting Up an Account
- If you wish to do more than read the articles in the Faculty Wiki, you will need to set up an account for yourself. Doing so will enable access to some additional features of the Wiki, such as being able to edit existing articles (if you see ways in which they can be changed or improved). Having an account also allows you to create your own pages and articles for the Wiki.
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[edit] Navigating the Faculty Wiki
- Click the links below to access Flash (swf) format demonstrations and learn about the Faculty Wiki Headers, Sidebar, Article Tabs and Tool box features for navigation!
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[edit] Tips for Editing Wiki Articles
- With the exception of a few pages, every page has a tabbed link that says "edit." This link lets you do exactly that: edit the page you're looking at. As a logged-in user, don't be afraid to edit — anyone can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to do so. You can't break the Wiki! And if you think you have, we can fix it for you if you let us know what we need to do. So find something that can be improved, be it content, grammar, or formatting, and make it better - or create a page of your own for others to view.
- It's best to briefly describe the changes you make in the Summary box which appears above the Save Page and other buttons. Something simple will do, like "edited typos" or "added additional content." Also, if the change you have made to the page is significant, such as the addition of content or major changes to content, be sure to uncheck the box "This is a minor edit."
- One important feature on the editing page is the Show preview button. This allows you to see what the page will look like after your edit, and before you actually save it. (We all make mistakes, and this feature lets us catch them.) Using Show Preview before saving also lets you try format changes and other edits without cluttering up the history of changes to the page.
- Don't forget to save your edits after filling in the Summary box and previewing!
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[edit] Creating a Page
- Once you create an account on the Faculty Wiki, you will find a link with your User Name at the top of the page after you log in. Clicking on this will take you to a blank page which acts as your personal Sandbox. Your Sandbox also may become a table of contents linking to other pages you create. To make a new page, create a link in your Sandbox to a new page and then click on that link (the Wiki will create the page and bring it up in edit view). Add whatever you wish to this new page, including more links to other new pages.
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[edit] Text Formatting: Basic Editing Commands
- Formatting Wiki articles is not the same as using a standard WYSIWYG word processor. Instead of being able to type with a "what you see is what you get" approach, Wikis (much like HTML) require you to use formatting codes to affect the way different elements look on the page (such as being bolded, in italics or in a numbered list).
- To facilitate this, each page you create in a Wiki contains a set of formatting buttons in a bar at the top. This Text Formatting Bar is designed to make editing easier and acts much like similar formatting icons in a word processor. It lets you apply a format such as “bold” or “Italics,” etc. to selected text. To use the bar, it's easiest to type your text, select/highlight the portion you want to format, and press the formatting button for the effect you wish to achieve. Of course, if you are daring you may also add formatting code directly into your text as you type!
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[edit] Linking to Other Pages
- You may add links to other pages or page sections in the Wiki (internal links, sometimes called wikilinks) or to resources outside of the Wiki (external links). External links consist of the URLs for other Web sites.
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[edit] Adding Images and Other Objects
- Pictures and other objects such as documents, media (audio/video files), and flash may be added to pages you create. To do this you must add a link to the image on the page you are creating and then upload the image/object file. Note that for this and other content there are legal copyright rules which must be followed.
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[edit] Additional Wiki Resources
- Once you have mastered the basics of editing and formatting in the Wiki, you may want to explore some more advanced formatting options as well as techniques for doing more with image and page layout.
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