Quick Start Guides

After you have created a wiki, you can add text, hyperlinks, images, and embedded media.

Note: Students will be able to contribute to the wiki when Yes has been selected as the Make the wiki available option. They can contribute if to the wiki if they have been selected as a member of the wiki.

 Navigation

Steps

1. Enter a course.
2. Click a content area link in the course menu frame to locate a wiki.
3. Click the View link for the wiki.
4. Click the Edit link in the wiki sidebar.

Adding Text

1. Enter information into the text box.
   If you copied text from a Microsoft Word document, click  and press the ctrl+v on your keyboard to paste in the text from the Paste from Word window.
   Select the Insert button to insert the content into the blog.
   
   If you copied text from another type of document, click (ctrl+v) to paste in the text.

Inserting Hyperlinks

1. Click the Edit link in the wiki sidebar.
2. Highlight the text that you want to link to another page.
3. Click .
4. If the link is to a new internal page, select the Link to a new page option and enter the page name in the Page Name field. This action creates the new page and the link to that page.
   
   If the link is to a page that was created previously, select the
   Link to an existing page option and select the page from the list
   of pages.
   
   If the link is to an external web site, select the Link to an external web site option and enter the address in the URL field.
5. Click the Insert button.
6. If done, click the Save button.

Inserting Local Images

1. Click the Edit in the wiki sidebar.
2. Click .
3. If the image is stored on your computer, select the Upload an image option and click the Browse button.
4. In the file upload dialog box, navigate to and select the image.
5. Enter a description in the alt text field.
6. Click the Upload button.
7. Click the Insert button.
8. If done, click the Save button.

Inserting External Images

1. Click the Edit link in the wiki sidebar.
2. Click .
3. If linking to an image on another website, select the Include an image from an external web site option.
4. Enter the address in the URL field.
5. Enter a description in the alt text field.
6. Click the Upload button.
7. If done, click the Save button.

Inserting Embedded Media

1. Click the Edit link in the wiki sidebar.
2. Click .
3. In the Type field, select the type of media being embedded.
4. Enter the address in the URL field.
5. Enter the width and height in the Dimension fields.
6. Click the Constrain proportions checkbox if applicable.
7. Click the Insert button.
8. If done, click the Save button.