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Wiki Project “How – To’s”

**__ Edit Text (Font size, Color, Spacing, Line) __** 1. Choose the Edit button on the top left of your page 2. To modify the look and feel of your text, choose the “T” button located on the contol bar – it also has an icon on it looking like a painters palette. 3. Edit your text 4. Save the new modifications

**__ Create a new page within your wiki __** 1. On the top-left side of your wiki space you will see a button labeled “new page” 2. Click the new page button 3. Label the name of the new page in the area provided 4. Save it

**__ Adding a link to a site not within you wiki __** 1. Click on the small text below all your wiki pages labeled “edit navigation” 2. Click the button labeled “Link” on the control bar 4. Choose the EXTERNAL LINK option 5. Label the link something you will remember and makes sense for this website (we labeled the ABC-CLIO link “ABC-CLIO…not that tough) in the LINK TEXT box 6. Copy and paste the links url address in the ADDRESS box 7. Click new window 8. Save the changes

__** Adding Video to your Wiki **__ 1. Click EDIT on the page you wish to add the video 2. Click the "WIDGET" button along the control bar 3. Select the first option to the left which is video 4. Determine where the video is being copied from (You Tube, TeacherTude, Google, etc.) 5. Copy the embed code from the site and paste it to the wiki in the area selected for the code *If you simply copy and paste the embed code to the page it will not show up   6. Click Save    __** Adding a Picture to your Wiki **__   1. Click EDIT on the page you wish to add the picture   2. Place the cursur to the spot where you want the picture   3. Go to the picture you found on the internet (Google Images, MSN Images, ABC-CLIO, etc.) and right-click and select "COPY"   4. Go back to your Wiki page that you are editing and right-click and select "PASTE"   5. Click Save