Wiki 1 Assignment

How To Begin this Assignment!

1. http://www.socialtext.net/mi021
2. Upper right hand tool bar, click on “log in”
3. enter e-mail address and password (set up through invitation e-mail)

Important General information: “dashboard” under “Quick Jumps” at the top of your screen will take you back to your individual homepage where you can access your workspaces. “home” at the top left of the screen will take you back to the MI021 - Computers in Management page where you can access the syllabus and other important class information (readings, assignments, due dates)

NOTE TO MAC USERS: It is HIGHLY recommended that you download Firefox 3 to use the wiki, instead of Safari. Safari does not support all of the wiki features.

1. On the homepage (viewed after you log in successfully) under “Your Work Spaces” you should find "MI021 - Computers in Management (Boston College)" . Click on it

Change your user name:

1.in the upper right hand corner click “settings”

2. enter your first and last name in the given spaces

3. this is very important- if you do not do this comments and edits will not be credited to your name.(ex. Dr. Jerry Kane)

Editing/ Creating a page

1. click “new page” (upper right)
2. Name this Page “your name” NOTE: Please actually enter your name the same as you entered in it when you followed the previous steps (ex. Jerry Kane).
3. You will see an editable text screen with some familiar text tools (Bold/ Italic)
4. Create some text (Highlight text and click H1, H2, H3, or H4 to change heading size). Include your name in H1 and your e-mail address in H3
5. Click Save.

1. Go to the Your Classmates page which can be found under Course Information section on the MI021 main page. Edit the page and type your name (make sure to type the same name you used when creating your page). Highlight the text and click the globe-like icon (three to the left of the insert option) and select wiki link.
2. Click save. This should create and internal link from the Your Classmates page to the "your name" page.

You have now successfully created and edited a page.

Create an internal link (a link to another page in the wiki).

1. Edit the page you just created, and type the "your name's hometown; name of your hometown" (e.g Samantha Burke's Hometown; Southborough, MA)
2. Highlight the text and click globe-like icon (create link) and select Wiki link.
3. Save your changes.
4. You should now see a highlighted link with blue dashed underline. Click on this link. It will create a new page that you can now edit.
5. Type some information about your hometown
6. Click Save

You have now successfully created an internal link.

External link

1. On your “your name” Page highlight your name and click on the globe-like icon (create link) and select Web link.
2. Enter the URL (http:// address) of an external web site in the link destination box.
3. save your work!

You have successfully created an external link

Upload a picture (make sure its a Jpeg file)<br>

1. On your “your name” page attach a picture by clicking “upload files” (upper right)
2. Browse your computer and attach a picture of yourself
3. Save your work

You have successfully uploaded a file!

Compare/ Restore edited versions-

A nice feature of Wikis is that you can compare two versions of a page to see if you like the changes (or if you accidentally delete your whole page you can restore it).

1. Return to your “* your name*” page by clicking on the link that appeared in your ‘home’ search
2. Press edit
3. type “Jerry Kane is a dork”
4. Save your work by pressing the green “save” Button (upper left)

Oops, you accidentally put a slur about the professor on the wiki...better remove it.

1. On the bottom right-hand corner click “revisions”
2. select the two top revisions (by clicking the dots)
3. Press “compare revisions”
4. click linked text saying “Revision #” (click the lesser of the two numbers)
5. Click “restore revision”
6. you have now successfully changed your page back to the old version; Jerry Kane is a dork” should now be gone from your page

You have successfully compared/ restored edited versions

Advanced Editing (Wiki Text):

There are advanced editing features of the wiki that are a bit more powerful (but more complex).

NOTE- all " symbols should NOT be included in your text. They are here to prevent Social Text from representing them as commands instead of instructions to you.

1. Click Edit
2. You will see two options at the top-- rich text and wiki text, click wiki text.

<the text should now look pretty different>

3. Click "Edit Tips" and review the various advanced commands you can use.

Table of Contents (two methods):

4. Let's try one to create a table of contents.
5. at the very top type "{toc}" (when you insert this dont include the " ")

6. save and notice how this command organizes your titles of different H sizes

OR

(Insert Table of Contents method- simple mode using insert dropdown menu)
-Insert (dropdown menu in toolbar)...Table of Conents
-Table of conents will be added

Insert a Table

1. Go to the page about you created about your hometown
2. Using the simple version (upper middle) insert two pictures by using "upload files" (upper left) of your hometown/ state/ country.
(At this point I recommend saving and then going back into edit) Sometimes the pictures don't show up until after you have saved. Also readjust image size at this point)

a common problem involves resizing pictures after they are in the table. resize first in simple editing then create the table in wiki text

3. Click "wiki text"
4. you should see your two pictures in HTML form. They will look something like this "{image: myhometown.jpg}"
5. to the left of the first "{image: ...etc}" add the "|" symbol...it can be found on most key board above the enter key while holding down shift. (If you cannot find this on your keyboard I recommend copy and pasting it directly from this text) Add this symbol between the two pictures and after the second picture as well.
6. Press enter
7. add | followed by a description of your first picture then | followed by a description of your second then |
8. In wiki text version your text should look something like this

"{image: myworkplace1.jpg}"	"{image: myworkplace2.jpg}"
description 1	description 2

9.save
10. you pictures should be in a table with the descriptions below them

Insert a Tag

1. When you are editing your page you will see the option "Add tags..." in the upper right corner.

2. Add one. A box will appear and you can choose any category to tag your page with. (e.g Homework, CIM, Wiki)

3. Click Save

Make a Comment

1. After you have finished saving your page, click on comment (upper left hand corner of the screen in purple)
2. an editable type screen will appear. Add a good title and comment about the assignment.
3. Click “save”

You have successfully posted a comment on your page!

Post to the Discussion Board

 1. Return to the main MI021 page.

 2. Find your class's discussion board.

 3. Click on "Recent Post from ____ Discussion Spring 2009 Weblog"

 4. Click "New Post" ( in red in the upper right corner of the page) Add a good title and comment about the assignment. How did you like it? Where did you have problems? Any advice?

 5. Click “save”

Congratulations, you have completed the wiki tutorial. If you have any questions about this assignment, please email the TA's.

DELIVERABLE

Use the page you just created to tell us a little about yourself. To get full credit for the assignment, it must include

a) headings (e.g. H1, H2)

b) a picture

c) an internal link

d) an external link

e) a table of contents

f) a table

g) be linked (in alphabetical order) to the Your Classmates page

Note: This page is particularly important, because it will be the place where you turn in many of your assignments and contributions to the course. Be sure you complete the assignment! If you have any trouble contact the TAs

Some of the extra advanced features of social text (an attached word document)

advanced_simple.doc

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Hi Everyone,

I just made a few changes to the wiki homework instructions. If you already completed the assignment and did the internal link about a company you worked for, do not worry about changing it to a page about your hometown. Email me with any questions!

Sam

contributed by Samantha Burke on Oct 22 6:33pm