How+To+Use+A+Wiki

Basic Instructions
** How to write on a page: ** 1. Click the "Edit This Page" button in the upper right corner.

2. Type on the page exactly as if it were a Word document.

3. Click the "Save" button in the upper right corner.

You can re-edit as many times as as you like.

** How to make a new page -- Option 1: **

1. Click on "Pages and Files" on the navigation bar on the right side.

2. Choose the "New Page" option above in the editing toolbar.

3. Name your page. Shorter is better, but it cannot be the same name as any of the other wiki pages.

4. Add anything you want to your page.

5. Click the "Save" button in the upper right corner.

** How to make a new page -- Option 2: **

1. Go to the page where you want to link your new page. 2. Click the "Edit This Page" button in the upper right corner. 3. Type in the name of the new page you want to create. Again, shorter is better, but it cannot be the same name as any of the other wiki pages. Consider adding your initials or first name and initial of last name to your title to distinguish your page from other students' pages that might be similar.

4. Select the title you just created on the page and highlight it. 5. Go to the Editor toolbar at the top. Click the button with the chain Link icon. (Your title will appear in the link text and name of page boxes.) 6. Click "Add Link." (The dialog box will go away.). 7. Click the "Save" button in the upper right corner.

** How to make a link: **

1. Go to the page where you want the link.

2. Click the "Edit This Page" button in the upper right corner.

3. Select the word or term on the page that you want to be the link phrase (the phrase that will be underlined and blue).

4. Look at the Editor bar at the top.Click the button with the chain Link icon.

5a. If you want to link to a page in this wiki, use the "Wiki Link" tab. Click "Choose an Existing Page." From the drop-down menu, select the page you want to link to.

5b. If you want to link to a page outside this wiki, use the "External Link" tab. Paste in the URL for the website you want to link to, and click the box for New Window.

6. Click "Add Link" (and the dialog box will go away).

7. Click the "Save" button in the upper right corner.

=== In a nutshell: Click Edit to go into editing mode. Use the Editor bar to format. Click Save to save your work. ===

=== You don't have to worry if you accidentally delete something! This wiki stores all previous versions, so we can always recover anything that gets deleted. ===

*These instructional materials were adapted from Lynn Fendler, Gonzaga University.

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