Wiki+Help

__**Navigation - Side Bar**__ When you first add pages to your wiki, they will appear in the Navigation/Side Bar. In order to change this, click on __**edit navigation**__ at the bottom of the side bar. The page that appears will have a gray Media Box. This is the default that causes all pages to be listed in the side bar. Just delete this box, and then list the page names that you want in the side bar and make them a link to that page.

__**Adding Students to the Wiki**__ Students do not need to join the wiki. You will add them as users and give them a username and password. 1. Go to __**Manage Wiki**__ (Actions/Top of Side Bar) 2. Under **__People__** you will click on __**User Creator**__. 3. Click on the name of your wiki, and how you want to add users. I usually choose **I will paste in a text list **. A box will appear. List the students' usernames and passwords, separated by a comma. You should also add letters or numbers to each child's name when creating the username. Each username and password must have at least 6 letters or numbers. //You do not need to include an email address for the students.// Examples: username is listed first, (then comma) then password ss2susan, ss2sj8 222jason, peanut ssjohn, apple2

__ Creating Student Pages __
1. Go to Students Page 2. Go to Edit the Page 3. Type the name of each student Susie Stan Frank 4. Highlight the name of each student, __**Susie**__, Click on the joined link on the toolbar, You are creating a wiki link, You will see a the Page name - and the student's name - and a yellow triangle. This means you are creating a new page. Click Add link. Do this to each student's name, and then click save. 5. Each name will appear maroon, meaning you have created a link but have not written on the page yet. The page doesn't exist until you write on it. Click on the maroon link, edit this page, type text and save it - and the link on the student's page will appear blue or purple.

As the administrator of your wiki, you have the ability to lock specific pages. I have done this with the home page, and other pages that I do not want the students to change. If a student does change or delete a page you are able to easily recover it. 1. Go to **Manage Wiki** 2. Under __**Content**__, click on **__Pages__**. 3. Each page will be listed in ABC order. At the end of each page row, you will see an __**Actions**__ tab. This will give you options including //**Lock**//. 4. To **recover** a lost page, click on the number in the page's revision column. Click on the date of the revision you want to return to. You will see in the top of the page, in the actions row, //**revert to this version**//. Click on this and your wiki page will be restored.
 * __Locking Pages and Page Recovery__ **

__Account Settings__ You can receive an email every time a student edits a wiki page. You set this up in My Account - tab at the top right side of the wiki. I recommend setting up a separate email account for the wiki emails, as your inbox will be filled each time your class updates. You can also monitor the wiki using the Recent Changes link in the **Actions** section in the top left sidebar. This will show all of the changes by date and user. I no longer check the wiki emails, I just check the recent users activity.
 * Discussion Tab settings** - you can enable the discussion tab to allow the students to comment on each others pages, or to allow outsiders (often family members) to comment on the wiki. I have had family members request membership in the wiki, and I do not allow membership outside of our classroom. The children have enjoyed the discussion tab. This is the first year I have used it, and so far all has gone well. In Recent Activity I can click on the **Discussion Tab** and see all Discussions.