How To Make A Wiki

Handout created by Maryna Badenhorst for Netbook Reflection Trial 2010
Create your own wiki with Wikispaces (Create a new wiki)
Teachers get free wikis with Wikispaces. To create a wiki as an educator, go to
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Next, tick the box to declare that the wiki is for Educational use.
The click Create.
If this is the first time you ever make a wiki withwikispaces,
you will also be asked to choose a username and password.
This username and password will be what you use to log
Into any wikispaces wiki in the future.
Next time you log into any of your wikispaces wikis, all the wikis you created or are a member of, will be shown to you at the top right hand corner of the page, when you click on My Wikis.
You can find out more about wikis inEducation and Wikispaces by:
 Taking a Brief tour of Wikispaces here http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour
 Look at some ideas for wikis in education here http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
 More ideas and examples of Educational wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/
 Teachers’ help page for Wikispaces wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers
Write the name of your wiki inthe empty box. It may contain only letters, numbers and hyphens. It must be between 3 and 32 characters long.
In most cases, you will choose to make your wiki protected, as others can then see your wiki pages, but not edit it. They will have to ask your permission to join your wiki (or you can send/email them invitations to join) before they can edit pages.
If you choose Private for your wiki, itmeans that nobody can view the wiki pages unless they are members of the wiki. This is a good option for class wikis where more confidential material will be posted, e.g. student photos.
Handout created by Maryna Badenhorst for Netbook Reflection Trial 2010
Editing the look and feel of your wiki
When you have created your wiki, you can edit the way it looks.
Make sure you have logged into yourwiki (choose Log In at the top right hand side of the wiki. Enter the Username and Password you chose when you created the wiki or joined your first Wikispaces wiki. Note: You will use the same username and password to log into any Wikispaces wiki.)
Go to Manage Wiki on the left hand side (towards the top) of the wiki.
On the page that opens, look for Settings. Click on the icon that says Lookand Feel, to be taken to options of changing the template, the colour schemes, and upload a Logo for your wiki. NOTE: When you upload a Logo, it will appear on the top left hand side of your wiki. Your Logo must be a small image, large images will not be suitable.
Handout created by Maryna Badenhorst for Netbook Reflection Trial 2010
Managing people that can edit/join your wiki
You can invitepeople to join your wiki so they can also edit pages, make comments or make and edit their own pages on the wiki. This allows for online collaboration.
On the main page, choose Manage Wiki on the left hand side towards the top of the wiki, as mentioned above
A page will open, choose People, Invite People. You can enter the email addresses of people you would like to join the wiki.
Helpful Hintswhen you want Students to join your wiki
If you want to invite students to join your wiki, you will need their email addresses. There are a few ways you can get e-mail addresses for students:
 Find out how you can add students to be users of your wiki without actually having e-mail addresses, by using the User Creator option instead of the Invite People option. Full instructions here:http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers#Help for K-12 Teachers-5. Is there an easy way to create accounts for all of my students?
 Create student e-mail addresses using G-Mail (instructions here http://theedublogger.com/2008/07/24/creating-student-accounts-using-one-gmail-account/ )
Handout created by Maryna Badenhorst for Netbook Reflection Trial 2010
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