Talk:The Wiki Class

teacher - Class outline - Wiki

 * 1) What is a wiki?
 * Wiki
 * 1) * how does Free Geek use it?
 * documentation of process, policy, well most all of Free Geek things
 * 1) * what eltze does Free Geek use?
 * ''svn (deadtrees), fgdb (loging hours, dropoffs),
 * 1) Navigation (e.g. Tabs, Side Bar, Categories.)
 * Help:Basic Navigation
 * 1) Searching and how it works.
 * ''Help:Search
 * 1) Do you have a login? if not, we'll have to create one
 * top right hand corner
 * 1) Page elements (wiki markup)
 * 2) * Headers - creats the table of contents
 *  == first level ==, === second level ===, there is a single = level but its generialy not exceptable to use
 * 1) * Formating
 * bold and italics
 * 1) * links - O Ok.
 * internal and external.
 * 1) * lists - adds a bit of structure
 * * bullits, # numbers, ; and : for Definition lists
 * 1) * Tables
 * point to the sandbox and view a table
 * 1) * Templates - what are they?
 * point them to Templatemessages
 * 1) Now the fun part - its a wiki, no mistake is unfixable.
 * 2) * Create a "red link" so we can create a page
 * 3) * Fill our the page with your info (whats the difference between "Save page" and "Show preview")
 * 4) ** One way to do this is - Cut and paste into the new page a basic page layout (for the rpg its a template)
 * 5) * Have every one check out history, why comments are a good thing?
 * 6) Have the students edit an existing page. (the cook book project)
 * 7) * Look through the pages that have been created to find one that isn't in the proper format
 * 8) * Adjust the page to make it more like the others.