Talk:The Wiki Class

teacher - Class outline - Wiki

1. What is a wiki?

   Wikipedia:Wiki

   • how does Free Geek use it?

     documentation of process, policy, well most all of Free Geek things

   • what eltze does Free Geek use?

     svn (deadtrees), fgdb (loging hours, dropoffs),

2. Navigation (e.g. Tabs, Side Bar, Categories.)

   Help:Basic Navigation

3. Searching and how it works.

   Help:Search

4. Do you have a login? if not, we'll have to create one

   top right hand corner

5. Page elements (wiki markup)
   • Headers - creats the table of contents

     == first level ==, === second level ===, there is a single = level but its generialy not exceptable to use

   • Formating

     bold and italics

   • links - O Ok.

     internal and external.

   • lists - adds a bit of structure

     * bullits, # numbers, ; and : for Definition lists

   • Tables

     point to the sandbox and view a table

   • Templates - what are they?

     point them to Freekiwiki:Templatemessages

6. Now the fun part - its a wiki, no mistake is unfixable.
   • Create a "red link" so we can create a page
   • Fill our the page with your info (whats the difference between "Save page" and "Show preview")
     • One way to do this is - Cut and paste into the new page a basic page layout (for the rpg its a template)
   • Have every one check out history, why comments are a good thing?
7. Have the students edit an existing page. (the cook book project)
   • Look through the pages that have been created to find one that isn't in the proper format
   • Adjust the page to make it more like the others.