getting started with the faculty wiki (a mediawiki)

Getting Started with the Faculty Wiki

Learning Technology Council Conference ~ February 22, 2008

Facilitated by:

Lisa Marie Johnson, Kathy Miles, and Jonathan Fuller

45 minutes from now you will …1. Be able to access the Faculty Wiki.

2. Navigate and use the header and sidebar navigation

3. Use Tabs and Toolbox features.4. Be aware of how to set up your User Account.5. Access a User Page. 6. Create a new page.7. Edit an existing page.8. Add a variety of content to pages.

Accessing the Faculty Wiki

http://faculty.ccconline.org

Navigating, Creating, Editing…Help with Navigation and Editing after the Conference

http://www.facultywiki.ccconline.org/index.php?title=TPD_Webinars#Wikimania.21

Help with Editing after the Conference

http://www.facultywiki.ccconline.org/index.php?title=Help:Contents

Set Up Your User Account• Setting Up an Account Help Page:

http://www.facultywiki.ccconline.org/index.php?title=Help:Contents#Setting_Up_an_Account

• Setting Up an Account Flash Demonstration:http://www.facultywiki.ccconline.org/index.php?title=Create_Account_(flash)

• In Brief:1. Go to http://faculty.ccconline.org.2. Click the Log in/Create account link.3. Click the Request an Account link and fully complete the Request Account form.4. Click the link on the e-mail confirmation you receive.5. Login using the Username and Password e-mailed once the account is approved.

Tip! On your first login you will be prompted to change the password.

Accessing Your User Page•Log-in and click your name in the upper

right corner of the page.

We’ve created Demonstration accounts for use today….

(password = ccco2008)

Questions?• lisamarie.johnson@cccs.edu

• johnathan.fuller@cccs.edu

•ksmiles42@msn.com

• Search “Presentations” on faculty wiki for these slides later: http://faculty.ccconline.org/index.php?title=Presentations