Wikispace+Resources

What is a Wikispace? A wiki is a website that many people can have access to and update. You will become a member of our Personal Finance wikispace, and share all of your information in this page.

Video Tutorial:

media type="youtube" key="pvDbGLoiG0k" height="315" width="560"

Written Directions:

Signing Up for a Wikispace:

1. Go to __www.wikispaces.com__

2. In the top right hand corner, click on the link that says “Sign In.” On the screen that pops up, click on the second line of blue words that says “Create A New Wikispaces Account.”

3. Now create a username. The simplest one to use is your username that you use to sign on to the computer at school, and the same password. You can use your Google Web Apps email. Under the heading that says “Make a Wiki” select “No.”

4. Click on the “Join” button.

5. You will now be on the dashboard page for your wiki account. The next step is to confirm your email address.

6. Open up a new tab, and log on to your email address. In your inbox should be an email from Wikispaces. Open up this email, and select the link to confirm your account.

7. Finally, you need to be added to the Personal Finance Wiki. Give your username to Mr. Whalen, and he will add you to the wiki so that you can edit the page.

=Editing Pages and Navigating the Wikispace: =

media type="youtube" key="a_onHRIE_MM" height="315" width="560"

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. To add a page to the wiki, locate the "Pages and Folders" link on the left hand side of the main page of the screen. Beside this link there will be a small plus sign. Click on this plus sign.

2. On the small screen that opens up, you will need to add the title of your page. Title the page with your Last Name, First Name. Click on Create.

3. Your page will open up and you will be able to begin editing the page. You can see that it is very similar to a Google Doc or a very primitive Microsoft Word Doc.

4. Make sure that you SAVE SAVE SAVE all information periodically! I suggest hitting the save button every 5 minutes. To go back and edit the page, all you have to do is click on the page on the left if you are not already on it, and then click "edit."

__**To add an image:**__ 1. Locate an image that you would like to use on the Internet, find an image and download it onto your H-drive. Make sure that you have the URL as well, because for citation purposes you will need to put the URL below the image, as you can see is done on Ms. Myers' sample page.

2. When you are in "edit" mode, click on the link at the top that says "File" and upload the image that you have downloaded into your H-drive. You can edit the image and orient it on the page to your liking. Paste the URL for the image in small font below the image.

**Adding your Google Spreadsheet:**
media type="youtube" key="DgpWv1ZjF8E" height="315" width="560"

1. Open up your Google Spreadsheet. Go to File--Publish to the Web. 2. Select the "Automatically Republish when Changes are Made" 3. Under the heading that says "Get a Link to Publish the Data" click on the words "web page" and select HTML to embed in a page. Copy the HTML embed code that appears in the box below. 4. Go back to your wikispace page and go into the edit mode. Click on the "widget" button, and select the Spreadsheet--then Google Spreadsheet option. 5. Copy your embed code in the box, and select Save. The Spreadhseet will appear as a small gray box while in Edit mode. Click on the save button for your page, and your spreadsheet will appear!