Intro to Wiki (Activity)

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# Read basics of MediaWiki page [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page creation] and page [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents editing]
 
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As part of your introduction to other POSSE participant, please create a short bio page for yourself in foss2serve.org.
 
As part of your introduction to other POSSE participant, please create a short bio page for yourself in foss2serve.org.
 
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# Go to the [http://foss2serve.org Foss2serve] wiki.
 
# Login or create an account.  Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator.
 
# Login or create an account.  Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator.
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# Create a new "user" page in the wiki for your user ID.  You can see an example [[User:Hislop | here]] and begin to create your page by modifying the URL of this example, changing the user ID to your own user ID.
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# Edit the participants page for this POSSE and add your own name and a link to your blog.  Please keep the names in alphabetic order by last name.  The participants page is [[POSSE_20130602_Participants | here]]
  
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Now that you have a blog, it is time to make a post. 
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# This first post should be about you, the school you teach at, the courses you typically teach and your interest in incorporating HFOSS in your coursework.  It will be your introduction to the other people who will be attending the POSSE workshop in June.
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# Add a link to your blog by creating an entry on [ ]. Model your entry after the ones shown.  Please insert your link alphabetically by last name.
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[[Category: Foss2serve | Learning_Activity]]
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# Read the following [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_software page] about planets.
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Revision as of 23:53, 16 April 2013

Contents

Wiki Activity

Preparation:

Description Learners will create learn wiki basics and edit a wiki page.
Source Greg Hislop
Prerequisite Knowledge None.
Estimated Time to Completion 30 minutes minutes
Learning Objectives Upon completion, you will be able to:

Describe typical uses of wikis. Create and edit a wiki page. Discuss use of wikis in FOSS projects

Materials/Environment Access to the Web via a web browser.
Rights Licensed CC BY-SA
Turn In A wiki page with a short biography and link to your blog

Background:

According to Wikipedia: "A wiki is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. Wikis are powered by wiki software. Most are created collaboratively." [1]

For our learning activity we will focus on Media Wiki, the wiki software that powers Wikipedia.


Directions:

Part 1 - Introduction to Wikis

  1. Read the overview article about wikis. (After all, what starting point can there be for wikis other than the Wikipedia article?)
  2. Read basics of MediaWiki page creation and page editing

Part 2 - Creating a wiki page

As part of your introduction to other POSSE participant, please create a short bio page for yourself in foss2serve.org. Do the following:

  1. Go to the Foss2serve wiki.
  2. Login or create an account. Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator.
  3. Create a new "user" page in the wiki for your user ID. You can see an example here and begin to create your page by modifying the URL of this example, changing the user ID to your own user ID.
  4. Edit the participants page for this POSSE and add your own name and a link to your blog. Please keep the names in alphabetic order by last name. The participants page is here

Part 3 - TBD

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