Wiki Tool Instructors Guide
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[edit] What is the Blackboard Wiki Tool ?
The myUSF Wiki Tool site adds the functionality of wikis to your courses.
[edit] What is a Wiki ?
A wiki is software that runs on a website. It allows instructors and students to create media rich content that is accessible and editable by all participants.
The Wiki Tool keeps a history of all modifications, who created them and when the edit was made so that version quality control and tracking is simple and easy.
[edit] What can a Wiki be used for?
There are many ways to incorporate the Wiki Tool into your courses.
- The Wiki Tool can be used for group projects or assignments. The students would be able to work together to create and publish their own wiki website.
- The Wiki Tool can be used to create a shared resourse for the course. As a class progresses the wiki can be updated, by both the students and instructors, with new and updated information, comments, and links.
- The Wiki Tool allows for the tracking of individual contributions. This can be used when determining how much or little a student participated in the group or wiki assignments.
This article covers information specific to faculty. To learn how to edit wikis, refer to the user guide.
[edit] Purpose and Prerequisites
This document will help introduce faculty to myUSF’s Wiki Tool site.
We recommend that you have some basic knowledge working with Blackboard and the internet prior to working with the Wiki Tool.
[edit] What are Wikis?
A wiki is a tool that allows for multiply participants to work together to create common documents. Every participant within a course has the ability to create, edit and comment on not only their own pages but others work as well.
[edit] Where can I find the Wiki Tool?
The Wiki Tool is found by clicking on the Course Tools link in the navigation bar. On the Course Tools page scroll down until you see the 
. When you click the button it will take you directly to the main wiki page for the course.
Below is an example of how a blank wiki page looks.
[edit] Teams Site menu options
When you enter the Teams Site you will see the following options.
- Home – This is the first page of the Teams Site, use this as the starting page of your site.
- Refresh – Use this to refresh a page prior to making edits.
- Edit Page – Use this to edit the current page.
- New Page – This creates a blank page for editing.
- Page History – Use this to track changes and revert to previous revisions.
- Page List – This displays a list of all the pages in the team site.
- Search – Is a word search for words or phrases throughout the entire Teams Site.
[edit] How to create a new page
To create a new page in the Teams site click on the New Page icon on the Teams site menu. This will take you to the following screen.
First type the name of the page in the Page Name box., and then type your content in the
text field.
[edit] How to edit an existing page
To edit an existing page first click on the Page List option on the Teams Site menu.
This will open a window with a list of existing pages. Select the page you want to edit by
clicking on the name of the page.
After choosing the page you want to edit, click on the Edit Page button to modify the
page.
[edit] How to link to an existing page in the teams site
To link to an existing page in the Teams Site you must be in the edit page mode. On the edit page screen first highlight the text you want to make linkable and then click on the Add Link button on the text box.
Next select the option to Link to an existing page.
Finally select the page you want to hyper link to.
Below is an example of a page with a hyper link to another page inside the Teams site.
[edit] How to add pictures
To add a picture to a page you are editing click on the Add Image icon on the edit page menu.
A dialog box will appear asking you to locate an image. Click the Browse button to
search for your file. Once you find your file the name will appear in attach image box.
After you successfully add your image it will appear on the screen. Once on screen you can
modify its size by manipulating the edges of the picture.
Resources:
Online tutorials http://www.acomp.usf.edu/videos
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· Creation Date: 7/5/2005
· Creator: Rob Oates
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