Connecting+Within+and+Beyond+the+Classroom+Wiki

toc = = =Links between Wiki Pages= I can edit my pages as easily as typing in a Word document. Once you have created a series of wiki pages, you will want them to link together. Linking pages is a simple process. Put the page in editing mode. Highlight the word/s that indicate what links the pages together. Let's use your [|collaborative sandbox] activity as an example. (Click on that link and see where I am sending you...not where you thought you were going! Another aspect of the wiki to have students use is the discussion page.) My editing page returns and the link has turned active blue.
 * Highlight the words collaborative sandbox
 * On the tool bar, click on the world with the chain link
 * A diaglogue box opens. I am making wiki link, so I scroll down page name
 * Click on page where collaborative sandbox is referenced
 * Click on okay

But, that only took me to the page. If I want the link to take me directly to the place on the page where the specific connection exists, I must use an anchor. So, again using the Sandbox|Collaborative Sandbox activity, follow these steps.
 * Go to the section where you want the colorized link to lead the reader (the destination ) and enter this HTML code: ````
 * In this case, in Module 2 beside the words within the pargraph, collaborative sandbox, enter ````
 * Next, you return to the link and beside the words that will become colored, active link, enter``DisplayText``
 * In this case, ``collaborative sandbox``

Practice Task
Go to your new wiki space page and create two links: one that will take the reader from one page to another and a second that will take the reader from to a specific point in your wiki. = = =Links beyond the Wiki= Perhaps you want to introduce some information from a website outside of your wiki. For instance, I want to provide you with a [|definition for a wiki] or I want to direct you to information in a blog, this one written by [|Vicki Davis], a Georgia teacher on the cutting edge of incorportating technology into schools. If you click on these links, you will go directly to the pages I have intentionally wanted to share with you. Once there, you will find useful information in buidling your class wiki site. How did I connect these sites and my wiki space. Easy!!
 * Go to the website that you want to connect to your reader
 * Copy the web address (URL) from the browser bar (highlight, then right click, and copy)
 * Return to wiki page; go to edit mode; highlight key word/s
 * On the tool bar, click on the link icon (world with the chain link)
 * Dialogue box opens; click on **external link;** and paste the copied URL (web address) in the space provided (right click; paste).

Practice Task
Conduct a search on the internet for something interesting and important to the objectives of your content based unit. Perhaps you use a website in your conventional unit, but haven't really shared the actual website with your students. Once you have selected the website, go to your sandbox page and create a link. Each participant should create at least one external link on the page.

=Creating a Table of Contents= The table of contents appears on the upper right of the page. Although you must provide an HTML code that signals the wiki to create the table of contents, once the code is entered, the site will automatically create the form. How do you do provide the code? The table of contents is complete. To identify what text belongs inside of the table of contents: If you notice, the top heading of this page is not in the table of contents. How did I do that? I used HTML and controlled the size of the text myself.
 * In edit mode, go to the top of the page
 * Type in toc
 * being sure to use lower case or it will not work
 * Highlight section headers.
 * Use the toolbar to indicate headers as "heading 1" or "heading 2" which is like a subheading, and so on.
 * Go into edit mode.
 * Click on the television.
 * A dialogue box will open.
 * In the dialogue box, type the words you want to appear.
 * Add to beginning of the phrase or word and the end of the phrase of word this code: 
 * You can simply copy and the paste the code or type in yourself.
 * Change the number in the code to control size
 * Change the word "Times" in the code to control font

=Adding Color to Wiki Text=

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