EL4C15

=Course Objectives=

=Course Layout=

Getting Started

 * 1) Please download the print version of Learning4Content or read these directly on WikiEducator
 * 2) Join the L4C homepage on Google Groups: Google L4C Group or by clicking on the "Discussion" tab above.
 * 3) Learn as much as you can about the Learning for Content (L4C)  initiative.
 * 4) Please upload, fill in, sign, and fax the learning contract to +1 604 775 8210 or scan and email to [mailto:PSchlicht@col.org Patricia Pschlicht]

Discussion
Please read  What is a wiki? and answer the following questions in the google L4C group:


 * 1) Do you have any concerns about the quality of educational resources developed using an open authoring approach? If so, what are your concerns? If not, how does an open authoring approach contribute to high quality learning materials?
 * 2) In your opinion, should course development for education use closed or open authoring approaches? Give reasons for your view?
 * 3) What mechanisms can be adopted to assure quality of educational content developed in Wiki environments?
 * Wiki in Plain English
 * Que es un Wiki? (in Spanish)
 * Community explains WikiEducator

How to use WikiEducator

 * 1) Getting Started
 * 2) Navigation

Becoming a New Member

 * Please take the newcomer survey
 * Create a new account or log in to an existing account.

Creating an Account

 * 1) Please read the tutorial and follow the instructions on how to Create an account.   How to create a WikiEducator Account on Video
 * 2) Please add your username to the user page list  after reading the instructions on  "Submitting your Username"

Create a User Page

 * Guidelines on how to start a user page.

Instructions
Please follow tutorial 3  on editing basics.

Basic Text Formatting

 * Editing toolbar
 * Bold
 * Headings and subheadings
 * Indents
 * Italics
 * Lists
 * Bullet list
 * Numbered list

More Wiki Codes

 * Basics of editing
 * Edit links
 * Your first edit
 * Tutorials
 * Editing with wiki codes
 * Easy to follow formatting
 * All you need to know for advanced formatting of text

Practicing the Basic Codes

 * 1) You will practice your edits in a personal editing space connected to your user page called a "sandbox". You may wish to download a pdf file on how to create a sandbox.
 * 2) Download a copy of a cheatsheet and keep the page close at hand when working on the wiki.

Starting a New Page

 * How to start a new page
 * Creating New Pages
 * Automated Page Creation

Links

 * External and Internal Links
 * Links
 * Internal Links - creating links to other pages within the wiki.
 * Piped Links - giving links more descriptive names.
 * External Links - linking to sites outside of the wiki.

Images

 * Uploaded files of Images
 * Images
 * Types of Media Supported
 * Basic Syntax for Inserting Images
 * Creating Thumbnails, Frames, and aligning Images
 * Inserting Other Media Types

Collaborative Editing

 * 1) Tutorial 7 on collaborative editing where you will learn tricks on how to monitor activity in the wiki.
 * 2) You will also learn how to revert an edit which you should practice on your user page.
 * 3) Watch the video about E-mail notifications
 * 4) Youtube Video on E-mail notifications

Colors
List of colors

Steps for adding COLOURS to your Page (taken from Gita Mathur)
 * 1) Put in text on your page
 * 2) Decide which set of words you want to colour
 * 3) Add < FONT COLOR = "Green" > that is a less than sign followed by FONT COLOR then equal to symbol,name of the colour within double codes then add symbol for greater than.(Do not leave space between any symbols)in front of the text to be coloured.
 * 4) At the end of the text put the same syntax with the original colour name, otherwise all the text beyond this point will get the new colour.
 * 5) Example:I find colours very fascinating.....this page will echo my love for colours
 * 6) Click on the edit button above this section and look at the syntax I have used in the line above.
 * 7) Normal colour names work but for names of more shades see the weblink I have mentioned above.

Fonts and Backgrounds

 * Adding color to your wiki pages


 * Text color


 * Additional text color codes


 * Font color

Contributions

 * 1) Tutorial 8 on Communication and Interaction Tools
 * 2) Test the feature of adding a discussion item which relates to a content page in the wiki. See the discussion activity on this page
 * 3) Leave a personal message on the User page of at least three different participants ] who have listed their user pages. To do this -- you need to go to the respective User page by clicking on a blue coloured link. Then click on the "Discussion" tab of the User page concerned (which you find at the top of the page). Try and comment on something positive you have seen on their user page, and if you have any ideas on how to improve the user page -- offer some friendly advice.

Pedagogical Templates
Pedagogical templates are used when authoring teaching content in WikiEducator. A number of templates are predesigned to save you time with more complex layouts required of instructional materials. They include a range of "instructional devices" or subelements of a content page and are usually signified by an icon. For example: http://www.wikieducator.org/Quickstart_guide/pedagogical_templates


 * Template syntax

Templates]].
 * 1) Tutorial 9 on [[Wikieducator_tutorial/Pedagogical_Templates | Creating and Using Pedagogical
 * 1) Insert at least one pedagogical template on your user page, this will be required later for your certification as a Wikibuddy.

Structure

 * Subpages
 * Navigation templates
 * Categories

Navigation Templates
Navigation Templates

Categories

 * Developing Categories
 * add categories
 * link to category pages
 * categorize categories
 * move categories

Collaborative Team Effort

 * Sharing the Editing
 * Sharing and Editing Videos
 * Recent Changes
 * Differences and History - Comparing changes to pages
 * Reverting - Reverting back to a previous page

=Advanced Learners=

Audio and Video
Images and Media

WikiEducator and Collaborative Exchange

 * Copyleft
 * Defining Free cultural works (Free content)
 * Essential freedoms of free content
 * Permissible restrictions
 * Additional conditions
 * Essential freedoms of free software
 * Licenses for free content
 * GNU Free Documentation License
 * Creative Commons licenses
 * The WikiEducator community
 * Values of the Wikieducator community
 * Types of WikiEducator initiatives
 * What is a wiki?
 * Advantages
 * Disadvantages
 * What about quality?

Policies and guidelines

 * 1)  WikiEducator policies
 * 2) Using WikiEducator
 * 3) WikiEducator Skills Certification Policy
 * 4) Certification: WikiMaster-WikiBuddy-WikiApprentice Requirements