Course Objectives

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able:

to create a user page and add content to Wikieducator using a variety of text codes
start collaborating with others;
achieve the certification of WikiApprentice Level 2 on the road to becoming a Wikibuddy in our community. Find out how you can to the next wikieducator apprentice level.

Course Layout

DAY 1 (November 24, 2008)

Getting Started

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

Discussion

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

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?
In your opinion, should course development for education use closed or open authoring approaches? Give reasons for your view?
What mechanisms can be adopted to assure quality of educational content developed in Wiki environments?

How to use WikiEducator

DAY 2 (November 25, 2008)

Becoming a New Member

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

Creating an Account

Please read the tutorial and follow the instructions on how to Create an account. How to create a WikiEducator Account on Video
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.

DAY 3 (November 26, 2008)

Video for Day 3

Instructions

Please follow tutorial 3 on editing basics.

Basic Text Formatting

More Wiki Codes

DAY 4 (November 27, 2008)

Video For Day 4

Practicing the Basic Codes

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.
Download a copy of a cheatsheet and keep the page close at hand when working on the wiki.

Advanced Participants

Starting a New Page

DAY 5 (November 28, 2008)

Video for Day 5

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.

DAY 6 (December 1, 2008)

DAY 7 (December 2, 2008)

Collaborative Editing

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

Advanced Users

Colors

List of colors

Steps for adding COLOURS to your Page (taken from Gita Mathur)

Put in text on your page
Decide which set of words you want to colour
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.
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.
Example:I find colours very fascinating.....this page will echo my love for colours
Click on the edit button above this section and look at the syntax I have used in the line above.
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

DAY 8 (December 3, 2008)

Contributions

Tutorial 8 on Communication and Interaction Tools
Test the feature of adding a discussion item which relates to a content page in the wiki. See the discussion activity on this page
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.

DAY 9 (December 4, 2008)

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

Tutorial 9 on Creating and Using Pedagogical Templates.
Insert at least one pedagogical template on your user page, this will be required later for your certification as a Wikibuddy.

DAY 10 (December 5, 2008)

Structure

Navigation Templates

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

DAY 11

Audio and Video

Images and Media

WikiEducator and Collaborative Exchange

DAY 12

Policies and guidelines

EL4C15 Online Learning4Content Workshop - Course Layout

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