Quickstart guide/Pedagogical templates

Quicksteps
Inserting pedagogical templates is a three step process:


 * 1) Copy the wiki text for the template below.
 * 2) Paste this on the page where you would like to use it.
 * 3) Edit and customise the content of the template in the wiki.

Step 1: Copy the wiki text
Copy the following wiki text:

Step 2: Paste and save on a wiki page
On the page you wish to add a pedagogical template, click on the "Edit source" link (not the "Edit" link), and paste the copied wiki text onto the page. Save your page. The wiki text will render as follows:

Step 3: Edit and customise
Consult the instructions on this page to change the theme, type of iDevice and corresponding icon or display title for the icon.

=Introduction=

Pedagogical templates are used when authoring teaching resources in WikiEducator. A number of predefined templates are available to save you time with more complex layouts. A pedagogical template displays an icon, title and body text with the option to specify a small number of themes. The following example shows the published rendering of the "Objectives" template using the standard "WikiEducator" theme:

The "Next steps" example below illustrates the "Line" theme and use of a custom title.

List of predefined template types
The type parameter is used to associate the icon with a predefined list of templates. The table below lists the icons used for the WikiEducator and Line theme with corresponding wiki text which should be used.

Editing and customising pedagogical templates
Theme, type, title, and body are parameters you can use for editing and customising your template. The parameter labels are case sensitive and will not function properly if, for example, you use "Theme=". The list below provides a summary of the parameters and options.

IDevice for "Aims" using the "Line" theme
The wiki text below illustrates the use of the "Line" theme to generate the layout for an IDevice of type "Aims". The content of the IDevice is specified using the "body" parameter.



The wiki text above will be rendered as follows in the wiki:

IDevice using the "Discussion" icon with custom title
The wiki text below illustrates the use of the "title" parameter and the "Wikieducator" theme.



The wiki text above will be rendered as follows in the wiki: