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Meg's BrushUP! objectives

  1. To create and save a page for your wiki.

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Your BrushUP! objectives

What are you hoping to learn from this module? Your objectives can be the same as mine, but is there anything else you are expecting to learn? Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or discuss it on this wiki's discussion forum.

Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.

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Introduction

The most common thing you will want to do as an educator using WetPaint is to make pages. Pages are at the core of any wiki, but especially so if you are using WetPaint as a class or learning management system (where you create modules with your course content -- such as I'm doing here with BrushUP!), or if you are asking students to use a wiki to create a website around a class topic.In this module you will learn:

  • Page basics.
  • How to write and save your page.

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Focus questions: What would your wiki be about?

What sorts of things would you publish on your wiki's pages? Tips? Information? Class news? Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or discussit on this wiki's discussion forum.

Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.

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Page basics

A page usually contains static information and is linked to via the navigation pane at the side of your site, ready for visitors to look at whenever they want. All of my BrushUP! modules are made as static pages because the content will remain pretty fixed over time (although I can still change it, add to it, improve it as I want).


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Exercise: Edit your wiki's home page

  1. Click on the 'EasyEdit' button just above your homepage's name.
  2. Write your page in the box provided, using the EasyEdit Toolbar to change formatting or to add a table, etc.

Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions

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Exercise: Save your page and add a note

  1. To save your page and publish it, click on the 'Save' button in the EasyEdit Toolbar.
  2. If you want to add a note about the change that you made to the page, type in your note now and click 'Save'. Click 'Skip Edit Note' if you don't want to add a note.
  3. To turn off the 'Edit Note' dialogue box so that you don't see it again, go to View Profile (above the Wiki Settings, top right). Type in your password if prompted. Under the 'Profile' tab, click Preferences > Hide edit note window when saving changes > Save.
Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions

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Exercise: Save your page as a draft

  1. To save your page as a draft without publishing it,click on ‘Save as template’. Give your template a name, make sure the 'Make this a draft, I'll publish it later' box is checked, and click on 'Add template'.
  2. To retrieve your draft immediately, go to your Template toolbox on the right-hand side, and open it up again by clicking on 'Edit this template'.
  3. To retrieve your draft later on, go to the Wiki Settings (top right, under your profile) > Templates tab.
  4. Now you can either open the template and work on it again, or click 'Publish' to make it live.


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Reflection

Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class, oror discussit on this wiki's discussion forum.

  • What have I learnt?
  • What is still unclear?
  • What do I need to follow up on?
  • Where to from here?
  • What other stuff I have read or accessed to help me make sense of it all?

Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.

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Links and resources

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MeganPoore 3. Your EduPedia objectives 1 May 13 2008, 2:34 AM EDT by zwangobani72
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What are you hoping to learn from this module? Your objectives can be the same as mine, but is there anything else you are expecting to learn?
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MeganPoore 3. Reflection 0 Feb 28 2008, 6:39 PM EST by MeganPoore
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Discuss your reflections on the module, 'Writing pages' here.

* What have I learnt?
* What is still unclear?
* What do I need to follow up on?
* Where to from here?
* What other stuff I have read or accessed to help me make sense of it all?
Do you find this valuable?    
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MeganPoore 3. Focus questions: What would your wiki be about? 0 Feb 28 2008, 6:38 PM EST by MeganPoore
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Discuss your answers to the focus questions 'What would your wiki be about?' in the 'Writing pages' module here.

What sorts of things would you publish on your wiki's pages? Tips? Information? Class news? Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or discussit on this wiki's discussion forum.
Do you find this valuable?    
Keyword tags: None
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