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Meg's BrushUP! objectives

  1. To add and hyperlinks to your pages using the EasyEdit Toolbar.
  2. To add an imagesto your pages using the EasyEdit Toolbar.
  3. To add tables to your pages using the EasyEdit Toolbar.

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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 discussit on this wiki's discussion forum.

Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.


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Introduction

The Easy Editor in WetPaint gives you many for formatting your pages, such as adding bold or italics, bullets or images or hyperlinks, as well as more advanced options. In this module you will learn:

  • How to add a hyperlink.
  • How to add an image.
  • How to add a table.

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Focus questions: Using a 'visual editor'

Have you used a 'visual editor' on the web before? Maybe the 'learning management system' you use at school (such as MyClasses) or uni (such as BlackBoard or WebCT) has a visual editor embedded in it somewhere? Write down your experiences, discuss with a partner or small group in the class, or wiki what you know.

Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.


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Adding hyperlinks

You will want to add hyperlinks to your wiki when you want to share things you've found on the web. This is easily done by copying the URL of the site you want to link to and then pasting it into your wiki using the link creator.


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Exercise: Direct link to another website


  1. Start up a newpage or open up an existing one.
  2. Activate the EasyEdit Toolbar on your page.
  3. In the EasyEdit toolbar, highlight the text you want to link through.
  4. Go to the toolbar at the top of the visual editor and click on the 'Link' button Link Image (the little one that looks like a chain link).
  5. The 'Insert/edit link' box will appear.
  6. Paste in the Link URL from the site you want to link to.
  7. Click 'Add Link'.

Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions

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Adding images

There are two ways to add images in WetPaint. The first is to create a hyperlink to the image wherever you found it on the Web. This is easiest and saves you space because the image is hosted elsewhere. The second means manually uploading a picture (or other media) file to your WetPaint uploads area and means that you will be hosting the image on your WetPaint site, thus using up some of your free space.


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Exercise: Direct link to an image

Add an image to your post by linking directly to it.

  1. Find a picture on the Web that you like the look of (preferably something fairly small).
  2. Get the URL for the picture by either a) right-clicking on image and then clicking 'Copy image location', or b) right-clicking on image and then clicking 'View Image'. Then, save the URL for the image.
  3. On your wiki page, make sure you have the EasyEdit ToolBar activated.
  4. Click on the 'Image' button Insert Image Icon (the one with the mountain and sun on it in the toolbar).
  5. Check the radion button "On the Web".
  6. Paste in the URL you copied in Step 2 into the"On the Web" field.
  7. Give the image a name.
  8. Click "Add Image".
  9. Your picture will now appear on your page.

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Exercise: Upload an image through the EasyEdit Toolbar

Add an image to your post by uploading it to your blog and then inserting it.

  1. Activate the EasyEdit Toolbar on your page.
  2. Click on the 'Image' button Insert Image Icon (the one with the mountain and sun on it in the toolbar).
  3. Check the radion button "On my computer ...".
  4. Click 'Browse' and find a picture (not too big!) from your computer.
  5. Click 'Open'. When you do that, the location of the picture in your computer is automatically sent to WetPaint.
  6. Give the image a name.
  7. Click "Add Image".
  8. Your picture will now appear on your page.

Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions


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Adding a table

Tables provide a good way to organise content on your page. Use the EasyEdit Toolbar to add tables.


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Exercise: Add a table

Add an image to your post by uploading it to your blog and then inserting it.

  1. Activate the EasyEdit Toolbar on your page.
  2. Click on the 'Table ' buttonTable Icon
  3. Specify your table's properties in the 'Add Table' box.
  4. Click 'Add Table'. Your table will now appear on your page.

Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions
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More EasyEdit options

In the EasyEdit, you can see various options including those for bolding and indenting text, creating lists, adding widgets (more on that in another module) and running a spell check.


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Reflection

Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or 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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MeganPoore 4. Reflection 0 Feb 28 2008, 6:42 PM EST by MeganPoore
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Discuss your reflections on the module, 'Using the EasyEdit Toolbar ' 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?
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MeganPoore 4. Focus questions: Using a 'visual editor' 0 Feb 28 2008, 6:41 PM EST by MeganPoore
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Discuss your answers to the focus questions 'Using a 'visual editor'' in the 'Using the EasyEdit toolbar' module here.

Have you used a 'visual editor' on the web before? Maybe the 'learning management system' you use at school (such as MyClasses) or uni (such as BlackBoard or WebCT) has a visual editor embedded in it somewhere?
Do you find this valuable?    
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MeganPoore 4. Your EduPedia objectives 0 Feb 28 2008, 6:31 PM EST by MeganPoore
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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?
Do you find this valuable?    
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