DIRECTIONS+FOR+CREATING+YOUR+WIKI+PROJECT!+Day+3

MAC LAB DAY 3
CHECK OFF EVERY STEP AS YOU PROCEED! It works best to have one person read as the other person types and clicks. Switch roles at each step so that one person isn’t putting in all the info! Another alternative, would be for one person to start collecting images in a folder on their desktop (with a folder they create) at one computer (STEP V below), while the other types on the wikipage at their computer (starting with STEP I-II). A big part of your grade for this project is simply proving that you can READ DIRECTIONS! Do not skip any of this! Read very carefully. Ms. Anders will be happy to help you if she you can show her exactly where you are on this paper and what the trouble is.

If you can already access our site and sign in to AndersGeographyClass.wikispaces.com, then go to Step II. At least ONE of you must be a member to begin editing a page. If you are not yet a member of our class wikispaces (AndersGeographyClass.wikispaces.com), you must go to your email and find the message I sent you. Go to the Search window of your email and type “wikispaces” and then “search” and see if it comes up. It may suggest searching your trash, if you accidentally deleted it. Search it! If you still can’t find it, write down your email address right now on a scrap piece of paper and she will send you a new one ASAP.
 * STEP I LOGGING INTO OUR WIKISPACES PAGE.**

CHANGE USER NAME Click MY ACCOUNT Click CHANGE MY USERNAME Change your user name! DO IT LIKE THIS (all one word): FirstnameLastNameGeography Simply stick to your classroom name please. No funny stuff. You will have to retype your password. Notice all the other settings on this page. For all online web work that you are posting (including myspace and FB) you must always go to the SETTINGS tab and make sure that the PUBLIC does NOT have access to anything. You may post a profile page or load a picture if you like but it must all be GEOGRAPHY CLASS APPROPRIATE! It is extremely ignorant to post ANYTHING inappropriate that you would not want a teacher or potential boss to see. Posting stupid pictures of you ca potentially be VERY damaging and get you in a lot of trouble YEARS LATER. Don’t EVER be risky online. Put a check mark on this line and initials next to it that you understand how serious this is. Write an example of how something you don’t think is risky, could get you into trouble later:
 * STEP II ONCE YOU HAVE SIGNED INTO OUR CLASS SITE**

Go to the back of your comp. book and follow the steps that will allow you to create a new page. You are going to be highlighting your title, clicking the link, saving it, and then re-clicking the link (once it has changed color). The EDIT pencil allows you to change the page, but make sure you save everything once you do that!
 * STEP III GO TO YOUR PERIOD PAGE (SEE RIGHT-HAND NAVIGATION BOX)**

STEP IV BEGIN TYPING OUT THE FINAL DRAFT OF #1-4 ON YOUR PAGE Use your rough draft that you wrote out in class yesterday to type out final drafts. Type all of the following (1-4) out before you go up and start changing fonts, colors, or texts (using the little painter’s palette icon up on the toolbar. After you do each one, please put a smiley face before the numbers (1-4)

1. Summaries of your paragraphs 2. Vocabulary lists with definitions (you may need to go back to the library and get a dictionary!!) 3. Summaries of main concepts 4. At least 3-4 test questions that someone reading your section should be able to complete.

WARNING THIS STEP CAN TAKE A WHILE. YOU ARE SAVING ALL YOUR IMAGES ON THE DESKTOP, which will be deleted when you log off at the end of class. Whenever you are working with two webpages at once, you need to open up a new tab, so that you can click back and forth. You are going to leave your wikipage for a few minutes and do some Google searches. Go up to FILE (northwest corner of pageJ) and click NEW TAB. This will open up a new page, but notice that your wikipage is still there. Write down the two things you just clicked to open a new page: In your new page, go up to the northeast corner of the page to the Google search window and type in words that will help you find images of the kids of pictures you want to get (ie: “Canada” “nationalities” “inuit people”) What are some words you are using in your search?
 * STEP V OPEN UP NEW TAB AND BEGIN COLLECTING IMAGES FOR YOUR PAGE**

Once you get a list of possible websites from Google, go up and click IMAGES above the giant Google logo. Now you will get a selection of images. You may need to try a variety of different words to find pictures that will help you. Once you find an image you want, click it and make sure you are opening it in its largest form. While your cursor is on the image, you are going to push the CTRL (southwest on your keyboard) and the CLICK at the same time (this is called a “right click”) to open a little window. From this little window, select SAVE IMAGE AS. Now you need to do two immediate steps: 1. GIVE IT A NEW NAME in the highlighted space and 2. CREATE A NEW FOLDER. Call this folder “PICTURES TO UPLOAD +your name and then click CREATE. Now this folder will be on your desktop until the end of class. If you read this section really well, write down what a “right click” means. What two buttons do you push and what kinds of editing will it allow you to do?

Open up a new tab (FILE + NEW TAB) and go to the student webpage: [|www.guhsd.net] and click “student page” FIND EBACKPACK and log in using your ebackpack username and password (this should be in the front cover of your comp. book- if not, Ms. Anders has it. Ask her but make sure you are ready to write it in the front cover with a pen when you go up to her! She will be frustrated with your but at least you are following directions this time. From your ebackpack page, you will click UPLOAD. When you click BROWSE to find your images from ebackpack, you will find your folder on either the desktop or in documents.
 * STEP VI SAVE THESE IMAGES FOR LATER**

On your wikipage (go back to that tab), click the EDIT pencil and put your cursor where you would like your image to appear. Click the INSERT FILE icon of a picture on the toolbar. DO NOT CLICK “external image”. Click “UPLOAD FILE” and find your folder on the desktop and click it- click on the image you want to appear on your wikipage. Click SAVE on your wikipage. Repead these for more images.
 * STEP VII IMAGES ARE ALL COLLECTED IN EBACKPACK** (where you have downloaded them to use the next day) or IN A FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP? NOW YOU ARE READY TO UPLOAD THEM ONTO YOUR WIKIPAGE!

In another tab (FILE+OPEN TAB), do a google search for where you can find a great web side about your title or section. National Geographic has some good information, so you can always add those words to your search (ie: “Canada” “National Geographic” “Architecture”) Again, play around with different words until you find a good site. Once you find a site you think is very related to your topic, Go up to the URL address (starts with www.) and highlight it all. Right click COPY (or the apple+”C” at the same time also copies what you highlight. Once you have copied the address, go back to your wikispaces page and click EDIT (if you have already saved it). Move your cursor where you want the address to appear. Right click (CTRL + CLICK at the same time) and PASTE (or the apple+”V” at the same time). Now that your address is in there, Click the LINK icon on the toolbar but this time when the window opens, click EXTERNAL LINK. You may change the TEXT to LINK if you want (For example: “Click here for a great website on architecture of Canada!) but you must paste the URL address that you copied into the ADDRESS section. Clcik ADD LINK. Now SAVE and go back and see if it worked. You should be able to click it and it opens up to the new URL. Now try to find another link! Repeat this process.
 * STEP VIII ADDING AN EXTERNAL LINK**

Once you click EDIT on your wikipage, Click the WIDGET icon up on the toolbar. Select either a slide show or a map (from the left) that you would like to insert onto your page. Click the items that appear and then fill in the appropriate categories you are looking for. You will need to explore this section! That is why it is extra credit!
 * STEP IX ADDING A WIDGET FOR EXTRA CREDIT**

Go to this website and check out this blog site of trips this woman has been on. This will be our next project (your virtual trip to…..?) [|www.dintrone.com/]
 * IF YOU ARE DONE**,