bosco web 2.0 lesson 5
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Lesson5:UsingWeb2.0Application—MakingaContributiontotheWorldWideWeb
Community
Goalsofthislesson:ThislessonwillfamiliarizetheuserwithonecommonWeb2.0application—Wikispaces,ormorespecificallytheBOSCOUgandaWikispace
TheuserwilllearnwhataWikispaceisusedforandwhyitisconsideredtobeanimportantWeb2.0applicationTheuserwillbecomeamemberoftheBOSCOWikispace,enablinghimorhertomakeapersonalcontributiontothesitethroughpostingoftext,documents,photos,links,orotherrelevantmaterialsTheuserwilllearnhowtoeditpagesrelevanttohis/herlocation,i.e.,usersinPagakwilllearnhowtoeditthePagakWikispacepageastobenefitandeducatepeopleintheirlocation
A.WhatisaWikispace?
AWikispacesiteisafullyeditablewebpageforoneormanycommunities.Itisaplaceonthewebwherecommunitymemberscancometogethertoaddtheirowncontenttoitspages.Whenindividualsfromdifferentlocationscancometogethertomeetonthewebandaddtheirowncontent(i.e.,postings),wecallthisWeb2.0collaboration.
ThepurposeoftheBOSCOWikispacesiteistoencourageBOSCOusersateachlocationtoempowertheirownlocalcommunityusingtheInternet.OntheBOSCOWikispace,userswillfindahomepagefortheirlocation.ThatmeansPagakhasapage,Coopehasapage,Pabohasapage,etc.
UsersineachlocationshouldbecomefamiliarwithhowtopostcontentontheBOSCOWikispace.Usersmaypostany(appropriate)informationthattheywantonthissite.Asanexample,wehavealreadyseensomeuserspostfarmingproposals,someteachersarejournaling(blogging)aboutlifeduringthewar,somepeopleareaddingphotosfromtheirlocation,othersareaddingshortstoriesandnews…andthelistgoesonandon!
RememberthesepagesareontheInternetforeveryonetoseearoundtheworld.Thisisthewaythatpeoplearoundtheworldcangettoknowwhoyouare!Actwiselyandresponsiblyanddon’tbeafraidtoaddyourowncontenttothespacesoftheBOSCOWikispace.
Task:Gotowww.boscouganda.wiksipaces.comonyourwebbrowsertoopentheBOSCOWikispacepage
B.SignupforBOSCOWikispacesandrequesttobeamember
Forprivacyreasons,youmustfirstsignupandthenrequesttobeamemberbeforeyouwillbeallowedtopostyourowncontentonthepages.
Task:SignupforBOSCOWikispacesbycreatinganaccount(seeLesson4forinstructions)
Aftergoingtowww.bosco‐uganda.wikispaces.com,clickonthe“SignIn”linkatthetoprighthandofthepage
Task:NowthatyouhaveausernameandpasswordyouwillstillneedtorequesttobeamemberoftheBOSCOWikispacebeforeyouwillbepermittedtopostonthesite.PleaserequesttobeamemberoftheBOSCOWikispacebyfollowingthesesteps:
‐Aftersigningin,clickonthe“JointhisWiki”linkatthetoplefthandsideofthepage
‐Thenaddacommentofintroductionintheboxbeforepressing“RequestMembership”
YourrequestwillbeapprovedbyBOSCOstaff.Thismaytakeadayortwoasitwillbesentviatheiremailsothattheycanapproveyouasamember.Onceapproved,youarefreetobeginpostinginformationontheBOSCOWikispace
C.EditingWikispacePages,andaddingyourownpage
OnceyouhaveregisteredforWikispacesandhaverequestedtobeamemberoftheBOSCOWikispace,youwillbeabletopostyourowncontentontotheBOSCOWikispaces.Manypeoplepoststories,photos,proposalsforcommunitydevelopmentprojects,journalentries,andmanyotherthings.Youcanalsoeditpagesthatotherpeoplehavepostedon.Rememberthatthisspaceisyourown,somakeitgreat!EachBOSCOlocation(e.g.Pagak,Pabo,Coope,etc.)hasalinkonthelefthandsideoftheWikispacewhichwilldirectyourtoyourWikispacehomepage.
Task:UserwilleditapreviouslyexistingWikispacepage.
‐Gotowww.bosco‐uganda.wikispaces.comandsignintoyourWikispaceaccount.‐Aftersigningin,clickonthelinkforyourlocation—let’spretendthatIaminPagakforthislesson,soIwillwanttoeditwithinthePagakhomepage.
YouwillbegintoseethePagakhomepage.Afterthepageloads,asanexamplepagetoedit,IwillclickonthefirstlinkatthetopleftofthePagakpage(“PagakBOSCOUsers…”)
Linksforeachlocation’shomepagearefoundhere.Clickonyourlocationtogotoyourhomepage.
Whenthispageopensup,youcanbegineditingitscontents.Editingmeanschangingthetext,addingtothetext,correctingthetext,andaddinglinks,photos,orotheritems.ToeditanypageinWikispaces,click“EditthisPage”atthetopofthewindow.
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Afterclicking“EditThisPage”thepagewillloadandyouwillseeatoolbaronthetopallowingyoutomakevariouschangestothepage.Let’sstartwiththeeasiestchangetomake:addingtextEditingthetextisverysimple.YoujustusethemouseandcursortoaddtextinthesamewayyouwouldifitwasaWorddocument.Asanexample,let’saddmynametothepageandasentenceaboutmyself.
Onceyouarefinishededitingoraddingtexttothepage,youwillwanttoclick“Save”locatedontherighthandsideofthetoolbarabove.Afterclicking“Save,”thewebpagewillloadandwillpublish(show)thechangesyouhavemade.
Youwillseethetoolbaremergeabovethepage’stext.Ontheleftyouhavefontadjustments.Toolsforaddingphotos,links,andotheritemsareontheright.
ThesentenceIaddedishighlightedinblueabove.Isimplyplacedthecursorthereandbegantyping.Itisthatsimple!
Task:Userwilladdaphototothepage
Addingphotosisalsoveryeasy.Navigatetothepageyouwanttoeditandthenclick“EditThisPage”justasyoudidabove.Clickonthe“Image”iconinthetoolbar
Afterclickingontheicon(picture)apopupwindowwillemerge.Wikispacestoresphotosonthewebinitsownlibrary.IfyourphotoisnotyetintheBOSCOWikispacelibrary,youwillneedtouploadonefromyourcomputer.Clickon“UploadFiles”
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• Afterclicking“UploadFiles”youwillclickon“Browse.”Thiswillopenanotherpopupwindowonyourcomputer.Atthatpointyoumustbrowsethroughyourcomputersfilesandselectthepicturefilethatyouwanttoupload.
Clickonthefileyouwanttouploadandthenpress“Select”or“Open”atthebottomrightofthepopupwindow.
Selectfileyouwanttouploadbyclickingonit.
Click“Open”
Afterclicking“Open”youwillbetakenbacktotheuploadmenu;click“Upload”Uploadingmighttakeafewminutes;bepatient.Youwillknowthatitisdoneuploadingwhenyouseeasmallversionofyourphotoappearinthewindow.
Onceyourphotoisuploaded,itwillnowbeintheBOSCOWikispaceslibraryofimages.Clickon“InsertFiles”intheabovewindow Youmustrememberthefilenameofyourphoto.Inthiscase,myphotoiscalled“Pagak.jpg”;Clickonthe“P”atthebottomofthelibrarytobetakentotheplacewhereallphotosbeginningwithletter“P”arestored.
Onceyoufindyourimageonthepage,simplydoubleclickanditwillbeautomaticallyinsertedintoyourWikispacepagethatyouarecurrentlyeditingAdjustthesizeofthephotoinsidetheWikispacepageyouareeditingbyclickingonthe“+”or“‐“button.Smallerphotostakelesstimetoloadandapreferable.
Click“Save”onthetoolbarandyourimagewillbesavedontheWikispacepage.Congratulations,youhavejustpublishedaphotoontheweb!
D.AddinganewpagetotheBOSCOWikispaces
Similartoeditingapreexistingpage,youcanalsoaddanentirelynewpagetotheWikispaces.Thisisusefulifyouwanttomakeanewpagethatwillsolelycontaininformationonyourorganizationorprogram,forexample.
Usertask:Createyourown,unique,newpageinBOSCOWikispaces
• Gotowww.bosco‐uganda.wikispaces.comandsignintotheBOSCOWikispace
• Asanexample,Iwillclickonthe“Pagak”linkontheleftsideofthepage;youwillthenbetakentothePagakhomepage
• WewanttoaddalinktoanewpageunderthePagakhomepage;Firstyoumustclick“EditthisPage”nearthetopofthewindow
• Afterclicking“EditthisPage”bringthecursortoaplaceonthepagewhere
youwanttoaddalinktoanewpage
• Whenthecursorisblinking,writethenameofthetextthatyouwanttomakeintoalink.Forexample,IammakingaPagakNewslinksoIwillsimplywrite,“PagakNews”
Usemousetobringthecursorhere:
Ienteredmytext—whichwillsoonbecomealinktoanewpage‐‐here
• Tomakeyourtextintoalink—alsoknownasanewpage—simplyhighlightthetextyouhavejustwrittenwithyourmouse
• Afterhighlightingthetextthatyouwanttomakeintoalinktoanewpage,bringthemouseuptothetoolbarandclickontheicon.
• Apopupwindowwillemergeafterclickingontheicon.Whenitappears,
simplyclick,“AddLink”andyourlinkwillbecomeactive,leadingtothecreationofanewWikispacepage
• Afteryouhavefinishedthis,click“Save”onthetoolbaratthetop;YourlinkwillnowbecomeactiveontheBOSCOWikispace
• Afterclicking“Save”thepagewillloadnormally.Whenitloadsclickonyournewlinktobetakentoanew,freshpagethatyoucanbegintoaddcontenton
• Whenyouopenyournewlinkanewpagewillappearthatsays,“Thispagedoesn’texistyet.Youcancreateitbyclickingthe“editbutton.”Clickthelinkthesays,“editbutton”tobegincreatingcontentforyournewpage.
Clickonyournewlink:
• Afterclickingthe“Edit”button,youwillseethefollowingscreenemerge:
• Begintypinganytext,photos,linksorothercontentthatyouwanttomakeapartofthisnewpage.Whenyouaredoneaddingcontenttothepage,click“Save”onthefarrightssideofthetoolbarAfterclicking“Save”yournewlycreatedpagewillbedisplayed.
Congratulations,youhavejustcreatedanewpageintheBOSCOWikispaces.Toeditthispageinthefuture,followtheinstructionsaboveforeditingpagesoraddingcontentsuchastext,links,andphotos.
Addtext,photos,linksorothercontentintheblankspacehere
PracticalExercise:UsersshouldspendhalfanhourontheirowntryingtoeditWikispacepagesbyaddingcontent,links,text,photos.AlsousersshouldtryaddingnewpagestotheirsiteslocationintheWikispace.
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