Lesson5:UsingWeb2.0Application—MakingaContributiontotheWorldWideWeb

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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.