Wiki Tutorial

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Wiki Tutorial
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Outline of Wiki Tutorial

• 1) Welcome and Introductions
• 2) What is a wiki, and why is it useful for our
  work in moving forward the program shift?
• 3) Main elements of the wiki interface
• 4) Overview of key content in the P-shift wiki!
• 5) Exercise 1 Scavenger Hunt
• 6) How to use the wiki
• a. Join the space (if they not have done so)
• Edit existing pages
• Creating new pages
• Finding out what is new
• 7) Exercise 2 Practice Creating and Editing a
  Wiki Page
• 8) Discussion on expectations and needs

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What is a Wiki?
A wiki is an online space, consisting of a
collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone
who accesses it to contribute or modify
content. Wikis are often used to create
collaborative websites and to empower
communities, such as ours around the program
shift, to share and build knowledge together.
A well-known example of a very successful wiki is
the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia
(www.wikipedia.com). The goal of our P-shift
Wiki is to serve as a global platform for all of
you who are leading the program shift in CARE to
share knowledge around the program shift The
success of our wiki will depend on the
contributions you make, and your commitment to
visiting it to connect to and learn from others
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Overview of the Wiki interface
Type address into browser
http//p-shift.care2share.wikispaces.net/
This tells you if youve signed in and if you can
edit the page
Each page has a set of tabs related to editing
that page (more in the slides that follow)
Name of the page youre looking at
Navigation Menu Click on links to explore pages
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Page Tab

• The Page tab enables you to view the content of
  the page. You can also edit the content of the
  page when in this tab.

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Discussion Tab
Click on the Discussion tab to view or post
messages about a specific page

• Click on links listed here to read the previously
  posted messages

• Use this box to post a message.

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History Tab
Click on the History tab to see all previous
changes made to the page. If you make a mistake
editing a page, you can always revert back to a
previous version through this tab.
Click on any of these links to view previous
versions of the page. To show you what changes
were made on any previous version, any new text
inserted will appear in green and any deleted
text in red.
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Notify Me Tab
Once you have joined the wiki, you may click on
the Notify me tab to sign up to be notified via
email every time the page is edited.
Select all changes from the menu if you want to
be notified any time there is a change to the
page or the discussions related to this page
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Another way to find out what is new
1) Click on recent changes
2) The page to the right will appear with a list
of all recent changes
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Overview of Content
The WHAT If what we are trying to achieve is
long-term programs, what are these programs?
What are the changes we
need to make to be a programmatic organization?
Systems to help us get there
The HOW What are we doing to get there?
RESOURCES Resources to help us get there
WIKI TIPS Information on how to use a wiki
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Some key content
The WHAT Definition and characteristics of a
Program Elements of the Pathway to Long-term
Programming
The HOW What are we doing to get there? See the
work of the Learning Labs, Satellites and Regions
RESOURCES Resources to help us get there Look at
the yellow pages to find out who is doing what
and who to connect to
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What is a Program?
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Pathway
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Learning Labs Satellites
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Regions
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Yellow Pages Who is who?
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Exercise 1 Scavenger Hunt
1) What are Bangladeshs 8 work streams for
moving forward the program shift? 2) What are
Allison Burdens areas of expertise related to
the program shift? 3) What are the Ethiopias
learning questions? 4) Ubora has 12 indicators
for assessing the quality of our program
initiatives (Program Quality Indicators). What
is Indicator 4 on the list? What else do you
want to explore on the wiki?
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Getting Started Joining the Wiki
Do NOT use this Join link!
1) Open your browser and type address
http//p-shift.care2share.wikispaces.net/
2) Click Join this Space at the top of the Menu
3) This will take you to a new page Click join
CARESHARE now
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Joining, Part II
4) Choose a Username Password, and fill-in
your Email address
5) Add a comment telling us who you are! We need
to accept you before you can edit the Wiki.
6) You will be sent an Email. Click on the link
in that email to confirm your email address.
You will receive a second email confirming
membership approval, which will allow you to edit
Wiki pages.
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Joining, Part III
After confirming your email address, you will be
taken to the main page of CAREs Knowledge
Sharing website
Click on P-shift Wiki to return to the P-shift
Wiki Home Page. If you sign out, and sign in
again, you will return to this page. Remember to
click on this P-shift Wiki link in the left
menu to get back to the P-shift Wiki Home Page
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After you have joined Signing In
1) Type address into browser
http//p-shift.care2share.wikispaces.net/ 2)
Click Sign In in top-right corner 3) Type in
your Username Password
Protected sign indicates you have not logged
in, and cannot make changes
Remember to click the P-shift Wiki link on the
left to go to the P-shift Wiki Home Page!
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Editing pages Overview
1) After sign-in, your username appears here
2) Click on the Edit this page button to start
editing the page.
3) The page will become like a Word document that
you can edit and the following editor bar will
appear.
Click here to insert tables
Click here to insert photos
Click here to insert links to other pages on the
wiki or to external web pages
These buttons enable you to format text
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Exercise 2 Practice editing in the sandbox
Click on Wiki Tips
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The Sandbox, Getting There
Click on sandbox
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The Sandbox, Editing
Click
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The Sandbox, Tool Bar
Editing Inserting Text
Clicking , allows you to type
text on the page. A tool bar allows you to
format text (as in a Word document)
insert pictures insert web links
Preview and Save changes that youve made here
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The Sandbox, Insert Image
Editing Inserting Images or files
1) Place your curser in the specific location of
the page where you want to insert the image
2) Click Here to Insert image
3) Click Here to find a image on your computer
4) After choosing a image, click here to insert it
5) Your image will appear Here. Find it and
double click on it to insert it into the page
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The Sandbox, Insert Image 2
5) Your image should appear as one of the
pictures in the panel. Double-click your image to
insert it
6) Change image properties you want to center the
image or add a caption
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The Sandbox, Insert Image 3
7) Close
8) Dont forget to save!
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The Sandbox, Insert Table
The Sandbox, Insert Link
Editing Inserting a table
1) Click in the page where you want to insert the
TABLE
2) Click here to open TABLE dialog box
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The Sandbox, Insert Table 2
The Sandbox, Insert Link
3) Choose the numbers of rows and columns (this
can be changed later)
4) Place cursor inside a table cell, and
click on to insert rows or
columns, change alignment, or delete the
table
8) Dont forget to save!
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Exercise 3 Practice creating a new page and
linking it to the wiki
1) Create a new Wiki page for your profile using
the yellow pages template 2) Type some text 3)
Insert a picture or a file 4) Link your profile
page to the Yellow Pages page See slides that
follow for a step by step guide for creating new
pages and links
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Creating a new page
2) Next, the dialogue box to the left will appear.
1) From any page on the wiki, click on New Page
to create a new page
3) Use your name for the name of the new page.
4) Choose Yellow Pages Profile Template from
the pulldown menu.
5) Click on Create and the page below will
appear.
6) You will be taken to the new page, in
editing mode. Type text.
7) Insert relevant tags as key words to
facilitate future searching.
8) When you are done, be sure to click on Save!
yellow_pages
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The Sandbox, Insert Link
Create a link to your profile page in the Wiki
Yellow Pages
1) Go to the Yellow Pages page in the Wiki
2) Click on the Edit This Page button in the
top right corner.
3) Find your group on the page, and place your
cursor in the left box.
4) Click this button to create a link
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The Sandbox, Insert Link 2
5) Type your name
6) Choose the page that you just created from the
pull-down menu
7) Click OK at the top-right to generate the
link (see below)
8) Next, fill in the remaining information
Dont Forget to Save!
jsmith_at_alaska.care.org
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Expectations and needs

• Leaders of the program shift in Learning Labs and
  Satellites are expected to
• Generate Learning Questions and Knowledge Sharing
  Objectives, and upload them onto the wiki
• Upload their action plans and update them when
  necessary
• Use the wiki to document progress in their work
  and share key knowledge with others on how to
  move forward the shift
• Sign up to get notified of changes to pages that
  are of your interest
• Engage in discussions related to pages of
  interest
• Access resources to strengthen your work
• Comments? Needs?