Bb Wikis

Linking

1. To link to a new wiki page the page already has to have been created. If you have not already created the new page click on Create Wiki Page and set the page up as normal.

2. On the new page it is good practice to add a link to take the reader back to the previous page. So in this example we have created a new page about Kittens and we will add a link to go back to the main Cats page.

3. Click on the Link to Wiki Page button.

Wiki

4. Set the Select Wiki Page Link dropdown menu to the page you wish to link to.

5. Type in the text that will form the link e.g. “back to home page”.

6. Click on Submit.

Link created

7. Your link will now be added.  Click on Submit to finish editing the page.

Another link

8. So now you can go through the same process to add the link to this new page you just created in your original page.  So go back to the original page and edit it and add a new link to your new page.  In this screenshot we want to add a link to the kittens page.  The text is ready and we need to click on the create wiki link button which is encircled in red.

More link

9. We select the kittens page from the dropdown menu.

10. In the Rename Wiki Page Link we finish the sentence we were typing so that “kittens.” becomes the link.

11. Click on submit.

Submit

12. Now the link has been added.  We can now carry on adding content if necessary and click on the Submit button to finish.

Identify page

1. From the wiki page list identify the page you wish to roll back to an earlier version and click on the action button beside it.

2. Choose History from the menu that appears.

Deleting Versions

3. To roll back to an earlier version of a page delete the later versions up to the page to which you wish to “roll back”.  Tick the page you wish to remove and choose Delete.

4. Note that this implementation of roll back means that you cannot roll forward after the event, because you have deleted the later versions.

Homepage

1. If you are the first person to enter a wiki you will be asked to create the “homepage”.  This is the first page that will be used in the wiki, and all other content will be linked to from here.

Clearly named?

Therefore give the page a sensible name that will make this clear to the other users of the wiki.

Layout

2. After the initial first page has been created a wiki will look something like this. Here follows an explanation of the icons and buttons.

1 – Create Wiki Page
Use this button to create a new page in the wiki. Once the page is created you can then edit an existing page to create a link to this new page.

2 – Instructions
Any instructions entered by the course instructor will be shown here.

3 – Comments
This shows if any comments have been added to the page. Click on the downward pointing arrow to reveal comments.

4 – My Contribution
Clicking on this button will show some details about your usage of the wiki. This information may not be 100% accurate due to technical reasons.

5 – Page list
All pages of the wiki are shown here. A modify button is beside each one. Clicking on this button brings up a menu allowing you to edit the page or review the history of how it was made.

6 – Edit Wiki Content
Click on this button to edit the current page.

7 – Comment
Click on this button to add a comment.

Useful

You can find an explanation of all the buttons in the text editor at this web page https://elearn.southampton.ac.uk/blackboard/WYSIWYG.

Mashed up

4. Some very useful features are hidden within the Add MashUp button:

1 – Embed a YouTube video

2 – Embed a Flickr Photo

3 – SlideShare Presentation – embed a presentation from the SlideShare web site.

One at a time!

5. Note that only one person can edit a wiki page at one time.   If this is the case when you try to edit a page you will receive this warning.