Mechanical Engineering

Wiki Tutorial for Tech Lit

Seung Ki Moonmoonsky@psu.edu

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University

Rev. Jan. 2010

What is a Wiki?

“A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.”

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]

Example: Wikipedia

Example : a Wiki

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_use_camera]

Access the Wiki

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For the project, we will use the following Wiki:

http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Course_Materials

Log in this link to create or edit your wiki

Template and Editing guide

Created Wiki

Log in / Chang Password

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Log in using your username and password

Click on “my preferences” to change your password

Edit a Page

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Click on the [edit] link

If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can edit Main page & Sections.

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If you click Edit -2, you can edit Section“Courses”.

Edit a Page (Cont.)

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If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can see Editor for editing Main page & Sections

Edit a Page (Cont.)

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If you click Edit -2, you can see Editor for editing section (Courses).

Edit a Page (Cont.)

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- Edit the code in the editor here

- Do not forget to save when you are done with the changes

A detailed guide for edit is available athttp://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Wiki_GuideAlternatively, you can look at the code for existing wiki pages

Click on “page “ in Main bar to show the result after Saving the page

Tech Lit Wiki Guide

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http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Wiki_Guide

Example

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Screen

Editor

Create a New Page

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Use the command: [[PageName]]Typing in a new page name will automatically create a page. You can then edit it by clicking on the link

Example: [[Single-Use Cameras]] will create a page that can be accessed at:

http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Single-Use_Cameras

Click to edit the page

Created the page

Link a file

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- Click “Upload fie” at Tool Box

Link a file (Cont.)

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- Upload a file at Upload file Page

Link a file (Cont.)

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- link a image to the wiki page, use the command [[Image:PictureName.jpg]] at editor

- link a file to the wiki page, use the command [[Media:FileName.pdf]] at editor

Results

Show the fileicon image

Link the file

Create a New Course Material

To create a new course material, use a template Copy all contents in the template at edit mode, then

paste them in the new course material at edit mode Edit and Add for the new course material

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Click to link the Template

Create a New Course Material (Cont.)

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Click on “edit “to copy codes for the template

Create a New Course Material (Cont.)

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Copy all codes in the template at edit mode,

Create a New Course Material (Cont.)

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Paste the codes in the new page at edit mode, then edit the new page.

New course material title

Create a New Course Material (Cont.)

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