A+Quick+Wiki+Guide

First a word about wikis. A wiki is an easy to design and use web page. The term comes from the Hawaiian word for "quick," as in quick and easy. Any member of a wiki community can easily publish their own comments or documents and link to web-based resources. For example, below is a link to a video that explains what a wiki is, why it's useful, and how to use one. Click on the link. (Make sure your computer volume is on.)

[|YouTube video on wikis]

It is really that easy: Now here is how to do a few simple things.


 * Typing**: To type any text on the wiki page, just click "Edit this page," then type your comment (hint: be sure your cursor is where you want the text to be) and then click "Save." Voila! You have published to the web. If you later decide you don't like what you have typed, then just click on "Edit," then delete the text, and then "Save."

1) You first have to know which webpage you want to link to. (For the example above, I went to YouTube and searched for a video about wikis,) Then minimize (don't //close//) that web-page for the time being; you will come back to it in Step 4. Now re-open this wiki page 2) Click "Edit this page." Type on the page a name for the link. For example, above I typed "YouTube video on wikis." 3) Use your cursor to highlight the name you typed, then click on the "Insert Link" icon (the globe-chain link image on the left) on the Editor task bar. On the page that appears, the Link Text field will alreadyy have your link name. Below that, click the "External Link" button. 4).Minimize (don't //close//) this wiki page, then go back to the original web page you want to link. Copy the URL (the web address at the top of the screen), then go back to the the External Address field and paste in the URL of the website you are linking to. You will notice that the "http:" part of the address is already set for you. //5)// Click OK and you will be returned to the edited page where you will find your link has been underlined. Click "Save" and you're done!
 * Linking:** If you want to provide a quick link to a web-based page,(other than a page __within__ this wiki) follow these easy steps:

//**Inserting**:// Linking just connects this web page to another. Inserting is actually pasting an image or other media directly into this web page. It is also easy to do, but let's go with the simplest method. First be sure to minimize the wiki web page and open up a new web search. Search for an image you want, through Google images, for example, Right click on the image and then left click "copy," Come back into this wiki page, place your cursor where you want the image, then right click and then left click "paste." Voila! There the image is. Save and you're done!


 * Here is the Wiki Wiki inter-terminal bus at the Honolulu airport.**

If you want to insert a document that you have in your files, you will use the green Insert Files and Images icon. Left click on the icon. Assuming you want to insert a new file (i.e.,not one you have used in this wiki before), click on Browse and you will immediately have access to your desktop or network drives. Find the file you want to insert and double click on it. The title will automatically load into the Browse field. The you click on "Upload" and you will see an icon with that file name appear in the "Insert a File" area. MAKE SURE THAT ON THE WIKI PAGE THE CURSOR IS WHERE YOU WANT THE FILE INSERTED, then double click on the file icon and the file name will appear on the wiki page where your cursor was.. When you click on the file name, a File Download screen appears and you can open the entire file. Here, for example, is our reading list.

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If I want to include all of the text itself right here on the wiki page, I literally have to copy and paste from the original. Note: some of the formatting properties don't transfer well to the web and the document will likely look a bit different. Below is a sample from the reading list:

//**Strategic Planning: Some titles for a recommended reading list **  //**Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation will Change the Way the World Learns ** Clayton. Christensen MCGraw Hill, 2008 It's no secret that people learn in different ways, so why, the authors of this book ask, "can't schools customize their teaching?" The current system, "designed for standardization," must by its nature ignore the individual needs of each student. The answer to this problem, the authors argue, is "disruptive innovation," a principle introduced (and initially applied to business) by Harvard Business School professor Christensen in The Innovator's Dilemma. The idea is that an audience in need will benefit from even a faulty opportunity to fulfill that need; in education, the demand for individual instruction could be met through infinitely customizable online computer-based instruction. The authors, all professionals in education, present a solution to the ills of standardized education that's visionary but far-fetched; even they admit that their recommendations would be extremely difficult to implement in current school systems. Still, the authors' unusual case, though occasionally bogged down in tangents, is worthy reading for school administrators, teachers, parents and, perhaps most of all, software developers. That's about all for now. There are more sophisticated methods, but there is fun o' plenty here to start wikifying. Remember: the value of the wiki is that you don't just read, you add// to the material. So the final request is this, if you want the wiki readers to know that you are the author of a particular addition, conclude with your name in parenthesis (Wells). Wiki on Strategic Cats!