Creating the Initial Page

1. Click on the title of the Wiki from the course homepage. The Wiki summary page will appear and you will be prompted to create the Wiki's first page.
   
2. If this wiki is a collaborative group, the first page may already have been created by a member in your group. If so, you can continue to edit the Wiki page to add your content.Click the Create page button. You will see the activity description and an HTML editor under the Edit tab as shown below.
3. Enter your content into the HTML editor text area - hint: You can switch to HTML code by selecting Tools and then < > Source code to view and/or edit the HTML code.
   
4. Click the Preview button at the bottom of the editing page to preview the content as it will appear on eClass.
   
5. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to have the changes added to the page.

Editing a Wiki Page

After creating your first wiki page, you may need to add more content and or update existing content. 

1. Click on the title of the Wiki activity from the course homepage.
2. The View option will open by default. Look at your wiki to determine the changes necessary. If the wiki contains links to several pages, click the desired page link to view the content of that page. 
3. Change to Edit from the drop down menu on the page that requires editing.
4. Using the editor, you can format text by highlighting it and clicking the relevant button on the toolbar on top of the editing box.  You can reveal more options by selecting the ellipsis button (as highlighted above)
5. Click the Preview button to preview your changes.
6. Click the Save button to have the changes add to the page.

Adding More Pages

1. Click on the title of the Wiki activity from the course homepage.
2. Use the View option from the drop-down menu at the top left of the content area to preview your wiki and determine desired changes.
3. Use the drop-down menu to switch to Edit to start editing the current page.
4. In the text field, type the title of your page within double brackets [[ ]] as shown above.
5. Click the Preview button to view the changes.
6. Click the Save button to apply your changes. You will be redirected to theView display which shows the page with your recent changes.
7. Click the hyperlink of the page title you entered in step 4.
8. You will be prompted to a create a new page. Select the format (HTML is default) and press Create page.
   
9. You will be brought to the new entry, where you can add information and resources.
   

Adding an Image to Your Page

1. Click on the title of the Wiki activity from the course home page.
2. Use the View option from the drop-down menu at the top left of the content area to preview your wiki and determine desired changes.
3. Use the drop-down menu to switch to Edit view of the page where you would like to add the image.
4. Click the Insert image icon (you can use the ellipsis button to expand the toolbar to show the image icon OR go to Insert in the toolbar and select the image option from the menu). 
   
   
5. You can add an image via URL by entering the URL in the bottom left field and clicking Add. Alternatively, drag and drop your image into the upload box or select the Browse repositories button to launch the file picker to select and upload a file from your computer. 
6. If you wish to upload an image, click on Browse Repositories in the illustration above and
   1.  Click on Upload a file.
   2.  Then, Choose File
      
      
      
      
   3. Your computer will bring up a dialog box where you may select the location of your file. Once you have made the selection, you will be returned to the File picker screen - you may save the file under a new name and enter a license 
      
      
      
      
   4. When you are ready, press Upload this file
   5. A summary screen will appear - for AODA compliance, you should describe your image under the prompt Describe this image for someone who cannot see it
   6. Press Save
7. You will be brought back to the wiki page with the image now uploaded and present.

Adding Comments

The Comments tab allows you to add and view comments made to a wiki page. Comments can improve the group workflow because it makes editing the wiki document easier to manage as change is documented. Comments are visible to everyone with access to the Wiki.

1. You can only edit and/or delete your own comments. Click on the Comments option from the drop down on the wiki page you wish to comment on.
   
2. Click the Add comment link.
3. Type your comments in the editor.
4. Click the Save changes button to add your comments to the wiki. The comment will be added to the wiki showing who added the comment and when it was added.

What are the Map Options?

The Map tab allows you to view a summary of activities in a wiki. 

• Contributions - Lists pages you have edited
• Links - Pages linked to/pages linked from
• Orphaned pages - Lists unlinked pages
• Page index - The current wiki's page tree
• Page list - Alphabetical order of pages
• Updated pages - List of recently updated pages