General+Instructions

To create a new page:
1. Click on the link below for your class. 2. When that page loads click "Edit this page" and following the format setup given in class type out the name of your project. 3. After you have typed the name of your addition, highlight the whole name with the mouse and then click on the link above in the blue bubble that looks like the earth and a chain link. 4. A little box should pop up and will start a new page on the wiki that will be dedicated to your project. 5. Click ok in the pop up box. 6. Click save. 7. You are now ready to edit your own wiki.

To Insert an Image:
1. Find the image that you want and save it to your hard drive as a .jpeg, .tiff, .giff, .bmp or any other standard image file. 1a. Make sure you copy or write down the address of where you got the picture from. Unless you use a picture that you drew you have to report where you got the picture from. 2. On your own wiki page click the "Edit this Page" button. 3. In the blue bubble you should see a little picture of a tree. Click this icon. 4. A menu pops up. There is a place that asks if you want to upload a file. 5. Click on browse, and find the file where ever you saved it on your hard drive. 6. Once you find the file you want highlight it and then click ok. 7. Click upload and wait a few seconds. The time it takes to upload your file depends on the image size and your upload connection speed. 8. Once the image has uploaded you should see a thumbnail (small picture) of the image in that box. 9. Put the curser on the screen where you want the picture to go, and then double click on the thumbnail. 10. Click on the save button and check out the picture you just uploaded to your wiki! 11. Click "Edit this Page" again, and type "This picture from" and then type in the web address of where the link came from. If the address you wrote down does not include a "http://" then you will want to create a link to their external website. 12. To make a link to an external website please follow the "create a link to an external website" instructions.

To Insert an External Link:
1. Copy the URL of the site that you want to link to (it's control C on a PC, or you can right click and select copy). 1. Write the text that you want to use as the hyper-link text. 2. Highlight that text with your mouse. 3. Click on the earth and chain link button in the blue bubble at the top of the screen (just like what you did to get your project started. 4. When the window pops up click in the circle next to external link. 5. Paste the URL info that you had copied earlier into the window next to "external link." 6. Hit ok. 7. You should probably hit save now and check out if your link worked.

To draw a line across the page:
1. Click "Edit this Page" 2. Line up your curser where you want the line to be 3. In the blue box next to the bullet icon is a line icon. Click that. Get a line.