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=Welcome to Your EDC 423 Wikispace for...= =Teaching Comprehension and Response in Grades 3-6!= Dr. Julie Coiro, University of Rhode Island, Chafee 615

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Help with Wikis! If you are not familiar with wikis, this quick guide is very helpful!
 * What is a wiki?? **
 * Video tutorial: [|Wikis in Plain English]

 Adding information to a wiki page:

 * Click on the page you want
 * At top of page click "edit this page"
 * Scroll to where you want to add information and type in your info
 * Click "save"

 Uploading files to the wiki!

 * Click on the page you want (left menu under "navigation").
 * Once on the page, click "edit this page" at the top of the page.
 * Put the cursor where on the page you want to insert your file.
 * Click on the file icon at the top of the page.
 * A dialogue box appear for you to insert a file.
 * Click "upload file."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Click "browse," which will bring you to the files on your computer (like if you were going to attach a document).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Double click on the file you want to upload. The file will then appear at the top of the dialogue box.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Double click on the file to insert into the wiki page.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Remember to click save!

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"> Linking something on the wiki to another website: ===
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Go online and find your source
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copy the link from the website
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Go to the wikipage where you want to add your link
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Type an explanation of your link
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Highlight the text that you want to link (for example, above you will see "wikis in plain English" in blue--that's the text that was highlighted to link)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Go to "link" at the top tool bar
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Click "external link" in the next dialogue box
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Paste the web address in the blank address box
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Click "Add link"