Discovery Exercise 2: Exploring pbWiki

Note: You should receive an invitation from do-not-reply@pbwiki.com to join the Dig Deeper Wiki on Monday, March 9th. If you do not get an invitation by 5pm Monday, please email one of the instructors.

Step 1: Join the Dig Deeper Wiki. Click the link in your email from do-not-reply@pbwiki.com to join the wiki. You will need to create a user name and password. (Yes, another one, sorry.)

Step 2: Familiarize yourself with pbwiki.

• FrontPage - like a home page. There is a link to return to it on the side.
• Sidebar - where the wiki pages are located. Wiki pages are also linked in the content on the FrontPage.
• Edit tab - Where you can edit the page. PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THE FRONT PAGE.

Step 3: Play in the Sandbox.

• Click the link "Sandbox" on the Sidebar.
• Notice the Edit Tab? (Behind the View tab at the top of the screen)
• Click on the Edit tab and you will see a menu that looks similar to the icons for Word or Google Docs. Here is where you can edit the wiki page.

• Type your name or a message to your classmates.
• Practice adding a link. Notice the Insert/Edit Link icon ? It looks like this:
• Insert/Edit link allows you to add a link to a wiki page, email or an outside web page.
  • To create a link to an outside web page, select "URL" from the drop down menu and try adding a link your library's homepage.
• Notice there is a SAVE BUTTON at the bottom of the screen. Press this button to save your work. You will be automatically taken back to the VIEW version of the page.
• TIP: Watch this 13 second video on editing pbwiki.