Seniors will set up their SENIOR PROJECT WIKISPACES PAGE so that they can begin organizing and finalizing their projects. Here are the instructions:
Today’s Task: Setting Up
Your Senior Project Wikispaces Page
How to Set Up
Your Senior Project Website
1. Before
you begin, please look at the sample projects so you can get a agood idea what
this should look like:
- http://shanaa1993.wikispaces.com/ - this is an A project.
- http://elanag1992.wikispaces.com/ - this is a B project.
2. Go to www.wikispaces.com. On the left side,
under where it says Teachers & Students, click on the green box that says
Students. Under the words New Here?, click on Sign Up Now. Create an account for yourself.
c. For “Username,” type your
first name and the first letter of your last name with no spaces, then add the
year you were born on to the end.
For example, my name is Madelaine Kingsbury, and I was born in 1975, so
my Username would be madelainek1975.
d. For “Password,” type a
password that you’ll remember.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! I suggest
using either the same password that you use for your Google account, or your
initials and the 7 digits of your student ID. Remember:
If you forget your password, all of the work you put into your Senior Project
will be lost!!!
e. For “Email,” enter your
current, working email address.
After you create your wiki, you will have to check your email and click
a link in an email from this site to verify your account.
f. Where it says Make a Wiki?
Click YES. Create your wiki.
g. Your wiki name should be the
same as your Username, so retype your first name, the first letter of your last
name, and the year you were born (madelainek1975)
h. For Industry, select K-12
Education. Certify that it is for
K-12. Select Option Basic Wiki.
i. Click JOIN! Then go to your email account to VERIFY
your wiki and begin working on setting it up.
j. Before you begin adding
pages, click the + sign next to Members on the right side. Add your teacher as a member. Ms. Kingsbury’s email is ms.kingsbury@verizon.net.
2. Once your wiki is created,
you can add pages by clicking the + sign next to Pages and Files in the top right
corner of your wiki.
- Add a page titled 01. Personal Introduction (be sure to use my capitalization and spacing EXACTLY). When you have created the page, make sure to SAVE IT. The page will not save by itself!
- Add a page titled 02. Career Goals Essay, and SAVE IT.
- Add the rest of the pages as they are in your senior project packet. You will have a total of 10 items. These are also the same items listed in the senior project packet your English teacher should have given you in September. When you create the pages, you will see them listed down the side of your Wikispaces website.
3. Now copy and paste the typed
drafts of your Senior Project writing assignments into the appropriate pages in
your wiki. You may also type your
work directly into each page, but you will need to triple check it for spelling
and punctuation.
- MAKE SURE TO CLICK “SAVE” AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN BEFORE CLOSING YOUR BROSWER OR NAVIGATING AWAY FROM THE PAGE! YOUR WORK WILL NOT SAVE AUTOMATICALLY!
4. Once you’re finished pasting
these assignments into the correct pages, check out the example Senior Project
website at www.seniorprojectohs.wikipaces.com. Feel free to add the additional pages
that you see on that website to your own site by using the process in Step 4 –
you will eventually complete all these assignments!
5. You will also need to jazz
up your front page of your Wikispaces page. Add images, as well as your name (first name and last
initial ONLY) and Class of 2013.
Feel free to play with the settings to make it a nice color and
arrangement.
