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toc =Welcome to our sandpit space= Feel free to use this wiki to explore wikispaces functionality. Click on New Page to the left to create a sandpit space for yourself. Use your name as a page name. All pages you create will show up in the left hand navigation bar. While the guide is designed for private label UNSW wikis, you are free to utilise our [|'Guide to Wikispaces']

=Plan=
 * wiki functionality
 * educational uses
 * wikispaces overview
 * hands on

=Activity=

1. Create an account and 2. Create a wiki
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3. Design/ layout
Go to your wiki and click on Manage wiki - Look and Feel Select a theme and change the colours if you wish. You can also remove the flowerpot logo and replace it with your own 150 x 150 pixel image

//**Select from the following that are of interest......**//

4. Adjusting the navigation bar
Click on EDIT NAVIGATION. The grey box is the widget that automatically adds new pages to the list. You CAN delete this and do a totally manual list OR you can add some manual items such as headings or external links.

5. Add some text to a page
Create some headings you might use on your page - don't worry too much about adding detail at this point Use Heading 1 for your title and Heading 2 for sub-sections

6. Add a TOC
At the top of your page type the letters toc in between 2 square brackets. Remember Heading 2 format will indent. code toc code

7. **Insert an image**
Insert an image from the wiki library Click on the green icon. Double click on an existing image. Use the Upload file tab for adding new items from your hard drive.

Try inserting this image from FlickR using the External Image tab - http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3787240834_b66a263005.jpg //NOTE: Many FlickR users are happy to share their images for non-commercial purposes. To locate images with a Creative Commons licence go to the advanced search tool - http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ - tick the Creative Commons box at the bottom of the page and search for a term/tag.If you use other people's images you generally need to attribute their work with a link to the source//

8. Insert a video
Go to [|Youtube] or [|BlipTV] and search for a suitable video Locate the embed code for the video and COPY it Click on the blue TV icon in the toolbar, select the OTHER HTML option (works best) PASTE the code into the box provided. You'll see a grey MEDIA box Save

9. Try the discussion area
Click on the Discussion tab on a page and create a new thread

10. Try embedding some other features
table, poll, RSS feed etc

OPTION 2: Create a sandpit page on this wiki
Join this wiki. Click on New Page and create yourself a sandpit page. Try adding the features as above. Click on Discussion in the navigation bar and create a new thread or reply to another

[|50 Ways]
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