Wiki Help

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This wiki is powered by a software application called Mediawiki, which is free to download and use. Below are some selected help topics from the online Mediawiki handbook. There are many other topics in the handbook, covering everything you could possibly do in Mediawiki.

Contents 1 Help with reading 2 Help with editing 3 Help with images 4 Class Guidelines for Notes, References, and Resources 5 Displaying Your Media Component

[edit] Help with reading

• Page Histories
• Watching Pages

[edit] Help with editing

• Editing Shortcuts
• Editing Basics
• Advanced Wiki Editing
• Editing Toolbar
• Wikitext Examples
• Talk or Discussion Pages
• Using Footnotes

[edit] Help with images

Important note: Some image capabilities described in these help tutorials are for media wiki in general and are not currently enabled on this particular wiki. For example, currently the capability to resize images or create thumbnail images is not enabled. Most of the other capabilities should work fine, however, so these help resources should be useful.

• How to upload images and embed them in your wiki
• Picture Tutorial
• Images and other uploaded files
• Captions

[edit] Class Guidelines for Notes, References, and Resources

• Notes, References, and Resources

[edit] Displaying Your Media Component

• Media Component