Revise Wiki Tutorial Project

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[edit] Contact

Scott Moore

[edit] Roles

  • Tutorial Writers: Several needed. Pick a page from the tutorial and start creating or editing! If you would like some guidance or have questions please contact Scott Moore
  • Copy editor/step verifiers: The more the merrier. Pick a page and start improving it! If you would like some guidance or have questions please contact Scott Moore
  • UI design and coding: Julia
  • Screencast videographer: Johannes
  • Screencast voice over: Needed. If you would like to help please contact Scott Moore

[edit] Project Description

[edit] Goal

Provide a tutorial for editing the Dreamfish wiki that gets new members using the wiki as a useful tool.

[edit] Criteria

  • Use the Dreamfish voice: inclusive, nurturing, avoid technical-jargon
  • Practical - learn by doing. Include concrete exercises
  • Multimodal - each section should have images and a screencast demonstrating the lesson so people can watch before they do.
  • FUN - Tiffany says, "Our philosophy of learning is that people learn best when they are playing at what they are doing. We want to create a play environment with How-to's. Some of this we can do with style and graphics." Scott adds, "Yes, and the writing style can be fun, too."

[edit] Page Structure

I.Wiki Tutorial (replaces Tutorial and Tutorial (editing))

  • Wiki Basics
    • What is a wiki?
      • Collaborative content creation system
      • no HTML knowledge needed
      • easy to link to internal pages
  • Finding pages Part I
    • Search
      • advanced Search
      • setting your search preferences
    • navigation
      • Left Navigation
        • Pretty much self-explanatory
  • Finding Pages Part II
    • Global Tabs
      • signedin vs not signed in
      • username (mention, then link to user profile tutorial)
      • My Wall/discussion (mention then link to user profile tutorial)
      • My preferences (mention, then link to Preferences Tutorial)
      • My Watchlist (mention, then link to Working with Dreamfish Tutorial?)
      • My contributions (touch on, but not in detail)
      • Log out (don't bother)
      • Help? (cover seperately)
    • content (page) tabs
    • Recent changes
    • my contributions
  • Editing pages
    • offer encouragement (anyone can edit)
    • Whole page vs editing sections
    • working with the editor
    • Previewing and saving
      • what happens if you time out? (Hint: Don't panic!)
    • Discussion Pages
      • a place to talk about that specific page
    • practice page (mini sand box)
  • Profile page (as a wiki page)
    • what is a wiki page?
    • save and return
    • what can go on your page?
    • How to upload an image/reference an image from another URL
    • My Wall/Discussion
  • Watchlists
  • wiki syntax
  • Categories
  • Preferences
    • What are the most important ones to know right away?


[edit] References

Tutorial

Tutorial (editing)


Dreamfish wiki norms

Aboutus.org's Tutorial

Wikihow.com's Tutorial

[edit] Related Projects


[edit] Status

08-28-2009 - We are just starting and need to meet some deadlines in two weeks. I need help! If you are interested in working on any part of this project, please contact Scott Moore


[edit] Tickets

Here are the subprojects of the project:


Task # Description Who requested Task Who is Assigned Due
MM-DD-YYYY 		Status
open/reassigned

/resolved/closed

Notes
1 Ticket:Secure Permission to Model Aboutus.org tutorial
 		Scottmoore
 Scottmoore
 08-28-2009
 Resolved
 See ticket for CC license info
2 Ticket:Create_Wiki_Tutorial_Skeleton_Pages
 Scottmoore
 Scottmoore
 08-28-2009
 Closed
3 Ticket:Tiffany's views on wiki barriers
 Scottmoore Tiffany von Emmel
 09-04-2009
 Resolved
 Dreamfish Wiki Learning Experiences
4 Project week 1 ends

09-04-2009

5 Bring Krys Freeman onboard
 		Scottmoore Scottmoore 09-07-2009
 Closed
 Still needs to be done, but moving personel work off the project list.
6 Structure of tutorial mapped out
 Scottmoore Scottmoore 09-07-2009
 Open
7 Add CC attribution and license to WikiTutorial
 Scottmoore Scottmoore 09-09-2009
 Open
8 Initial 3 pages of Tutorial written and verified Scottmoore
9-11-2009 Open
9 Project week 2 ends

9-11-2009

10 Blowfish Iteration released

9-15-2009

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19 Clownfish iteration released

9-30-2009

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[edit] Feature Requests

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