Signing+Up+for+Wikispaces

__Setting up Your Account __

 * 1) Go to http://www.wikispaces.com.
 * 2) In the "Join Now" box, put in your username, password, e-mail address, and, optionally, wiki name.
 * 3) Click "Join" and you're done. If you've chosen to create a wiki, you will be taken straight to your new wiki.

__Creating K-12 Free Wikis__
In January 2006, Wikispaces began offering our Plus Plan for free for K-12 education. If your wiki will be used exclusively for K-12 education, you can begin your ad-free, private Wikispace by registering at []. If you already have a Wikispace but didn't register it under our K-12 Plan, you can request an upgrade. =Setting Up Wikis for School Uses =
 * 1) If you have a user account on Wikispaces, [|login] first.
 * 2) Go to [|http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers].
 * 3) Fill in the form.
 * 4) Certify that your wiki will be used exclusively for K-12 education and click "Join."
 * 5) You will be brought to your new wiki.

__Permissions__
Wikispaces offers three types of wiki access: public, protected, and private. How do I change my wiki permissions? We always work on our wikis while they are **Private**; once a wiki has been thoroughly vetted, we lock all the pages, demote all students from "Organizer" status, and change the permissions to **Protected**, checking the box to indicate that others can add comments to the discussion pages. This way, the wiki is viewable to but not editable by anyone (whether they have a Wikispace account or not), and anyone with a Wikispace account may leave comments on the discussion board.
 * **Public:** A public wiki can be viewed by anyone and can also be edited by anyone.
 * **Protected:** A protected wiki can be viewed by anyone but can only be edited by members of the wiki.
 * **Private:** A private wiki can only be viewed or edited by members of the wiki.
 * 1) Go to "Manage Wiki" and click on "Permissions."
 * 2) Select the preferred permissions for your wiki.
 * 3) Click "Update."

Naming Conventions:
I always set up my students usernames and passwords the same way: > (e.g., janed-egjh) > (e.g., jandoe)
 * **Username** is [first name][first letter of last name]-egjh
 * **Password** is [first 3 letters of first name][first 3 letters of last name]

Setting Up Entire Classes at Once:
Wikispaces now allows teachers to create accounts in bulk. If you are a K-12 educator and have registered your wiki with our free K-12 education Plus plan, you can create student accounts in bulk yourself. You can make up to 100 accounts at one time. To create accounts, just follow these steps:
 * 1) Navigate to your wiki.
 * 2) Select "Manage Wiki."
 * 3) Under People select "User Creator."
 * 4) Choose the wiki you would like to add the users to.
 * 5) You can enter the list as text or upload an excel or .csv file with usernames and passwords. E-mail addresses aren't required to create accounts.

__Inviting Students to a Wiki __
A member or organizer of a wiki can invite students to that wiki; then students only need to accept the invitation to become members. To invite people:
 * 1) Go to "Manage Wiki."
 * 2) Click on "Invite People."
 * 3) You'll be brought to a form that allows you to invite people to your wiki. You can invite people by their Wikispaces username or their e-mail address.
 * 4) Click "Send."

__Types of Members __
=Managing and Monitoring Wikis =
 * **GUEST:**A guest is anyone who is visiting Wikispaces.com but who has not signed in to a user account.
 * Can view all public and protected wikis.
 * Can edit pages on public wikis but not create new pages.
 * Can read, but not post to, discussion pages.
 * **USER:**A user is anyone logged in to a user account on Wikispaces.com.
 * Can view all public and protected wikis on the site.
 * Can edit and create pages in public wikis
 * Can post to the discussion pages in those wikis.
 * **MEMBER:**When a user account is added to a wiki, they become a member of that wiki.
 * Can view and edit the wiki whether it is public, protected, or private.
 * Can upload images and files to that wiki.
 * Can be promoted by the organizer to be a fellow organizer of that wiki.
 * **ORGANIZER:**The organizer of a wiki has administrative access to that wiki.
 * Can invite people to be members
 * Can promote members to be organizers of the wiki,
 * Can approve requests to join the wiki,
 * Can delete pages,
 * Can upgrade or delete the wiki,
 * Can determine whether a wiki is public, protected, or private,
 * Can change the look and feel of the wiki,
 * Can manage the subscription of that wiki.
 * **CREATOR:** an organizer with the ability to demote other organizers to the level of member.

Wikispaces has several notification methods for a wiki or a particular page on a wiki. You can receive an e-mail when changes are made to pages on your wiki, or follow the changes in an RSS Feed.

While a wiki is in progress, you may want to monitor //very// closely all the work students do on a wiki, or you might want to limit your monitoring to changes to certain pages or discussions only. To receive e-mail notifications for a page: To receive e-mail notifications for an entire wiki: Once you do this, you will receive e-mail updates when any user other than you makes a change to the page or wiki.
 * 1) Go to the page you would like to receive notifications for.
 * 2) Click on the "notify me" tab at the top of the page.
 * 3) Change the monitoring preference. ("Discussion Changes," "Page Changes," or "All Changes")
 * 4) Click "Update Monitoring."
 * 1) Go to "Recent Changes."
 * 2) Click the "notify me" tab.
 * 3) Change the monitoring preference. ("Discussion Changes," "Page Changes," or "All Changes")
 * 4) Click "Update Monitoring."


 * Caution:** Unless you have a [|Private Label] (currently $1000/school/year), you cannot prevent students from emailing each other without your knowledge. the best way to avoid issues related to cyber-bullying and other inappropriate netiquette that you can't directly monitor is to teach lessons on netiquette and to issue stern warnings with significant and enforceable consequences if/when students abuse their accounts.

=To learn how to edit, add images, and videos, click here: How to Edit a Wiki page =