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Beginner’s Guidefor Teachers
Contents Page
• Inviting students to join FIZX
• Responding to a FIZX invitation
• Accepting a FIZX invitation without a wikidot account
• Creating a wikidot account
• Editing your school’s FIZX page
• Uploading a file to FIZX
• Including a website link in FIZX
• Contributing to a forum discussion on FIZX
• Creating a forum thread on FIZX
Slides 3 – 10
Slides 11 – 19
Slides 20 – 26
Slides 27 – 35
Slides 36 – 42
Slides 43 – 52
Slides 53 – 57
Slides 58 – 64
Slides 65 – 71
Inviting students to join
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step Two:Go to the bottom
of the
side panel and click on the
moderators link
Step Three:Click on the
manage memberships
link
Step Five:Add the names and
email addresses of any students (or colleagues)
you wish to invite
Step Six:You may add a short message to
accompany your invitations.
Click on the Send invitations button when you are finished
Step Seven:You will then see a list of all the
invitations you have sent.
You can also remove invitations by clicking on the Delete link
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Responding to a invitation
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step One:
invitations
will be sent to the specified email address.
Login to your chosen email account.
Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation
Step Two:
If you already have a
account login
using the Sign In link.
If you don’t, follow the instructions to create a
new account.
Step Three:
Enter your
account details to login
Step Five:
Click on the fizx.wikidot.com link to
enter the website
Step Six:
Congratulations! You are now a member
of the website.
You can now use your new membership to explore all areas of the site!!!
Step Seven:
If you are a teacher and wish to have full moderator status
for the website, please email the
site administrators [email protected] so that you can edit your school’s page, upload resources and invite students!
Step Three:
Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification.
Congratulations!! You can now start editing your
school’s page and uploading resources!
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Accepting a invitation without a account
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step One:
invitations
are sent to your email account from a colleague or
the site administrators
Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation
Step Two:
If you do not have a
account create a new account using the
Create a new account link.
Step Three:
Enter your full name and proper email address to create you new account. You will need
these to login to the website.
Choose a password that you will remember.
Step Three:
Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification.
Congratulations!! You can now start editing your
school’s page and uploading resources!
Step Three:
Once you have been given moderator status by the site administrators you will receive a notification.
Congratulations!! You can now start editing your
school’s page and uploading resources!
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Creating a account
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step One:
Go to www.wikidot.com to create your account.
Choose create account using the Create account link.
Step Two:
Enter your full name and email address to create your wikidot account.
You will need these to login
to the website.
Choose a password you will remember.
Step Three:
will now send you an invitation
to the email address you specified.
Step Four:
invitations
will be sent to the specified email address.
Login to your chosen email account.
Click on the emailed link to accept the invitation
Step Five:
Congratulations! You are now a member
of the website.
You can now use your new membership to
join the community!!!
Step Six:
Go to www.fizx.org.uk and the Join FIZX! tab and follow the instructions to
join the
website
Step Seven:
If you are a teacher and wish to join the community,
please use your school email address to email your school details and
account details to the site administrators [email protected]
Step Eight:
Use the www.fizx.org.uk and the Join FIZX! Tab and
follow the instructions to join the website
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Editing your school’s page
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
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Step Two:
Find your school’s
page
through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your
school’s link
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Step Four:
Insert your wiki code here.
You can Preview the page before you Save any edits.
You can use this toolbox to help with wiki syntax
You can use these links to help with
wiki syntax
[[table style="margin: auto"]][[row]][[cell style="padding: 15px 20px 15px 20px; border: 1px dashed blue; text-align:center"]] **[[span style="color:blue"]][[[teachers:yourschoolfizxpagename | Teacher's page]]][[/span]]** [[/cell]][[/row]][[/table]] [[div style="height:5px"]] [[/div]] > Join the **[*http://www.iop.org/education/student/index.html Institute of Physics]** as a (**free!**) **Student Member** + G481 Mechanics ++ //Module 1 : Motion// [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]] [[collapsible show="Show resources" hide="Hide resources"]] [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]] ------ ADD YOUR STUFF HERE ------ [[/collapsible]] ++ //Module 2 : Forces in Action// [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]] [[collapsible show="Show resources" hide="Hide resources"]] [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]] ------ ADD YOUR STUFF HERE ------ [[/collapsible]] ++ //Module 3 : Work and Energy// [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]] [[collapsible show="Show resources" hide="Hide resources"]] [[div style="height:10px;"]] [[/div]]
Step Five:
Your school will have a default template which outlines the units and modules for your
designated exam specification.
Feel free to change this to suit!
You can add your stuff for each module in the
spaces provided
Step Six:
Wikidot has useful reference pages to help with
wiki syntax for your code
Alternatively, you can ‘borrow’ code from other school’s pages by ‘editing’ their page
and ‘copying & pasting’ any useful code
CAUTION: Take care not to overwrite or delete anyone else’s code!!!
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Step Two:
Find your school’s
page
through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your
school’s link
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Step Four:
Scroll down and click on the Upload a file from your computer link
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Step Five:
Click on the Select Files button to find the file you wish to upload
This link is useful for adding
multiple files
Step Six:
Browse to select the file you wish to upload.
Click on the Open button to upload the file.
Click on the refresh file list link
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Step Seven:
Right click on the newly uploaded file and select Copy link address
Now click Edit to add the uploaded file to your school’s page
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Step Eight:
Edit your page and paste the copied address link where you
wish to access the uploaded file.
Step Eight:
Edit your page and paste the copied address link where you
wish to access the uploaded file.
This [..] syntax displays the uploaded file as Radiation Dose Chart and the * in front of the copied address
will open the file in a new window
Copied address link
Step Nine:
Check your page to see if the link for the newly uploaded file works
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Including a website link in
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
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Step Two:
Find your school’s
page
through the Schools using FIZX sidebar and click on your
school’s link
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Step Four:
You can use the URL Link button on the code wizard menu or simply
type the web address directly
Using the *http format opens the web address in a new window
Using the URL Link format [] hides the ‘messy’ web address
with a simple description
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Contributing to a forum discussion on
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step Two:Click on the Forum link at
the top of the sidebar.Click on the link for the forum
category you would like to add to
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Step Five:
Add your reply in the space provided.
Use wiki syntax for //italics// or **bold** comments.
You can preview your reply.
Click Post It when you are finished
Step Six:Your reply will now appear in the
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Creating a forum thread on
Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Step Two:Click on the Forum link at
the top of the sidebar.Click on the link for the forum
category you would like to add to
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Step Four:
Add the details for your thread in the spaces provided.
Use wiki syntax for //italics// or **bold** comments.
You can preview your reply.
Click Post It when you are finished
Step Six:Your new thread summary will also
appear in the forum discussion contentsBack to
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