Mechanical Engineering
Wiki Tutorial for Tech Lit
Seung Ki Moon
moonsky@psu.edu
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Rev. Jan. 2010
What is a Wiki?
 “A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to
easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available
content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki
an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.”
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]
Example: Wikipedia
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Example : a Wiki
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_use_camera]
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Access the Wiki
For the project, we will use the following Wiki:
http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Course_Materials
Log in this link to create or
edit your wiki
Template and Editing guide
Created Wiki
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Log in / Chang Password
Log in using your username and password
Click on “my preferences” to change your password
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Edit a Page
If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can edit Main page & Sections.
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Click on the [edit] link
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If you click Edit -2, you can edit Section“Courses”.
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Edit a Page (Cont.)
If you click Edit -1 in the main bar, you can see Editor for editing Main page & Sections
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Edit a Page (Cont.)
If you click Edit -2, you can see Editor for editing section (Courses).
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Edit a Page (Cont.)
Click on “page “ in Main bar
to show the result after
Saving the page
- Edit the code in the editor here
- Do not forget to save when you
are done with the changes
A detailed guide for edit is available at
http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Wiki_Guide
Alternatively, you can look at the code for existing wiki pages
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Tech Lit Wiki Guide
http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Tech_Lit_Wiki_Guide
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Example
Screen
Editor
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Create a New Page
Use the command: [[PageName]]
Typing in a new page name will automatically create a page. You can then edit it by clicking
on the link
Example: [[Single-Use Cameras]] will create a page that can be accessed at:
http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/wiki/Single-Use_Cameras
Created the page
Click to edit the page
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Link a file
- Click “Upload fie” at Tool Box
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Link a file (Cont.)
- Upload a file at Upload file Page
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Link a file (Cont.)
- link a file to the wiki page, use the command [[Media:FileName.pdf]] at editor
- link a image to the wiki page, use the command [[Image:PictureName.jpg]] at editor
Link the file
Results
Show the fileicon image
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Create a New Course Material
 To create a new course material, use a template
 Copy all contents in the template at edit mode, then
paste them in the new course material at edit mode
 Edit and Add for the new course material
Click to link the Template
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Create a New Course Material (Cont.)
Click on “edit “to copy codes for the template
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Create a New Course Material (Cont.)
Copy all codes in the template at
edit mode,
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Create a New Course Material (Cont.)
New course material title
Paste the codes in the new
page at edit mode, then edit
the new page.
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Create a New Course Material (Cont.)
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