Tutorial

=**Wikispaces Tutorial (this is a heading!)**=

Note: The easiest way to do this assignment is to use a Wikispaces.com account. If you do not already have an account go to Wikispaces.com to make one. >.
 * To create a Wikispaces account:**
 * 1) Click the "Join" button on the top right-hand corner.
 * 2) Enter your information in the provided three fields, and click "Join". (You do not need to create a Wiki at this time).
 * 3) Once you are a member you should be able to view and edit the http://us11iah241e.wikispaces.com

**Using Wikispaces for this assignment: (this is also a heading!)**
-First! Sign into to your account through Wikispaces.com. This can be done at the Wikispaces homepage or the http://us11iah241e.wikispaces.com page by clicking 'Sign In' in the upper right corner of the page. a. Find your page on the US11IAH241E wiki. b. Click it. Here you will see the page as a regular viewer would. To begin making changes click the ‘Edit’ tab on the top of the wiki. c. The Editor toolbar will appear and now you can once again add text, headings, images, files, videos, etc. d. If you need help with any of these tasks directions are provided below.
 * 1) Go to the US11IAH241E – //Country Projects// wiki. You should see the wiki in your dashboard and be able to access it by clicking.
 * 2) At the top of the left-hand column click the "+" symbol next to ‘Page and Files ’. Name the page after your country, add any necessary tags and click ‘Create’. Your new page will appear.
 * 3) In this new page you can add any text, pictures or video to your wiki page. Make sure to always save changes made to your page so that nothing is lost when you leave the page or logout.
 * 4) **The next time you login to work on your wiki page:**

**Adding a heading:** Headings can help to organize your wiki page and denote where different sections of the page begin and end.

 * 1) Click the dropdown menu of the toolbar when you are editing your page. Here you will see different versions of headers. (i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.) Use whichever size you prefer.
 * 2) Once you have your heading, return to using the “Normal”text setting. This should happen automatically when you move to the next line.

**Adding an image or file:**

 * 1) Click ‘File’ in the Editor toolbar.
 * 2) **For a file or image located on a website:** Click the ‘External Image’ tab. Copy the image location (URL) into the field and click ‘Load’. Double click the image thumbnail and it will be inserted into your page.
 * 3) **For a file from your computer:** Make sure you are in the ‘Insert Files’ tab. Click the ‘Upload Files’ button and choose the file from your computer. The file will upload in the list to the left. Click it to embed it in your page.
 * 4) The image should appear where your cursor is located. You can now move the image about. Click the image to see File Properties, which allows you to change the image alignment, size and give a caption.

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**To embed a video:**

 * Before beginning this make sure you have your video ready. You will need the embed code of your video to do this. On YouTube videos this can be accessed by clicking the ‘’ button, this will make the embed code appear.**
 * 1) Click ‘Widget’ in the editor toolbar and then click ‘Video’ at the top left in the window that appears.
 * 2) Choose the website from which your video is being pulled. Likely this will be YouTube.
 * 3) Copy and paste the entire embed code from the YouTube video into the field provided.
 * 4) Click save, the video show in the Editing function as a box with the word “youtube” on it. You may continue edit and add text as you please. When you click Save you will now see the video in your page.
 * 5) Click to play it!

Here is what an embedded video will look like:

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