wiki+help

some good information **[|free press release sites]**I'll start posting about how to use this wiki for beginners here, and who can edit what.

broadly anyone on the course can edit anything, even outsiders can edit anything. this is the ethos of a wikispace - a free for all. don't be shy to have a go as **anything you do can be easily undone** - the wiki keeps a history of all edits.

If you want to upload images/files then you need to become a member of the wikispace. To do this make a request to join, to one of the current organizers. [|mada] is Andy Stiff. [|pool31] is Jonathan.

To make a New Page click New Page on the left. To make links to existing pages use the chain icon above. For more complex stuff like embedding stuff then you'll have to read the Help guides, or look at how people have done things in the past by looking at the edit on a page.

To change the Logo you have to go to Manage Wiki>Look & Feel> upload a new image there

use the space to keep informed about other people's projects, and what is going on in other courses and colleges, and outside. promote your own shows, add events and opportunities or links to technologies/theory/projects you think are useful to other students - we don't yet have dedicated pages for these topics but if you need one then create one. if you have an idea for a collaborative project then post it on here and see what contributions you get - several art shows were organised with the help of the college wikispaces. you can even use the space itself to make digital art come to life. The wiki can take any shape you want.

To edit a page press "Edit This Page" button above and type away. for more complex stuff read the "Help" guide top right.

In the next week or so I'll be reorganising parts of the wiki with Andy Stiff because as more stuff is being added it's helpful to have some sort of logical skeleton to hang it on - last year there were only one set of students using it, this year there will be two hopefully (and the resulting clash of who is doing which unit)- there a few odd new pages presently which need clarifying.

If wanted I can give a guide in college for the first years - how to upload images, link to video etc...i'm still learning this stuff myself - for example just how did JW embed a **//[|live TV channel]//** in the front page - and how can I move it to its own dedicated page because its sucking up all my band-width???

Tim Pickup 2008