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== Objectives ==
== Objectives ==
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
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# will be able to find the Pincher Creek SAR website
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# will be able to ...
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# navigate to the wiki
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== Time Plan ==
== Time Plan ==
Total Time: ?? minutes
Total Time: ?? minutes
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Treasure hunt:
 
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* What is the next SAR event coming up?
 
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* What's a business that offers a deal to our members?
 
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* How many incidents did we have to 2011?
 
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* Who's on the Call-Out Committee?
 
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Logging in
 
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* "Demo User"
 
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''manually changing password for those that don't have access to their email:
 
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* pcsar:/home/wuth# php /usr/share/mediawiki/maintenance/changePassword.php
 
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Info you can get when you're logged in
 
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* How much of a discount does Mountain Equipment Coop offer members?
 
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* Your own membership record
 
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Editing
 
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* Mark your attendance
 
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{{lesson slides start}}
{{lesson slides start}}
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* ''start with browser that is not logged''
* ''start with browser that is not logged''
* pcsar.webhop.org
* pcsar.webhop.org
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* pcsar.dyndns.org
 
* google for "Pincher Creek Search and Rescue"
* google for "Pincher Creek Search and Rescue"
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* bookmark
 
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First Page:
First Page:
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** wiki - viewer editable pages, largest part of content
** wiki - viewer editable pages, largest part of content
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'''XXXX skip
 
Walk through static content
Walk through static content
* Emergency
* Emergency
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* user editable -> you can change
* user editable -> you can change
* wiki - Hawaiian for "quick"
* wiki - Hawaiian for "quick"
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* '''XXXX skip''' wikipedia
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* wikipedia
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** ''quick side excursion to see in separate tab''
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** ''quick excursion to see''
** ''look up Pincher Creek''
** ''look up Pincher Creek''
** ''make trivial edit''
** ''make trivial edit''
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** an encyclopedia that everyone can contribute to
 
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* same software use for our website, different subject "All about PCSAR"
 
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Getting to the wiki
Getting to the wiki
* wiki link
* wiki link
* recognizing that you're on the wiki
* recognizing that you're on the wiki
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** sunflower
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* other ways in, static pages lead to wiki - e.g. Calendar
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What's on the wiki?
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* vast majority of our information
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* ''Special pages > statistics''
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* 250+ major pages
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* 1,500+ files
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** includes pictures, scanned records
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Navigating
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* using the navigation box on the left
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** Main Page
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** Current events -> calendar
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** search
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*** ''search for rope rescue''
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*** ''compare search for quad''
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** following links from the main page
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*** Where would you find information about our current jacket purchase?
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*** ''follow link to information on jackets''
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editing
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* ''determine that Jacket information is dated''
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* ''What should it say?''
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* ''walk through making changes''
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** edit tab at top edits page
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* ''show how to confirm edit when not logged in''
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* spam bots try to automatically add spam to our web site. They're not smart enough to figure out this question.
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history
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* history tab
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* see who made what changes
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* undo changes
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* this mechanism is effective no malicious changes in 8 years (aside from spam)
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Creating page
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* ''add link on Main Page about new subject e.g. Quads''
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* editing a section using "edit" on right
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** how the horizontal section line is confusing - edits section below the line
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* page names go in double square brackets
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* red links to pages that don't exist yet
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* ''fill in some sample content''
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restricted content
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* ''try unsuccessfully to review critique notes''
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* logging in
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* finding your user name
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restricted content
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* editing your membership record
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** ''add current meeting to my membership record''
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{{lesson slides end}}
{{lesson slides end}}
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== Question bank ==
== Question bank ==
{{prompt|List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.}}
{{prompt|List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.}}
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Q: Name a reason you might go to the PCSAR web site.
 
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Q: How do you get to the PCSAR web site?
 
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Q: How do you get to PCSAR's calendar?
 
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Q: What is a wiki?
 
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Q: How do you search for something on the wiki?
 
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Q: How do you add something to the PCSAR wiki?
 
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== Frequently Asked Questions ==
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
{{prompt|What are some of the questions that students typically ask. Include the answers.}}
{{prompt|What are some of the questions that students typically ask. Include the answers.}}
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{{prompt|What can others do with this lesson?}}
{{prompt|What can others do with this lesson?}}
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Copyright © 2012, Brett Wuth.
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