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== Subject ==
{{prompt|What is this lesson plan about?}}
This lesson plan is to orient PCSAR members to using the PCSAR website.

== Authors ==	
{{prompt|List who wrote this lesson plan.}}
* [[Brett Wuth]]

== Scope ==
{{prompt|What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.}}

== Objectives ==
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
# will be able to find the Pincher Creek SAR website
# navigate to the wiki

== Time Plan ==
Total Time: ?? minutes

{{lesson slides start}}
{{lesson slide|00:00|3 min}}
Introduce topic title

Introduce Instructor

Present Objectives
{{lesson slide|00:03|}}
Finding the PCSAR web site
* ''start with browser that is not logged''
* pcsar.webhop.org
* pcsar.dyndns.org
* google for "Pincher Creek Search and Rescue"
* bookmark
{{lesson slide||}}
First Page:
* LCC class project, Jake Waiboer
* first pages are for different audiences
** Emergency - if this is an emergency
** General Public - info on search and rescue
** Members - information for our members
** Tasking Agencies and other SAR groups - info for them
** Photo gallery - photos (old)
** Supporters - how to support
** wiki - viewer editable pages, largest part of content
{{lesson slide||}}
Walk through static content
* Emergency
* Members
{{lesson slide||}}
static vs. viewer editable pages
* static -> ask Brett to change
* user editable -> you can change
* wiki - Hawaiian for "quick"
* wikipedia
** ''quick side excursion to see in separate tab''
** ''look up Pincher Creek''
** ''make trivial edit''
** an encyclopedia that everyone can contribute to
* same software use for our website, different subject "All about PCSAR" 
{{lesson slide||}}
Getting to the wiki
* wiki link
* recognizing that you're on the wiki
** sunflower
* other ways in, static pages lead to wiki - e.g. Calendar
{{lesson slide||}}
What's on the wiki?
* vast majority of our information
* ''Special pages > statistics''
* 250+ major pages
* 1,500+ files
** includes pictures, scanned records
{{lesson slide||}}
Navigating
* using the navigation box on the left
** Main Page
** Current events -> calendar
** search
*** ''search for rope rescue''
*** ''compare search for quad''
** following links from the main page
*** Where would you find information about our current jacket purchase?
*** ''follow link to information on jackets''
{{lesson slide||}}
editing
* ''determine that Jacket information is dated''
* ''What should it say?''
* ''walk through making changes''
** edit tab at top edits page
* ''show how to confirm edit when not logged in''
* spam bots try to automatically add spam to our web site.  They're not smart enough to figure out this question.
{{lesson slide||}}
history
* history tab
* see who made what changes
* undo changes
* this mechanism is effective no malicious changes in 8 years (aside from spam)
{{lesson slide||}}
Creating page
* ''add link on Main Page about new subject e.g. Quads''
* editing a section using "edit" on right
** how the horizontal section line is confusing - edits section below the line
* page names go in double square brackets
* red links to pages that don't exist yet
* ''fill in some sample content''
{{lesson slide||}}
restricted content
* ''try unsuccessfully to review critique notes''
* logging in
* finding your user name
* have password e-mailed to you
* ''switch to logged in browser''
* ''sucessfully review critique notes''
{{lesson slide||}}
restricted content
* editing your membership record
** ''add current meeting to my membership record''
{{lesson slides end}}

== Aids ==
{{prompt|What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.}}

== Question bank ==
{{prompt|List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.}}

Q: Name a reason you might go to the PCSAR web site.

Q: How do you get to the PCSAR web site?

Q: How do you get to PCSAR's calendar?

Q: What is a wiki?

Q: How do you search for something on the wiki?

Q: How do you add something to the PCSAR wiki?

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
{{prompt|What are some of the questions that students typically ask.  Include the answers.}}

== Feedback ==
{{prompt|When has this lesson been presented.  What was the feedback.}}

== License ==
{{prompt|What can others do with this lesson?}}

Copyright © 2012, Brett Wuth.  
This work is licensed under a 
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.
To view a copy of this license, visit 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/
or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

== Reference Material ==
{{prompt|If you need to cite sources, do so here.}}

[1]

== Notes ==
{{prompt|Any additional notes, etc.}}

Please note that all contributions to PCSAR are considered to be released under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (see PCSAR:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here.
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 == Time Plan ==
 Total Time: ?? minutes
-Treasure hunt:
-* What is the next SAR event coming up?
-* What's a business that offers a deal to our members?
-* How many incidents did we have to 2011?
-* Who's on the Call-Out Committee?
-Logging in
-* "Demo User"
-''manually changing password for those that don't have access to their email:
-* pcsar:/home/wuth# php /usr/share/mediawiki/maintenance/changePassword.php
-Info you can get when you're logged in
-* How much of a discount does Mountain Equipment Coop offer members?
-* Your own membership record
-Editing
-* Mark your attendance
 {{lesson slides start}}
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 ** wiki - viewer editable pages, largest part of content
 {{lesson slide||}}
-'''XXXX skip
 Walk through static content
 * Emergency
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 * user editable -> you can change
 * wiki - Hawaiian for "quick"
-* '''XXXX skip''' wikipedia
+* wikipedia
 ** ''quick side excursion to see in separate tab''
 ** ''look up Pincher Creek''

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