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== Welcome to tWIKIty bay! ==
== Welcome to tWIKIty bay! ==
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'''a palimpsestic web presence maintained by staff and students at TBSHS.'''
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==='''a palimpsestic web presence maintained by staff and students at TBSHS.'''===
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'''What's it all about?'''
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===='''What's it all about?'''====
tWIKIty bay is an experimental project that will give T-Bay students an opportunity to collaborate, create and critique in an online virtual community, accessible anytime, anywhere.
tWIKIty bay is an experimental project that will give T-Bay students an opportunity to collaborate, create and critique in an online virtual community, accessible anytime, anywhere.
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This WIKI is associated with videos posted at the T-Bay MySpace presence - [http://www.myspace.com/ftvprototype T-Bay Videos]
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This wiki is associated with student productions posted at the T-Bay MySpace presence - [http://www.myspace.com/ftvprototype T-Bay Videos]
Users can view the videos uploaded at MySpace and return here to collaborate in the critique of those videos.
Users can view the videos uploaded at MySpace and return here to collaborate in the critique of those videos.
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Students can also use this wiki to ask questions, look for help, relate experiences and generally use the wiki as a forum for FTV related issues.
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===='''How does it work?'''==== tWIKIty bay is divided into three main sections: the '''Project Discussion Space''', the '''General Forum''' and the '''Production Blogs'''.
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In the '''Project Discussion Space''' users can navigate to pages that are dedicated to the critique and discussion of specific videos.
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The '''General Forum''' can be used as a meeting place for staff and students to discuss their everyday experiences of FTV. The forum can be used for questions, technical issues, requests, observations and virtually anything else that's on the users' mind.
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'''Production Blogs''' can be used as a new method of logging student productions. Blog spaces can be established for the individual or collaborative recording of progress, obstacles, rewards and frustrations encountered in making productions.
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===='''How do I post my contribution?'''==== You'll notice at the top of each page is a set of tabs. You an contribute to that page by hitting the edit tab. On the edit page you'll see a blue bordered box with the existing information. You can then add to, modify, alter, improve, or correct that existing information. There are a set of tools at the top to help with formatting and linking. '''Its a good idea to initial your contributions, so we know who's saying what.'''
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==Other optional things to do==
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===='''Are there any rules?'''==== The only rule is respect. Yes, you have the power to change or even delete the work of other users. Howver it's expected that people respect the contributions of others. That means no needless deletion of work, no vandalism, no inappropriate comments and no inflammatory remarks. We encourage CRITIQUE not criticism.
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*Control the rights of anonymous and logged in users through the [[Control Panel]] (which can be found in the toolbox on the left side of this page).
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*Add the url for your wiki to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
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NOTE: If you ever get lost on this wiki, just hit the Main Page link in the left hand navigation bar to return to this page.
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*To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu
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*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]
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#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>
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*If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the javascript and css to the [[Header]] to change the look of your wiki.
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==Project Discussion Space==
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**You must log as admin to do this
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[[http://editthis.info/ftvprotowiki/Project_Discussion_Space Discuss specfic videos here.]]
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**Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.
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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
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*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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==General Forum==
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*Add a message to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Feedback Feedback Page] if you see anything that could be improved.
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[[http://editthis.info/ftvprotowiki/General_Forum For questions, queries, observations and rants.]]
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==Production  Blogs==
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[[http://editthis.info/ftvprotowiki/Production_Blogs Online Production Logs]]

Current revision as of 00:20, 1 April 2007

Contents

Welcome to tWIKIty bay!

a palimpsestic web presence maintained by staff and students at TBSHS.

What's it all about?

tWIKIty bay is an experimental project that will give T-Bay students an opportunity to collaborate, create and critique in an online virtual community, accessible anytime, anywhere.

This wiki is associated with student productions posted at the T-Bay MySpace presence - T-Bay Videos Users can view the videos uploaded at MySpace and return here to collaborate in the critique of those videos.

Students can also use this wiki to ask questions, look for help, relate experiences and generally use the wiki as a forum for FTV related issues.


====How does it work?==== tWIKIty bay is divided into three main sections: the Project Discussion Space, the General Forum and the Production Blogs. In the Project Discussion Space users can navigate to pages that are dedicated to the critique and discussion of specific videos. The General Forum can be used as a meeting place for staff and students to discuss their everyday experiences of FTV. The forum can be used for questions, technical issues, requests, observations and virtually anything else that's on the users' mind. Production Blogs can be used as a new method of logging student productions. Blog spaces can be established for the individual or collaborative recording of progress, obstacles, rewards and frustrations encountered in making productions.


====How do I post my contribution?==== You'll notice at the top of each page is a set of tabs. You an contribute to that page by hitting the edit tab. On the edit page you'll see a blue bordered box with the existing information. You can then add to, modify, alter, improve, or correct that existing information. There are a set of tools at the top to help with formatting and linking. Its a good idea to initial your contributions, so we know who's saying what.


====Are there any rules?==== The only rule is respect. Yes, you have the power to change or even delete the work of other users. Howver it's expected that people respect the contributions of others. That means no needless deletion of work, no vandalism, no inappropriate comments and no inflammatory remarks. We encourage CRITIQUE not criticism.

NOTE: If you ever get lost on this wiki, just hit the Main Page link in the left hand navigation bar to return to this page.



Project Discussion Space

[Discuss specfic videos here.]


General Forum

[For questions, queries, observations and rants.]


Production Blogs

[Online Production Logs]

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