How+To

=How To //and other things//....=

Add a project monthly progress reports
Each month you will need to add a few lines on your project's progress.

To do this, go to your project's wiki page and click on the 'DISCUSSION' link at the top of the page. Create a new discussion entry with the month name as the title and write a short sentence or two on your progress for the month.

Once entered it is difficult to update or change information in the post so please check spelling before submitting; if the post needs to be deleted contact Fiona at fiona.huskinson@skills.tas.gov.au

This information will be fed into the national innovations blog [] and will be useful when you come to write your project case study.

Add multi-media to your case study
The wiki has made It really easy to add video, audio, photos and even google maps to your case study by using their Widgets!!

To do this open your case study (at the bottom of your project page) and click in there area you would like to add for example a video that you have previously saved somewhere else such as youtube. Click on the Widget button in the toolbar select VIDEO from the LH menu, choose which youtube and follow their instructions =YouTube= >
 * 1) Go to the video on YouTube.com that you want to embed
 * 2) Look for the **"Embed"** field on the video page
 * 1) Copy the text from that box into the box below
 * 2) Click **Preview** to preview the video or click **Save**

It is the same process for uploading audio and maps etc.

To upload PHOTOS is slightly different instead of the Widget button you click on the FILE button then the EXTERNAL IMAGE tab. Enter an external image address (such as FLICKR instructions on how to do this are below), click "Load", then double click the image to insert it into the page.

You are now well on the way to producing an informative case study that is not just text based!!

Search for previous Innovation Projects?
[|**http://trainingo2.net/eli/search.php**] - search for 2008, 2009 and 2010 National E-learning Innovations projects by state, industry area or RTO type.

Create a Wiki user name and log in

 * 1) go to Wikispaces
 * 2) create a new account with username and password and email address
 * 3) you can create your own wiki but for the purpose of accessing the Tasmanian Innovations Project page go to the search engine on the right hand side of the page and put in tasinnovations2010 - search
 * 4) on the left hand side toolbar click on 'Join this Wiki'
 * 5) click on 'Request Membership' - this will send an email to Fiona who will then accept your request and you will be able to edit pages within the tasinnovations2010 wiki.

Get notification of changes or additions to this Wiki
on your project page click on NOTIFY ME and you will see the following information =Page-wide Changes= The links below notify you of changes to this page only. You are monitoring **all changes** on all pages in this wiki. [|Change/stop your wiki-wide notifications].

Email Notifications
You are monitoring **all changes** on this page by default, since you have set wiki-wide notifications. Notify me by email of:
 * Page Edits**
 * Page Discussions**

Update Page RSS Feeds
 * [[image:http://tasinnovations2010.wikispaces.com/i/rss.gif width="43" height="16" caption="RSS" link="@http://tasinnovations2010.wikispaces.com/page/xml/Driver+Behavioural+Change+E-learning+Program?v=rss_2_0"]] || Page Edits ||
 * [[image:http://tasinnovations2010.wikispaces.com/i/rss.gif width="43" height="16" caption="RSS" link="@http://tasinnovations2010.wikispaces.com/message/xml/Driver+Behavioural+Change+E-learning+Program?v=rss_2_0"]] || Page Discussions ||

Click on the notification you would like for example Page Edits or Page Discussions and you will receive an email when things are updated; alternatively go for a RSS feed (a great way of tracking changes to a web page). You can do this for all the pages or projects you are interested in.

How to resize a photo using Microsoft Picture Manager
Follow these very easy instructions to resize your photos



Upload photos to Flickr
=Flickr - [|http://www.flickr.com]=

What is it?
Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media. (Wikipedia)

Interesting/useful resources

 * How To Use Flickr (this is an instructional YouTube video)
 * Online Photo Sharing in Plain English (this is a video)
 * Flickr FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
 * 7 things you should know about...Flickr (this is a PDF document)
 * Flickrvision (watch photos go up onto Flickr in real time!)
 * Photo sharing With Flickr.com (a simple one-pager about Flickr)
 * [|Flickr's creative commons index] - search for [|Creative Commons] licensed images (don't forget to attribute any that you use).

[|Skype] - http://www.skype.com
What is it? From [|Wikipedia]: "**Skype** ...is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a free using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for their additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing ."

Interesting/useful resources
 * Making a video call with Skype - a YouTube video demonstrating how to make a call using Skype.
 * [|Using Skype in the Classroom (or just learning how to use it!)] - a blog entry and 10 minute video on how to set up and use Skype in a training environment.
 * 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - another blog posting containing lots of ideas to 'teach students in dynamic ways'.

What is it?
"Moodle: Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment is a free and open-source e-learning software platform, also known as a Course Management System, Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). As of January 2010 it had a user base of 45,721 registered and verified sites, serving 32 million users in 3 million courses.

Moodle is developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators create online courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content." - [|wikipedia]

Interesting/useful resources
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 * [|moodle.org] - documentation, downloads and a very helpful user community
 * [|poodle] - a PortableApps based program. It uses Firefox, //Portable// Edition and a //portable// web server to deliver a //Moodle// experience you can carry around on your USB drive.
 * [|Using Moodle (2nd edition)] - an online book on... using moodle (requires flash).

What is it?
Blogger is a free blogging platform run by Google. "A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order." (wikipedia)

Interesting/useful resources

 * Getting started with blogger
 * slideshare: 11 advantages of using a blog for teaching

What is it?
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world created by its Residents.

Interesting/useful resources

 * [|video tutorials] - an introduction to second life
 * video tutorials - about how to fly..shop...change your appearance etc
 * **[|Learning From Online Worlds; Teaching In //Second Life//] -** a research project at the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London.
 * [|Sim Teach] - Second Life Education Wiki

What is it?
Elluminate is an online collaboration space that allows people to hold live synchronous sessions. Members can use a chat space to type text messages and receive responses from others. They can also use a microphone to speak with each other. A whiteboard is available for slides and other types of messages.

Interesting/useful resources

 * Elluminate's 'First Time Users' section is a useful resource.
 * Some interesting Case Studies of how Elluminate is being used.