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Module 2 - What do you need to create and use a Wiki? Estimated time: 10 minutes  It is easy to create a Wiki, but before you do, you should make sure you are ready to dive in.

Understand navigation on the computer Understand navigation on the Internet Have an understanding of using a Word Processing program, such as MS-Word. Have typing skills. Have editing skills for word processing: bold, changing fonts, text alignment, etc. Have an understanding of the difference in files vs. folders. Have an outline for the wiki you want to create. (See Outline Ideas) Have files you want to share on the wiki: Syllabus, Schedule, Handouts, etc. Have a login name and password for setting up your free wikispace account.
 * Tools needed to create a Wiki:**

Before you create your Wiki, you want to have an idea of what pages you want to have on the site. You can add/subtract pages as you build the wiki site. In this example, I could have the following pages for the wiki: Home Page - Introduction about the site Syllabus - For the class Lecures - Lecture outline (here you could start a feed for students to add the content) Contact - Your contact information: name, phone, e-mail, hours Resources - resources to share with your students - links on the web Campus Life - links to campus events/resources
 * Outline Ideas:**


 * Free wikispaces for Educators:**
 * **Wiki Logo** || **Wikiname** ||= **Wiki URL** ||
 * [[image:wikispaces.png width="108" height="31"]] || Wikispaces || http://www.wikispaces.com ||
 * [[image:wikiwetpaint.png link="@www:home"]] || Wetpaint Education Wikis || [] ||
 * [[image:wikibooks.png width="85" height="56"]] || Wikibooks || @http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks_portal ||
 * [[image:wikiversity.png width="91" height="72"]] || Wikiversity || @http://wikiversity.org/ ||