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1. FIGURE 1 EXAMPLE oF PBWORKS WORKSPACE USED TO SHARE ONLINE RESOURCES AMONG STUDENTS IN A COURSE Wiki MAIN PAGE LINKS TO OTHER PAGES INCLUDING THOSE MAINTAINED BY STUDENTS CONTENT SIDEBAR USED IN THIS EXAMPLE TO POST ANNOUNCEMENTS TAB FOR ACCESSING THE FOLDER STRUCTURE USED USE TO STORE PAGES AND OTHER RESOURCES INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENTS POST Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 2 of 2 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 3 1 Setting up a Basic PBWorks Workspace for Coursework The example depicted in Figure 1 was created using the free Basic option offered by PBWorks The following steps outline what to do to create the example workspace They follow the video instructions set up in the Instructional Technologies Lab ITL at UNB and available online at http www unbtls ca itl resources html 3 1 a STEP 1 Setting up a Basic PBWorks Account optional Using the practice user account If you are not yet sure you want to set up an account but would like to work through these steps a practice user account has been set up in the ITL You can access it online at TLtraining pbworks com username cetI unb ca password itlab You can log in directly from the link provided and follow the rest of our example skipping the rest of this step However because others may have logged into this workspace and adjusted the settings before you what you sta
2. nay t ew support ettam didi hl Ro D 109 of tht pap Du FIGURE 10 INSERTING A TO A PAGE BEFORE THE PAGE Is CREATED Once you set the page name you will be prompted to either 1 Open page by selecting the page name 2 Edit the link or 3 Remove the link FrontPage alaidh v1 BD omen Welcome to PBworks Pee ects page re pages iit others to use hs wh os how ter as wing te oet FIGURE 11 OPTIONS PROVIDED WHEN YOU CREATE A NEW LINK OPENING THE PAGE TO EDIT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME EDITING THE LINK REMOVING THE LINK As long as you want to create the page you have set up for the link you should simply close the prompt save the changes and then while viewing the FrontPage select the link or choose open page in the prompt Since the page has not been created yet PBWorks will navigate to the Create New Page dialog Use this dialog to confirm your page name and choose a folder to store it Since this is an administration page we store it in the Team 0 folder set up for instructors Select Create page function to complete the page creation This automatically takes you to the Edit sub tab for the new page You can add content at this time or save the blank page If you choose to cancel then the
3. 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 3 2 a Additional Look and feel Options Figure 18 depicts the Settings Tab of a Classroom option workspace Note 1 the extra access to Customization in the Advanced Settings menu Also note within the customizations that you have more control over 2 Comments and 3 Page History and 4 what displays in the right sidebar along with the Content Sidebar Finally also note that 5 the choices for coloring have expanded allowing for multiple colors red and black in the example and even allowing for a customized logo 3 fi he dmeourseworkpbworks com 502 GJ NB CI Aa C spots C3 Reseach Trading C Busnenes C3 Computer shat C3 Conferences CI Finding People CI perem Customizal e secrets Comments General Right panel V Show right panel by detsut FIGURE 18 ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM UPGRADE OF A WORKSPACE MORE CUSTOMIZATION IN THE ADVANCED SETTINGS MORE CONTROL OVER COMMENTS OPTIONS To SHOW HIDE PAGE HISTORY OPTIONS TO SHOW HIDE THE RIGHT PANEL AND ITS COMPONENTS MORE COLORING OPTIONS AND ABILITY TO INCLUDE A CUSTOM LOGO 32 b Additional Access Control Team specific access The most practical reason for upgrading to the Classroom option in PBWorks is the additional control you are afforded with respect to users and what they can access In particular you can 1 put users into groups an
4. USED TO CUSTOMIZE THE WORKSPACE 3 1 b STEP 2 Setting Basic Look and feel As a Basic option administrator there is not much you can adjust in the look and feel but you can at least change the coloring so that it matches somewhat with UNB colors or something else if you prefer To do this navigate to the Settings tab choose Colors in the left sidebar menu and select the Red option Then Save the color scheme The background immediately changes colors from blue to red This is the only look and feel option you can change from the settings as a Basic user Return to the wiki by navigating to the Wiki tab Note the background color change 3 1 c STEP 3 Setting Basic Access Control As a Basic option administrator there is not much you can adjust in the access control but you can at least control whether or not your workspace is viewed by anyone or just people you invite To limit access to instructors and students in the course navigate to the Settings tab choose Workspace Security in the left sidebar menu and select Only people I invite or approve in the list of options presented STEP 4 explains how to invite users Under Workspace Security you are able to choose three other access control settings as a Basic administrator Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am page 4 of 20 Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 If you Let people request access to view
5. The items are listed by Page name and contributor Using PBWorks as a Coli rative Authoring Tool page 12 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 p pem mo Saaie Introduction to ea ina Taa wki po Welcome to e colaborate ahr tasi we are eg for or Ir to Pye curs TNS iS priste ste nat ony course member have access Vorvil as pod Gemi oa tle Lr Vor cm ar pose london Pda vidct nager te on rou team s nding pao am Gender rece Learning or ieten 7 Tan How Wet do dagnove mood FIGURE 13 FEATURES AVAILABLE FOR TRACKING CONTRIBUTIONS LAST EDITED By PAGE HISTORY RECENT ACTIVITY Trastad by Bice Wie 3 months by cole 31 Revisions 8 ER mmt meine gt Added notes secon pos x EN E INN x ADAR WAM SS emi se i ori i Ze S Pee s el myunbcourseworkpbwors com w page revisions compare 662612 For quick accesa place your bookmarks ici pit ac nans Comparing versions of Team 1 1 Showing changes between August 17 2013 at 30109 pm eressed est and August 17 2013 at 303 52 pm undecined 1 September sth EN FicuRe 14 History Pace 0 List Comparison Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool pa
6. Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool C ET L Instructor s User Guide CENTRE FOR ENHANCED Updated 2013 AUG 18 by Teaching amp Learning Services Contact cetl unb ca What s Inside 1 Introducing PBWorks 2 Access to PBWorks 3 Step by Step Example 3 1 SETTING UP A Basic PBWORKS WORKSPACE FOR COURSEWORK 3 1 a STEP 1 Setting up a Basic PBWorks Account optional 3 1 b STEP 2 Setting Basic Look and feel 3 1 STEP 3 Setting Basic Access Control 3 1 d STEP 4 Inviting Students to be Users 3 Le STEP 5 Organizing Folders Pages and other Resources 3 1 f STEP 6 Editing the Main Page 3 1 g STEP 7 Adding Pages to the Wiki 3 1 h STEP 8 Using the History to Track Contributions 3 14 STEP 9 Editing the Sidebar 3 1j STEP 10 Uploading and Downloading Resource Files 3 2 USING ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS PROVIDED WITH A CLASSROOM PBWORKS SITE 3 2 a Additional Look and feel Options 3 2 b Additional Access Control Team specific access 4 Quick Tips This document complements 2 other components available through the Instructional Technology Lab at UNB They include 1 a simple online example of PBWorks in use and 2 a simple Try it activity using PBWorks Instructional Technologies Lab Center for Enhanced Teac Room 249 Marshall d Avray Hall 1 INTRODUCING PBWORKS PBWorks is a web service that pr
7. access the Edit sub tab Also if you don t provide a link to it from another page in the workspace to access the Edit sub tab for the page select the page from the folder repository through the Pages amp Files tab Once you select it you can edit it Adding a link to another page in the workspace In the wiki editor view choose a page from the list of pages in the Insert Links bar in the right sidebar A link to the page will be inserted on your page wherever your curser is placed By default PBWorks uses the page name for the link text You can change that later simply by editing the text Adding a link to a resource file stored in the workspace In the wiki editor view choose a file from the list of images and files in the Insert Links bar in the right sidebar A link to the file will be inserted on your page wherever your curser is placed By default PBWorks uses the file name for the link text You can change that later simply by editing the text Adding a link to a web page outside the workspace In the wiki editor view type the link text where you want to insert the link within the page Then choose to insert al link to a new page from the Insert Links bar in the right sidebar Then in the prompt enter the URL of the web page Editing the Content Sidebar Administrators have the option to edit the Content Sidebar through a link to the wiki editor at the bottom of the bar ig PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring To
8. com education You have two options for use which are both described via the Get Started link at that site The Basic option is free and provides much of the functionality required for most courses With this option you can set up a wiki and allow up to 100 users view post and edit the wiki These users can also upload and download up to 2 GBytes of files stored on the PBWorks server However this option limits control over the look and feel of your wiki but not ease of use and does not allow you to put users into groups or set individual user access limits Some of these functions may be important if you want to set your students up in teams and want team members to be able to share resources with each other but no one else If this is the case you may opt for the Classroom option which costs 100 year and allows for better customization Some useful things to note about PBWorks You choose whether or NOT your wiki can be seen publically If it is available publically anyone surfing the internet can view your wiki pages and add comments but not posts or edits If it is not only those users you invite or permit can view the wiki PBWorks does NOT require email addresses for invited users While you can create users by providing PBWorks with user email addresses you do not have to Alternatively you can simply create usernames and passwords and deliver them directly to a user inviting them to join your PBWorks communit
9. lad access TE T 2 D Arshad E Bises Hember with folder access Role earn mor Adninisuat Allsdninstatrs jra te the worlsosce r access El Tm Rad E mee Eie C Hacc Er e Editor H Learn more about oles who this foider with custom El this folder public nen this folder is public ts Save Figure 20 ASSIGNING USER AND FOLDER SPECIFIC ACCESS RIGHTS FOLDER SECURITY OPTION FOR ADMINISTRATORS WITH CLASSROOM UPGRADE ADD ALL USERS IN A GROUP ADD A SPECIFIC USER SPECIFY ROLES FOR EACH USER WITH ACCESS In the example the sub folders listed in the team 1 folder are set up to adhere to an easy to understand security protocol There are 4 levels of security in this protocol You should consider creating a similar protocol if you plan to use PBWorks with varying access rights in your class page 18 of 2 Created 2013 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 rative Auth ing PBWarks as a printed 20 LEVEL 1 Individual within this folder each member of Team 1 has a folder and only that user and the instructors can access the contents of the folder It can be used to share files and pages between instructors and that specific user only LEVEL 2 Private only Team 1 members and the instructors can access the contents of this folder It can be used to share files and pages between instruc
10. or edit the workspace your students can browse to your workspace log in page and request access You will be alerted through email and notified within the workspace when someone requests access From within the Users tab you can approve or deny access with one click If you approve access PBWorks automatically sends and email to the user so there is nothing else you have to do If your workspace name does not correspond to your course name in an obvious way you may have to provide your students with the link to the log in page if you want to use this feature The log in page is the URL you assigned to your workspace workspacename pbworks com for instance myunbcoursework pbworks com Log in to myunbcoursework pbworks com FIGURE 3 WORKSPACE LONG IN SCREEN OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO REQUEST ACCESS Note if you use this option you are providing PBWorks with access to your students email addresses their email will become their username In our example we have not given users the option of requesting access If you choose not to use this feature you can simply create user accounts and send your students their usernames and passwords as delineated in STEP 4 Ifyou Let users see the Users tab they will have access to a list of users and their usernames and access rights They cannot change any settings In our example we have not given users access to this feature If you Disable commenting for readers the c
11. DITING ADDING A HEADING ADDING A LINK TO A WEB SITE ADDING A VISTOR COUNTER CHANGING THE PAGE NAME 1 Add a Heading Navigate to the Edit sub tab and in the editor at the top of the contents enter the title of your course for example ITL1000 A Really Basic Introduction to Psychology Then highlight the text and change its size and color by choosing Heading 1 in the Format tool You can change the color again using the Text Color tool Now save your results by selecting the Save function at the bottom of the editor This saves the change and brings you back to the View sub tab 2 Adding Links to other Websites Navigate to the dit sub tab and in the editor just under the course title add the text link to our course Web Site Using the Format tool make sure the text is formatted as Normal Highlight Web Site and select Insert a link to a new page in the Insert Links bar in the right sidebar or use the Add Link tool Enter the URL of the web site to which you want to link for example http unbtls ca teachingtips Now save your results by selecting the Save function at the bottom of the editor 3 Adding a Visitor Counter Navigate to the Edit sub tab and in the editor just under the link to a web site add the text Number of Visitors Using the insert tool select More Plugins gt Page Information gt of visitors Now save your results by selecting the Save function at the bottom of the editor Note the number of vi
12. E rode avede ia untied nems ll mages Sum owners Team dude 5 Archive Team 1 Foder Swede rote as temo Real 2 Pr 1 ema FIGURE 7 PBWORKS FOLDER REPOSITORY PAGES AND FOLDERS TAB Using PBWorks as Collaborative Authoring Tool page B of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 When you first navigate to this tab you will see a list of pages which are available by default from PBWorks Since we are not using PBWorks as a complete learning management system in our example we will likely not use these pages Nevertheless just in case we created an Archive folder and moved most of the default pages into that folder To create the folder either use the New function at the top of the left sidebar or the add function about midway down the left sidebar To move pages or files into the folder select the items you want to move by checking the box which appears when you hover over the item Then select the Move function at the top of the main list In our example we moved everything but the MainPage and SideBar into the Archive Then we created Team folders Assuming we have two teams of 4 students we created folders for Team 1 and Team 2 to store their wiki pages and uploaded files We also created a Team 0 folder which could be used for instructors to store their contents We can see a list of all wiki p
13. ages by selecting All Pages in the left sidebar and we can see a list of all uploaded files by selecting All Files in the left sidebar 3 1 f STEP 6 Editing the Main Page PBWorks provides you with a landing wiki page which you can use to add information and provide links to the rest of your wiki Navigate to the Wiki tab to access this page Only users who have Writer or Editor permissions will be able to edit this page If you have permission to edit you will not only have access to 1 the View sub tab displaying the wiki but you will also have access to 2 the Edit sub tab which you can use to edit the page 9 0 Berea a page E3 upload thes FrontPage B Invite more people Orach Pape Welcome to PBworks Bir This is areal workspace Please edit vs page create new pages and inte others to use this me workspace wth you prisca Get Great Ideas Leary what mates a goed collaboration project and see how other Pworks customers are using ther workspaces Check out our Pawns educator communes Ld Need Help We re here for you penc m The Phworks Manual can help show jou how to edit add videos and invite users Aer cing The best way to get your support questions answered isto liek the help link tthe top of g d this page Our support gurus will get back to you asap comments 0 FIGURE 8 EDITING THE Wiki LANDING Pace THE View TAB THE EDIT TAB Navigat
14. as create wiki pages You can share these files with other users by accessing them from the folders in which they are stored or you can add links to them on the wiki pages you create You add links to resource files in the same way you add links to other wiki pages as described in a previous section In our example Team 1 has uploaded a file called proposal pdf and 1 shared it from within their Team 1 folder in a sub folder called files and 2 shared it via a link on their Team 1 wiki page EET S Pape es Files P mm 2 une Eretz e E nor oven Word once dox mE moe FIGURE 16 SHARING RESOURCE FOLDERS THROUGH THE FILE STRUCTURE page 14 of 20 Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Team 1 ee D lw nm Noe PIX III Gender Differences in Learning Fact or Fiction F Meeting Schedule Qui Tie September m m Reve Proper september ac Reve Revo ag Tasks vem FIGURE 17 SHARING RESOURCE FILES THROUGH LINKS ON A Wiki PAGE Uploading You can simply drag and drop from your computer to the PBWorks folder to upload a file into the folder repository You can use drag and drop to move files within the PBWorks folder repository also Downloading Drag and drop does not work when you need to download a file
15. d 2 limit access to pages and files to certain groups and or users Putting Users into Groups Figure 19 depicts the Users Tab of a Classroom option workspace Note 1 the user who has yet to be put into a group and 2 all the other users who are already in a group Team 0 Team 8 To assign a user to a team use Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 16 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 2013 AUG 18 the select a group feature provided under each user s name in the upgraded workspace You can change the group at any time simply by selecting the group name under the user and choosing an alternative 3 A amcosevortpbworscomvjuse CIUNE C tanking ot C mech C Texting C C Compute indi C Cedere Fring teke my mols Workspaces Tram Wesen repete umm GE ts p xp s I xo mes E tari XP tas x5 Figure 19 User GROUPS USER WHO NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A GROUP USERS ALREADY ASSIGNED TO A GROUP Customizing Access Figure 19 depicts the Pages amp Files Tab of a Classroom option workspace Note 1 the Folder Security feature available with this upgrade Only the administrator of the site has access to this feature It allows the administrator to set access rights specifically for the pages and files
16. d instead selected create accounts for your students This leads to a 4 stage user account creation process 1 Choose how many accounts you want to create and what permission level they should be granted Permissions are granted by assigning Roles There are 3 roles to choose from Reader can read pages but not add information to them or add delete them Writer can read and add information to pages but cannot add delete them Editor can read and add information to pages and add delete them In our example we added 8 users all with Editor permissions wi Y pases rios amp users Y co somos ae Search iris nasicserTINGS Step 1 of 4 Create Classroom Accounts About The Space ae your students dort have email adresses use dasarcom accounts to give them access to your workspace 22 Ths teal lens you to automaticaly Export How many students need accounts Generate usemames and passwords for users who dort have eall addresses a P You wil need to print out a list of the Gens What permission level should they be assigned accounts so you can give them to your tse m Pte Accounts 8807 sil Note You vil need a printer to print cut your cessrcon accounts Developer Interface Delete Figure 4 ADDING Users STAGE 1 2 Assign student names Name is what is displayed on the wiki when they contribute Username is what they use to log
17. e to the Edit sub tab to edit the page First change FrontPage to MainPage by selecting the textbox beside the title see Figure 9 This not only changes the text which displays but also changes the name of the page You should do this before you do anything else so that links to this page don t get lost when the name changes Just underneath the landing page name the contents of the page are displayed in a wiki editor The editor is similar to MSWord and is straightforward to navigate Since you are creating a web document to be displayed in Using PaWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page Sof 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 a web browser which inherently has weak interpretation for formatting try not to over format Here are some basic things to try MainPage U rel Page Tools esos am addu ZA TL1000 A Really Basic Introduction to Psychology lnk to cur Course Web S Humber of vistors F View counter for his page Helo Using This Wil perm Administration Pages men Welcome to the collaborative authoring tool we are using for cur Intro to Psych course This is a private ste 7 Insert Woks s mages and es that only course members have access to You wil use this site to pos nrniects You can start posting information inks te resources videas ime information Yo Figure 9 Easy Wiki PAGE E
18. from the PBWorks folder repository onto your computer There are two ways you can do this Downloading directly from the Folder Repository In the folder repository select More beside the file you want to download Then choose Download from the Actions menu Your browser will download the file see Figure 16 Downloading from the Preview View Select the file you want to download from the folder repository PBWorks will automatically display a wiki page view of the file If PBWorks can interpret the file format pdf for instance it will display the content of the file in the wiki view If it cannot interpret the file format doc docx for instance it will display a cannot display message Regardless PBWorks provides a Download sub tab which can be selected to download files of any format This completes our step by step look at the Free Basic option features of PBWorks The next section provides a quick look into what is possible with a moderate upgrade 3 2 Using additional functions provided with a Classroom PBWorks Site By upgrading to the Classroom Option in PBWorks you gain some additional control over the look and feel of your workspace and of user access rights Here we describe some of the simple additions Use the help provided directly from PBWorks to learn about the more complicated additions Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool Page 15 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013
19. ge 13 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 3 1 i STEP 9 Editing the Content Sidebar The Content Sidebar is a special wiki page that PBWorks includes by default along with the initial FrontPage see Figure 1 Since it is simply another wiki page it can be edited the same way you edit any other page in the workspace ie using the wiki editor To open the Content Sidebar page in the wiki editor choose Edit the sidebar at the bottom of the sidebar Once you are in the wiki editor remove the default text and type Announcements Using the Format tool choose Heading 1 Then choose a color using the Text Color tool To add a table use the Table tool Once the table is in place type the contents for instance as delineated in the following table t content May 19 By next class we expect everyone in the class to comment on someone else s proj May 17 Proposals should be uploaded by May 20th so that everyone in the class can review them May 15 By next class we expect to see some content on your landing page FIGURE 15 EXAMPLE OF TABLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TO DISPLAY IN SIDEBAR Don t forget to save your changes before you migrate back to view the MainPage Note that the Content Sidebar displays regardless of what wiki page is displayed in the View 3 1 j STEP 10 Uploading and Downloading Resource Files PB Works allows you to upload and download files as well
20. he information Once you print or save cancel the list PBWorks directs you to the web page with the contents you just printed Migrate back to the Users tab and you will see the users added Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 7 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 Classroom accounts for PBworks ce5933 e 8 cewan accounts have been generated for your workspace hp cess33 pomore com Cut them abng the dotted ine and hand them out to your users Keep thts sheet for your own recon mne m pe ma omen aoe err fume tae roars rcoontmango Seem ens pan demie tse es p Dager pam 2 Hello J Terry welcome to ce 5933 pbworks com Mere your usemame for a at atm cam username jterry password parrot apple Pese don share the tomaton weh other users x FIGURE 6 ADDING USERS STAGE 4 UST OF USER ACCOUNTS FOR YOUR RECORDS INDIVIDUALIZED MESSAGE TO BE GIVEN TO EACH STUDENT 3 1 e STEP 5 Organizing Folders Pages and other Resources PBWorks stores the pages you create in your wiki and all the files you upload in a folder repository which you can access through the Pages and Files tab EEE pagesa ies Pages amp Files prem RR Bees ore es EI rere pem
21. in In our example we specified names and PBWorks automatically suggested the usernames accordingly PBWorks also automatically generated the passwords Some things to consider While you can change the passwords we recommend that you don t It turns out that the PBWorks auto generate routine is a good one Combining an animal type with a number and fruit yields a strong password that is also easy to remember You may want to change the usernames but if you do try to use a standard convention One alternative is to use first names When more than one student has the same first name you can add the last name initial If you put your students into teams with the Classroom option it is useful to add the team number to the username This distinguished between students with the same name in the class but more importantly makes it really easy for you to see what team each user is in Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 6 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 Ij Wiki Y 1G Pages amp Files amp Users EE Step 2 of 4 Set account details Said To create accounts enter your students names a hurry Just cick Centre and we l automaticaly create usernames for m v SUE Name optional Role Username Password Acces commos s ul Versu Searty Noster RSS pae Eit m ate racco
22. me as the linked text If you want to link the page to text other than the page name you must first insert the text For instance add the text Administration Pages somewhere on the landing page Highlight the text to add the link to the new page Then select the new page from the pages listed under Insert Links bar in the right sidebar You will be prompted to either 1 Open page by selecting the page name 2 Edit the link or 3 Remove the link see Figure 11 As long as you want to create the link you should simply close the prompt and save the changes To edit the new page simply select the link and use the Edit sub tab STEP 8 Using the History to Track Contributions PBWorks isn t the ideal tool for tracking contributions but it does have a few features which are useful for this purpose see Figure 13 Last Edited By at the top of each page PBWorks automatically displays the name of the most recent contributor and the approximate time of contribution Page History PBWorks tracks changes to every page and displays them in one list on a history page see Figure 14 1 If contributors enter a description each time they make a change this description is listed along with the date and the contributor s name Users can also compare revisions to get a detailed account of what was added and deleted see Figure 14 2 Recent Activity Bar In the right sidebar there is a bar which lists recent changes and who made them
23. ol page 19 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 15 ed 2013 AUG 18 Uploading files from your computer to the workspace From within the Pages amp Files tab navigate to the folder where you want to put the new file Then drag and drop the file from your computer to the PBWorks folder Downloading files from the workspace to your computer From within the Pages amp Files tab select the file you want to download from the folder in the workspace PBWorks will display the contents as a wiki page or display an error message stating it cannot be displayed PBWorks will also provide a Download Tab which you can select to download the file The file will be downloaded into the folder on your computer as specified by your browser Creating Usernames and Passwords From the Users tab choose Add Users Only Administrators have access to this option Then choose create accounts for your students and follow the 4 step procedure Usernames and Passwords will be automatically supplied for each student you enter and you will be provided with a list ready to save or print You can complete this process as many times as you want NOTE Removing users is not well conditioned in PBWorks Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool Page 20 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18
24. omments feature will not be available to viewers for which you have assigned Reader access only as described in STEP 4 In our example we have disabled commenting for readers Return to the wiki by navigating to the Wiki tab Nothing has changed since the settings selected in the example don t affect any Administrator access rights 3 1 d STEP 4 Inviting Students to be Users If you choose to let people request access to view or edit your workspace in STEP 3 then all you have to do to add users is provide the workspace link to your students and ask them to request access Once they do you will be notified by email and within the Users tab To grant access you simply select Approve PBWorks will automatically send approved users an email with their workspace password Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page S of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 If you choose not to let people request access to view or edit your workspace you must create a user account display name user name password access rights for each student and then provide them with their account information Fortunately PBWorks provides an automated tool which makes this easy to do In our example we created user accounts for our students from within the Users tab First we selected Add more users Since we did not want to share our students email addresses with PBWorks we ignored the Users to add field an
25. on melon rovancen serTmes 6 Cahil E sealdbanana Developer ntc one F Lampard Edtor m anibluebery S Gerard e Emor zl argen mm Suarez Emor zl D Agger emor s aagger meoselgrape Figure 5 ADDING Users STAGE 2 3 Confirm Account Details PBWorks lists each student s account information You should check it carefully because you cannot edit accounts once they are created If you see an error at this stage select Edit accounts and this will return to stage 2 with contents listed to be edited There is no need to write down the information as PBWorks will offer you a convenient way to print and or save the information in stage 4 4 Print Account List when you select Print account list PBWorks uses the print feature in your browser to print or save 1 a list of account information and 2 a message individually prepared for each user containing their account information Keep the list for your records and separate the messages to deliver them individually to your students Some things to consider While all browsers have a print feature Google Chrome s is more extensive than most When you request to print in Chrome it allows you to specify whether or not you would rather save as a PDF If you have this option you should take it as you can always print the PDF later and it ensures that you have an electronic copy of t
26. ovides a simple to use collaborative authoring tool many people contribute information to the same web pages It is made up of two parts 1 a wiki and 2 a file storage system While PBWorks promotes its use as a full Learning Management System it doesn t provide much of the functionality that Desire2Learn provides However it does provide a wiki tool that is easy to use and is well suited as a way to let students share resources with each other online Our version of Desire2Learn at UNB does not support the use of wikis and PBWorks fills this gap You can easily link to a PBWorks workspace through Desire2Learn or any regular web site for seamless integration into your course web presence If you are exploring tools for building wikis and PBWorks doesn t support your needs consider looking to the wiki functionality in the MyUNB Portal tools If you are already a PBWorks user and are looking for a quick reference for how to do something specific jump to the Quick Tips section at the end of this document This document refers extensively to the example provided through the Instructional Technologies Lab ITL maintained by CETL at UNB It is available for view in the lab located in room 249 in the west wing of Marshall d Avray Hall or available online at http myunbcoursework pbworks com usernam ITLstudent password squid7melon 2 ACCESS TO PBWORKS PBWorks is available online for educational purposes at http pbworks
27. page is not created and PBWorks navigates back to the Create New Page dialog Using PBWarks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 11 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 2 3 1 h Adding a page and then adding a link to it You can also add a page using the Create a page option in the right sidebar in the View sub tab FrontPage Omm garen tanan Welcome to PBworks Figure 12 CREATING A NEW Wiki PAGE First you need to create the page Select Create a Page to navigate to the Create New Page dialog Use this dialog to name your page and choose a folder to store it Since this is an administration page we store it the Team O folder set up for instructors Select Create page function to complete the page creation This automatically takes you to the Edit sub tab for the new page created You can add content at this time or save the blank page If you choose to cancel then the page is not created and PBWorks navigates back to the Create New Page dialog Once you create the new page you need to add the link Navigate back to the MainPage by selecting the Wiki tab Navigate to the Edit sub tab and in the editor select a spot in the landing page where you want to insert a link to the page you just created Then select the new page from the pages listed under Insert Links bar in the right sidebar PBWorks automatically creates a link for that page with the page na
28. rt with may not look exactly like the defaults described in the steps Creating your own user account If you are already sure that you want to create your own PBWorks user account you can do so through the PBWorks Education linl htt bworks com educa n Navigate to the Get Started tab You will then Select a plan If you choose the Basic option you can easily upgrade to the Classroom option later Our example uses the Basic option You will be required to provide PBWorks with the following 1 Your workspace address this is the URL or web page address that users will use to find the workspace in our example it is myunbcoursework pbworks com It is important that you choose this carefully since you cannot change it once you assign it Some things to consider Ifyou plan to user your workspace for a single course using that course number as part of your address name makes it easy for students to find for example CE5933 pbworks com Ifyou think you might use your workspace for many courses choose a more generic name but one that still reflects your usage for example xxcoursework pbworks com replacing xx with your initials 2 Your account information this includes the email address you use as your username and a password you use to log into your workspace All PBWorks notifications will be sent to this email address so choose one you are willing to correspond with Your agreement
29. saved in the folder being viewed Team 1 Right to Water in our example The administrator always has access to all pages and files Select Folder Security to open a dialog box to specify roles on a 2 group by group or 3 user by user basis for all the pages and files in this particular folder Choose Add group or Add user to add specific users to the 4 list of members with folder access From that list specify a role for each listed user PBWorks sets all unspecified users with no access but this can also be changed if something else is more appropriate In the example since the folder belongs to Team 1 all members of Team 1 were given Editor roles The user katy was an instructor for the course so she was also given an Editor role Once all roles are specify save the specifications You can always access this dialog again later to change roles Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Too page 17 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 Dimes emit 9 reperti Team 1 Right to Water 0 2 o mat Folder Security for Team 1 Right to Water g Default security a Pte w Custom security Vieninglediing ie restricted to administrators and people added to the Ist below Any users granted accese to m pages or flat continedin the folder wil be able to view thie folder but wil not any pages or fles to which UTER they
30. sitors widget displays the number when you return to the View mode 3 1 g STEP 7 Adding Pages to the Wiki There are two main ways to add a wiki page to your workspace You can either 1 add a link and then add the page to which it links or 2 add a page and then add a link to it While you can also add a page without a link this option is not recommended since users will not be able to find this page unless you specifically provide them with the page name outside the wiki environment 1 Adding a link and then adding the page to which it links The simplest way to add a page is simply to create a link to a new page in an existing page Navigate to the Edit sub tab and in the editor add the text Administration Pages somewhere on the landing page Highlight the text and select Insert a link to a new page in the Insert Links bar right Using FWerks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 10 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 sidebar or use the Add Link tool The highlighted text displays in the page name field of an Insert Link prompt by default If you want the new page to have that name simply push return If you want the new page to have a name different from the text enter the preferred page name and then push return Either method opens insert Link Dialog see hos ter Bars customers wre ing Check ov our Bats tuac pewexmermi 1
31. to non commercial use of the workspace What you see the first time you log in Once you have set up your account and logged in for the first time you are directed to a default front page as depicted in Figure 2 Note that because you have logged in as the administrator of the workspace you have Using PBWorks as a Collaborative Authoring Tool page 3 of 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 access to tabs that a regular user like your students won t have These include the 1 Users tab used to add users to the workspace and the 2 Settings tab used to customize the workspace vmi aera pietas FrontPage lett Hiner er Welcome to PBworks a real workspace Please edi this page creste new pages and ini others to use the CEST pee nes mors poesie ms p Get Great Ideas Leam vhat mates good colabora project and see how eher PBworks astomersare eng her warkspacrs Check out our Anes comcs Need Help We re here for you LENS ThePBaors Manual con help show you howto videos nte sees The best way to get your sueco questons answered is oc the help link th cp of ths page suppor quc bad ya sap rre PBWORKS otra ron ien FIGURE 2 DEFAULT MAIN PAGE CREATED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU FIRST LOG IN TO YOUR PBWORKS ACCOUNT USERS USED TO ADD USERS TO THE SITE SETTINGS
32. tors and that specific Team only LEVEL 3 Public Team 1 members and instructors all have Editor access to the contents of this folder All other users other students in the class have Reader access to the contents of this folder It can be used to share files and pages among students in the class while limiting who can make changes to the files and pages LEVEL 4 PublicPlus All users students in the class and instructors have Editor access to the contents of this folder It can be used to share files and pages among students in the class whithout limiting who can make changes to the files and pages This completes our step by step look at the Upgraded Classroom option features of PBWorks 4 QUICK TIPS NOTE Setting limited access rights requires an upgrade from the free Basic option to the 100 Classroom option of PBWorks Creating a new page in the workspace In the right sidebar choose the option to Create a page and follow the dialog instructions Provide a name for the page and a choose a folder to store it If you don t provide a link to it from another page in the workspace you will have to open it by selecting it from the folder repository through the Pages amp Files tab Once you open it you can edit it Editing a page in the workspace Choose the Edit sub tab for the page you want to edit Then use the wiki editor to make the changes and save them Only users with Writer or Editor roles can
33. y PBWorks has a user creation tool specifically designed for this alternative Using PaWorks as Collaborative Authoring Tool page Tof 20 printed 2013 Aug 27 10 59 am Created 2013 MAY 15 Updated 2013 AUG 18 PBWorks does need an email address from the Instructor acting as the workspace administrator If you are skeptical about providing PBWorks with your UNB email address consider creating a Gmail account specifically for this purpose for instance username unb gmail com PBWorks functions best in Google Chrome While you can use PBWorks in Firefox Safari and Windows Explorer and others PBWorks exploits some Chrome functionality making it easiest to do things within that browser 3 STEP BY STEP EXAMPLE This section describes step by step how to create the Example of PBWorks in Use demonstration set up in the ITL and available online at http myunbcoursework pbworks com username ITLstudent password squid7melon Before you proceed through the steps required to set up the PBWorks workspace you should browse the workspace to become familiar with its purpose In particular note the 1 wiki main page and 2 the pages which it links to 3 the content sidebar displaying announcements and 4 the folder structure containing the pages amp files 5 f mymicavrenorestwortscam Ci Cic C ne Ci dame CI baning Diigo CI Renren ClCempaeitt C ceerheevers n ec

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