Working with Plugins 

 

 

 

There are many useful and fun plugins that can be easily incorporated in your wiki.  To access any of these, edit your wiki page.

Then click on the Insert Plugin button on your page editor.  There are 5 categories of plugins to work with:

Section 1: Productivity Plugins

There are 6 Producivity plugins you can add to your wiki:

Lets look at 'Any Google Gadget' as an example. 

Click on Insert Plugin. 

Select the Productivity button and then Any Google Gadget.

In the next dialog box click on the 'here' link to find the Google gadget you like

Copy the script provided when you click on the 'Add to webpage' and then 'Get code' buttons.

Paste it into the dialog box. 

Click on Next and Finish.

Section 2: Photo Plugins

There are 2 Photo plugins you can add to your wiki:

Lets look at 'Bubbleshare slideshow' as an example. 

I have already created an account with Bubbleshare and made a quick slideshow.

Bubbleshare provides you with html code that you can use to include the show in your wiki. 

Click on Insert Plugin. 

Select the Photo button and then Bubbleshare slideshow. 

Enter the html code from Bubbleshare into the  album id field.  

Click on Next and Finish.

Plugin error: That plugin is not available.

Section 3: PBwiki Magic Plugins

There are 6 PBWiki Magic plugins you can add to your wiki:

Let's look at 'Recent Visitors' as an example. 

Click on Insert Plugin. 

Select the PBwiki Magic button and then Recent visitors. 

Click on Next and Finish. 

Recent visitors to the Swallow Union PBWiki: 

You now

 

Section 4: Chat Plugins

There are 2 Chat plugins you can add to your wiki. 



Lets look at 'YackPack' as an example. 

Click on Insert Plugin. 

Select the Chat button and then YackPack Voice Chat. 

Click on Next and Finish.

Plugin error: That plugin is not available.

 

Section 5: Video Plugins

 

There are 2 Video plugins you can add to your wiki. 

 

Lets look at 'You Tube' as an example.  Find a movie you like in YouTube, and copy the embedded code. 

Click on Insert Plugin. 

Select the Video button and then YouTube Video. 

Paste the embedded code into the dialog box. 

Click on Next and Finish. 

This YouTube video talks a little more about the YackPack feature above!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 3

	Your second assignment will be:

1. Have fun!  Go and add as many plugins as you have time for!

 

 

If you are finished before the rest of your classmates, check out the links provided in my sidebar to learn more about wikis in education!