A step-by-step tutorial for PBworks, specifically for teachers

1. www.pbworks.com As easy as making a peanut butter sandwich! A tutorial created by Kim Creagh

5. Click “Sign Up” to create your wiki

7. Click here to create your classroom wiki

9. Click on “Select” for the Basic plan

11. 1. Choose an address that is easy to remember and connects to your school 2. Choose “For education” 3. Create your account

13. 1. You may want to keep your wiki private until you have introduced it to your students. 2. Be sure to accept the terms of service 3. Click “Take me to my workspace” when you are ready to continue to your wiki

16. Your FrontPage is the homepage for your wiki To edit the pages in your wiki, click the edit tab Once you (or your students) log in, you should see your name

18. Click on “Settings” to manage your wiki (create student accounts, set security and access settings, select background colors)

20. This is the title of your wiki, you may want to include a brief description of your workspace This is the email address for any alerts (people wanting access) or changes to the wiki

22. This is an important step for keeping your wiki safe for your students. Choose “Only people I invite or approve”

24. Click “create accounts for your students” You will need access to a printer to complete this step

26. After choosing the number of accounts you will need (you can add more later), choose “Writer” for their access (you can change this later as well)

28. When setting up your students’ accounts, you can choose their username and password (if you want to use a familiar one) or you can let PBworks choose for you

30. Check the list carefully, you can add more students later, but you will not be able to change these accounts once confirmed. The next screen will prompt you to print your account information

32. You will cut apart and give to your students. You may want to make a master copy for your records.

34. After printing, make a master copy before you cut and give to students

36. You can set your notifications options (receiving emails when the workspace is changed)

38. These are sample pages. You can click the box beside Name to select all (but you will have to deselect FrontPage and SideBar before clicking Delete)

39. Deselect FrontPage and SideBar before deleting the sample pages

41. Choose “Create a Page” or “ Create a folder”. Then you can name it and choose a blank page or use a PBworks template.

43. 1. Click on “Edit” to work on any page in the wiki. You may want to copy and paste from a Word document.

44. When you’ve finished working on the page, click Save

46. Recent activity shows you the recent changes and the member (by username) who made the change To see more activity, click on “More Activity”

47. You can view changes by pages, files, comments, page edits, and page deletes

49. The Sidebar can be used for navigation or to show frequently used websites or other resources. To edit the Sidebar, click the link.

51. Click here to insert a link or upload an image or file When you finish uploading your file, click Save