Embedding+in+Your+Wiki

**INCORPORATING WEB 2.0 TOOLS **

** Why incorporate Web 2.0 functionality into your blog or wiki? **

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Content on wikis no longer has to be text-based. Using widgets (also known as plug-ins or gadgets), you can add functionality to your wiki. A widget is a web-based tool or gadget from other web sites that you can embed directly on your page. The addition of a widget will make your site more interactive, interesting, and visually appealing. Widgets can be used to add a video, slideshow, music player, online chat function, poll and many other things to a wiki, blog or website.

 ** Why embed when you can upload? **  Users to your site will have access to multimedia files from within your wiki.  No worrying about whether the user has the correct application (PowerPoint, etc.)

 Like any application on the Web, you should only use those developed by trusted sources.

 ** How Do you Embed a Widget? **  The process for adding a widget in a wiki is similar no matter what type of widget it is. We'll use YouTube as our example since most people are familiar with YouTube.

After making your selections, copy (Command-C) ALL of the text that is inside the text box at the top. The embed code will probably look something like this:
 * 1) First you have to find the "Embed code" from the website that hosts your widget.
 * 2) Go to http://www.youtube.com and select a video you'd like to embed.
 * 3) Look under the video screen for the video and notice the Embed box. [[image:Screen_shot_2010-08-06_at_11.20.58_AM.png]]
 * 4) Click the Embed box and options will appear allowing you to customize how your video will look when it is embedded.




 * 1) Now, inside Wikispaces, find the page where you'd like to embed the video. Click **EDIT** or **EDIT THIS PAGE**, depending on your theme.
 * 2) Put your cursor right where you want the video to be.
 * 3) Click on the Widget button.[[image:Screen_shot_2010-02-25_at_2.13.44_AM.png]]
 * 4) Select **Other** or **Other HTML** from the list, and paste (Command-V) the code inside the text box.
 * 5) Select **Preview** or **Save** inside the Widgets window.
 * 6) Now, back in the Editor, click on Save to save this work and see how you like your video!

There are all kinds of things you can embed into a wiki. Video, audio, VoiceThread and slideshow presentations, calendars, forms, maps, and so, so, so much more!
 * What Can You Embed?? **

Check out the Widget List from the menu on the left.

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SOME OF THEM.