• Getting Started

• Creating Decks and Slides

• Deck and Slide Organisation

• Editing Slides

• Using Your Decks and Slides

• Introduction

• Registration and Sign In

• Settings and Accounts

• Groups, Notifications
  and User Stats

• Search Features

SlideWiki offers
Open Educational Resources (OER)
as content is published under Creative Commons licenses.

Content can be published on SlideWiki by:

• Creating, uploading and copying decks that can contain any number of slides.

• Appending or adding slides and decks to other decks with the ability to repurpose, revert and review slides.

Content can also be published on SlideWiki by:

• Sharing and collaborating decks with colleagues and students allowing for questioning, commenting, searching and tagging.

• Translating and downloading decks - localise slides and decks by translating them into other languages. Download decks in PDF, ePub or SCORM format.

• Please refer to our Translation Guide
  if you need to localise
  a deck or slide by translating it into your own langauge.

If you do not have an account Sign Up by selecting the text below the form and fill in the registration or use a social media provider.

• Select the fact you are not
  a robot.

• If required, select the appropriate images and verify your answers. You can try several times.

• You will then receive an email to verify your account.

If you are a screen reader user you may wish to use the Audio reCAPTCHA.

You can navigate to this by using your TAB key on your keyboard or by using
a swipe gesture on your mobile device.

You will then receive an email in order to verify your account.

• Once successfully verified you will automatically return to the Sign In page and be able to use the account once you have received an activation email.

• Next time select the Sign In button and fill in the form or use your social media accounts.

• You will need to select your Personal Profile drop down menu in order to select settings.

• Select Settings
  in order to change or add to your user information.

• In Settings you will also find options to upload or change your profile image.

• The profile tab under personal settings is selected by default.

• You can upload a new profile image, use the default gravatar image or remove an image.

• You can also alter your personal data.

• Within your personal data settings
  is the option to change the
  User Interface Language.

• After altering your personal data and/or changing your profile image select Submit Changes.

• Select the Account tab under personal settings. 

• This will allow
  you to change your password
  or deactivate your account.

• To change your password type in the old password, create a new password then retype
  your password.

• Then select Submit Password.

• To deactivate your account select
  Deactivate my account. This can be
  recovered by an administrator. 

• Within your personal settings there is the option to change your accounts language.

• This is referred to as your User Interface Language. 

• Select Authorized Accounts under personal settings.

• You will need to allow social media providers to have access to your account.

• Choose which social media provider
  you want to use. 

• SlideWiki enables you to create user groups that are given rights to view and/or edit your slides.

• To access your Groups go to your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select the Create new group button.

• Create Groups by choosing a name (1) and adding members who have already signed up to SlideWiki.

• Names may appear as you start typing in the form (2).

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• When you give Admin rights members will be able to add and remove members from the group.

• Group administrators can see stats, add other administrators and members.

• Group members can see other members and add playlists.

• Save the group and you will have access to it when you make new decks.

• You can also delete the group if required.

• You can access notifications by going to your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select Notifications on the drop down menu.

• Here you will see notifications of activities on your own decks or those you have subscribed to

• You can filter (1) the types of activity displayed in notifications.

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• You can subscribe to receive notifications on any deck or playlist.

• Manage your subscriptions using the notifications settings.

• You can delete all notifications.

• You can also delete a single notification.

• Select User Stats under
  personal settings.

• This provides an interactive
  activity timeline, popular
  tags and a user engagement overview.

• The Activity Timeline is interactive and you can select required information.

• Within the Activity Timeline you can select whether it shows the number of Edits, Likes
  and Views.

• Within the Activity Timeline you can also select what time period you wish to view from the Last 7 days to the
  Last 2 years.

• The Popular Tags update according
  to which options are selected on the
  Activity Timeline.

• Use the home page search box.

• It will send you to a page with the results and optional filters.

You can refine your search by selecting:

• All content

• Title

• Description or

• Content

• Advanced Options are also available that allow you to combine search filters.

• These features help you to refine your search further.

• For example, you might want to search by Language and Owners.

• Once you have selected the Advanced Options you require then select the Submit button.

• Use the search Filters to find decks, for example by languages.

• Once selected the filter will alter results based on that filter.

• You can sort search results by Relevance or by Last updated.

• Deck: a collection of slides used for presentations, sharing and collaboration.

• The name of Deck is displayed at the top of  Deck Tree.

The Decks and Slides structure on SlideWiki are listed in the Deck Tree.

Here you can also:

• select the language of the deck or add a new language
• start the presentation
• copy the deck

Sub-decks can be used to group slides within a deck.

• These are indicated as yellow folders within the
  deck tree.

• Note: including too many slides or sub-decks in one deck can lead to slow performance.

• Playlists should be used to group large decks.

• Slides: may contain text, images or videos.

• Each slide is indicated as a document within the deck tree.

• Deck and Sub-deck views: These remain as yellow folders with a title when you select the Show Thumbnails control at the bottom of the deck tree.

• Your slides become images which can be very helpful when checking content.

• Creator / owner: the user who created the deck or slide.

• Contributor: a user who can edit a deck or slide

• Group: users that have permission to edit a deck or playlist. Group admins can add/remove members of a group.

• Create a new deck
  in SlideWiki.

• Import from PowerPoint (*.pptx) or OpenDocument Presentation (*.odp) or from an exported deck.

• Copy or fork someone else's deck.

• Append or add a deck to another deck.

• Select Add Deck at the top right of your screen.

• Then fill in the form as required.

• Accessing your My Decks, Shared Decks, Recommended Decks or Playlists can be done by selecting your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select your Decks. This will take you to another page where you can select further options.

• View decks, open one deck
  or a presentation as a slide show from your
  My Decks.

• You can also open decks from Shared Decks,
  Recommended Decks
  or Playlists.

• You are taken to the Deck Landing Page when you select the Deck title text in for example Shared Decks.

• By selecting the yellow folder in the thumbnail this will open the deck.

• By selecting the play button in the thumbnail this will start the deck slideshow in a new browser window.

• The Title and Language of your deck are required fields.

• Once the deck language is set this cannot be changed but you can add additional languages.

• You can also choose the deck theme when in the form.

• You can provide a Desciption for the Deck.

• You can also specify the Education Level, for example Bachelor's/
  undergraduate.

• You can choose a Subject by entering a term, for example 'Physical'. 

• When you select 'Physical Sciences' this becomes a tag.

• Subject tags are derived from the UNESCO International Standard Clasification of Education 2011.

• Architecture and building

• Agriculture, forestry and fishery

• Arts

• Basic Programmes

• Business and Administration

• Computing

• Engineering & engineering trades

• Environmental protection

• Health

• Humanities

• Journalism and information

• Law

• Life sciences

• Literacy and numeracy

• Manufacturing and processing

• Mathematics and statistics

• Not known or unspecified

• Personal development

• Personal services

• Physical sciences

• Social & behavioural science

• Social services

• Teacher training & education science

• Transport services

• Security services

• Veterinary

• The same process can be used for specifying Tags.

• For example, entering the term 'Data' to find the Tag 'Data Science'.

• Agree terms and Creative Commons requirements by checking the tick boxes.

• Then select
  Create Deck.

• It is important to check for copyright when using images or videos and or uploading presentations before publication.

SlideWiki allows you to upload existing presentations and supports:

• Powerpoint (.pptx)

• Open Office (.odp)

• Export SlideWiki Deck (.zip)

• Fill out the form, the terms and license are required fields.

• To upload a file use the Select File button.

• Select Add Deck

• Agree to the terms and license by checking the tick boxes.

• Then select
  Create Deck.

• Please wait as the file uploads.This may take time if there are many slides and large images.

• The upload completes
  with a green bar and then
  a Deck created! dialogue box appears.

• A slide preview is provided.

• Then select
  Complete Import.

• Check and adapt the output in SlideWiki.

• Speaker Notes, tags and accessibility attributes for images should be saved by SlideWiki.

• When you create a new deck, you will be taken to the Deck View.

• Choose a theme
  for a deck when you upload your PowerPoint (.pptx file) or Open Office (.odp) presentation files.

• If you select a theme within the form you will see a preview of the upload in that theme, for example in Dark Slate Blue.

• You will also have a chance to choose the deck theme (1) by going back to the initial deck link at the beginning of the
  breadcrumb trail (2).

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• Then select the Edit tab. This will take you to further options.

• This will take you to the Deck Edit Properties.

• Selecting the Published button makes the deck visible to public users on SlideWiki.

• Unlisted decks can not be copied and will not show up in search results or listings.

• When a Deck is Published this is indicated by a green tag next to the Deck title.

• When a Deck is Unlisted this is indicated by a red tag next to the Deck title.

• Unlisted decks do not appear
  in searches and cannot
  be forked.

• When a Deck is Forked this is the term used on SlideWiki for copying the Deck.

• Use "Unlisted" when Decks are still being drafted.

• This is the Deck Landing Page.

• On the Deck Landing Page
  there is the option to view Deck Stats.

• You can view timeline and user activity and then return to the Deck Info.

• On the Deck Landing Page
  there is also the option to change the langauge of the deck if this is available.

• See also our Translation Guide.

• SlideWiki allows guest users who are not signed in to change the language of the page.

• You can allow other SlideWiki users editorial rights to your Deck.

• You will need to select
  the Edit tab within the Deck View to access editing rights for specific users and/or groups.

• To alter editing rights for a user select:

• Add users for edit rights: then select a user who has logged into SlideWiki by searching the dropdown list.

• To alter editing rights for a group select:

• Add groups for edit rights: these are created under My Settings and can contain any number of users. Select the user group available on the drop down list.

• User groups can provide colleagues, project or class groups editorial rights to your Decks.

• Another feature is that
  Markdown can be used to edit slides.

• If you have not forked or copied someone else's deck you may find you cannot edit the slides.

• A window will appear allowing you to
  Request edit access and you will receive a message when the owner gets in contact.

• If you want to copy or fork an existing deck then use the Fork button at the top of the Deck Tree (you need to sign in for
  this to appear).

• You will be asked to confirm you want to
  Fork this deck before it is saved in your Decks.

• The structure of the deck is shown in the Deck Tree.

• A Deck consists of slides and
  sub-decks.

• Sub-decks can be used to organise slides or to append another deck into a larger series of slides.

• Slides: may contain text, images or videos.

• Each slide is indicated as a document within the deck tree.

• The thumbnail view of the slides in the Deck and
  Sub-decks is shown when you select Show Thumbnails
  at the bottom of the
  Deck Tree list.

• The Deck View displays the properties of the deck. The Deck Tree (1) for slide and deck navigation. Slide Info and Activity (2) showing creators and revisions.

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• Users can see the actions that have taken place on a Deck or Slide in the
  Activity Feed.

• When in Deck View go to the bottom tab of the Deck to add a Source.

• The tabs can be found under the deck controls.

• Fill out the form and then select Submit.

• When viewing a Slide go to the bottom tab of the Slide to add a Source.

• The tabs can be found under the Slide controls.

• Fill out the form and then select Submit.

• Go to the Tools dropdown menu below the Deck View controls.

• Select Tools in the list.

• Use the Edit button to Add Tags.

• When you put the cursor in the edit box and start typing in words - you may see other tags.

• In this example 'swguide' is a tag.

• When you select the tag 'swguide' appears as a tag in the edit box.

• You can delete the tag by selecting the 'x'.

• Once you have completed editing or creating a tag select Save.

• Additional tags are also recommended.

• Using Tags will ensure you and your followers can find your slides more easily.  Use keywords and these can help with grouping decks along with playlists.

• You can add recommended tags by selecting
  the '+' in the tag recommendation box.

• You can
  View decks
  with this tag.

• You can Dismiss a recommendation by selecting the 'x'.

• You can select
  Add comment under the Slide controls.

• You can select
  Add comment under the Slide controls.

• When completed select Submit.

• Sources, Tags, Comments, History, Usage, Questions and Playlists related to the content can all be added using the Tools dropdown menu below the slide controls.

• You can add Slides and Sub-decks to your Deck using the six deck structure controls located above the slide area.

• Select the Add Slide tab (dark grey document with lines and a plus sign).

• New slides have a default template with a title and bullet point text.

• Once you add a new Slide
  it will appear in the
  Deck Tree list.

• This can be dragged and dropped anywhere in the Deck Tree list. Hold down the left hand mouse key to move it up and down.

• You can attach up to 50
  slides from another deck
  you have created or
  someone else's deck
  available on SlideWiki.

• Select the Attach Slide tab (white document with lines and a paper clip).

• After selecting Attach Slide you will see a dialogue box appear with options.

• You can choose Slides from your Deck or SlideWiki.

• For example, if you select From SlideWiki you can then select a Deck from Recent Decks.

• Then select Next.

• Within the chosen Deck, select the
  Slides you require.

• Then select Attach.

• Once you have attached a new Slide it will appear in the Deck Tree list.

• This can be dragged and dropped anywhere in the Deck Tree list. Hold down the left hand mouse key to move it up and down.

• Select the Add Deck tab (yellow folder with the plus sign) and a new deck edit form will appear.

• Complete the form.

• Then Save
  the form.

• A new Sub-deck will appear in the Deck Tree list.

• Once the new Sub-deck
  has appeared in the
  Deck Tree list.

• This can be dragged and dropped anywhere in the Deck Tree list. Hold down the left hand mouse key to move it up and down.

• If you want to attach a
  sub-deck to your present deck select the Attach Deck tab (yellow folder with the clip).

• Choose a tab either From My decks or From SlideWiki.

• Select a Sub-deck you wish to attach from the Recent decks. For example the SlideWiki webinar.

• Then select Attach.

• Once the attached Sub-deck has appeared in the
  Deck Tree list.

• This can be dragged and dropped anywhere in the Deck Tree list. Hold down the left hand mouse key to move it up and down.

• You will also be able to edit the deck information in the form and save the results.

• Select the Duplicate tab (Two white sheets of paper) and the slide you wanted to duplicate will automatically appear ready to edit.

• Make changes to the Slide and then select Save.

• Give the Slide a new title in the Deck Tree.

• Then press Enter.

• You can also use the
  left and right arrow keys when editing the title.

• Select the Delete tab
  (red dustbin or trash can) and a pop-up window will appear.

• Select Yes, delete it! and you will return to the deck view.

• You will return to the Deck View. Check the Slide has been deleted from the Deck Tree.

• Select the slide you wish
  to move in the Deck Tree list and hold the left hand mouse button down.

• As you move the mouse
  you may see a No entry sign appear (Windows only) - keep moving the slide up or down until a line appears where you want to position the slide.

• A message saying Refreshing Deck Structure...
  will appear if the move has been successful.

• It is important to label all your slides with a short title in the Deck Tree.

• Double click or select the
  'New Slide' label that is seen in the Deck Tree list, type in a new name, then use the enter key to save the result not your mouse.

• When you Add a comment your user name will appear in the Activity Feed.

• It is easy to forget when you go into Slide Edit Mode that you are not working off line.

• Save often and avoid the back button.

• Pause if you feel the action you have taken gets no response.

• If something does not work, don't give up - Save again and try once more.

• Don't be surprised if your PowerPoint Slides look slightly different when compared to native
  SlideWiki ones.

• They may have different fonts, spacing etc. Use the toolbar to make corrections.

• Use the left hand menu bar for adding text boxes, images, free drawing, videos and embedding items by selecting Add other.

• When embedding you can add items such as Tables and Symbols for example those used for Maths equations or code content.

• You can select back to return to the main left menu.

• Use the Template to change
  the layout of content on a deck and Properties to change the slide name and slide size.

• Use the HTML editor within Add Other for coding and help with keyboard only access.

• You can select back to return to the main left menu.

• You will see an Edit toolbar to the left which works in a similar way to any word processor toolbar.

To format your content select the relevant icons in the toolbar. (Alt + F10 - tab and arrow keys to move along the toolbar).

• It is possible to apply text styles, headings, add symbols, number and bullet lists, indents and block quotes and Justification for positioning text.

• The Edit Toolbar has the font changes previously mentioned plus text colour and background colour changes.

• You can also add Hyperlinks,
  Font type, size and line spacing.
   

• Titles on slides should be styled as Heading 3 so start on the next number if you are adding other headings in a Slide.

• By hovering over each tool feature a tool tip appaears.This includes the name of the feature and keyboard combination. E.g. Bold uses Ctrl (Cmd) + B.

• Screen reader users can move focus to hear tool tips.

• There is also a help button on the main edit menu listing schortcut keys.

• Cut, copy and paste can use keyboard Ctrl (Cmd) plus X,C,V.

• Or you can use the Toolbar when you select text.

• All these changes can be undone with the backwards arrow.

• This will appear automatically with a Title field and two bullet points in another text box.

• Both areas are there for you to edit. You can select the text and start writing your own content.

• Once you have some content you may decide you want to change the look and layout of your Slide.

• You can do this by choosing a Template from the left hand menu.

• Once you have selected the Template menu item on the left hand side of the SlideWiki window.

• You will be able to scroll down / tab down the list of sample templates.

• Select one template and a dialogue box will appear offering you a choice to Keep existing content and add template or Delete existing content and add template.

• Please note if you keep existing content you will still see the Template text input boxes with their title, subtitle and content labels etc. 

• Save the result.

• You can then use the Properties tool to alter slide dimensions.

• The Hyperlink feature allows you to link to another deck or slide or out of SlideWiki to another website.

• The icon looks like a linked chain.

• Highlight the text you wish to use as a link, select the hyperlink icon, add the URL or other information, then select OK.

• The text will appear blue or be read aloud as a link, if successful.

• Please: make sure the link makes sense when it is read out in isolation.

• This will help a screen reader user - telling them where you are taking them or the title of a document etc.

Sample link

I need to learn more about the Open Source Initiative.

• Add additional text boxes by selecting the item from the left edit menu.

• The text box will appear with 'New content' already written. 

• Delete this and write your own content.

• Move the box by hovering over it, hold down the left hand mouse button
  (a pointed finger appears).

• Move the box within
  the slide outline.

• Select the box menu (blue square with hamburger menu) to decide about other editing features such as position, duplication or delete. 

• Move the mouse pointer to the edge of the box (blue line) to resize when the cursor changes to a line with 2 arrow heads (⟷). 

• Add an image by using the left edit menu.

• Moving and resizing is the same as using a text box.

• You can also copy and paste an image
  anywhere in an edit box.

• Select Choose File in the dialogue box that appears and navigate to the image you want to upload.

• Then select Next. 

• Do remember to use the image properties (right hand mouse) to add the alternative text and check copyright. 

• The file that you upload must be copyright free, or one you have made or have
  permissions to use. 

• Add the Description or alternative text
  (alt-text) to explain the image in its context.

• Then Upload the image. 

• In Edit mode you will notice a small blue box in the top lefthand corner of each the text or image edit boxes.

• It has a hamburger type icon.

• Select this menu to show a drop down list of actions.

• You can bring the box to the front or send it back, duplicate the box or delete it.

• Short cut keys are supplied.

• Bring the box forward if there is an overlap and you want to move it.

• Highlight any text that you want to copy into the Slide using the keystrokes Ctrl (Cmd) + C and then place the cursor where you want to paste it in a new position using the keystrokes Ctrl (Cmd) + V. 

• A message will appear if you
  try to use your mouse and right hand button warning you that this action will not work.

• Cut, copy, paste and Undo features are also provided in the left edit menu.

• You can add videos from YouTube or Vimeo by embedding the code or copying the share URL.

• Use a similar audio service to add code to embed an audio file.

• Please make sure there are captions and/or a transcripts available.

• When selecting
  Add Other further options become available.

• Once Add Other is selected you can embed code.

• This can be from other places, add tables, symbols for science and code snippets.

• The embed code will allow you to add videos and audio, the code snippet does not allow this action, but does allow for a separate edit box of different types of computer code.

• Add speaker notes to the area below each slide when in edit mode.

• These notes can explain content.

• In the top right corner basic text and image editing tools are provided.

• Below the Slide(s) you will see another set of menu control buttons.

• The arrow to present a slideshow. Options to print, download, report spam, share and like slides as well as subscribe to a deck.

• In Deck Edit Mode on the right there are options once you have made a deck and are ready to publish it (which can be done via the deck information form with the Publish or
  Unlisted toggle).

• You have the choice of presenting your slides as a slide show, printing as a PDF, download the deck in several formats including PDF, HTML, ePub and SCORM.

• You can report spam or legal issues with slide content, share decks on various social media sites and finally you can like a deck.

• The menu bar below the slides has an exclamation mark icon for reporting legal or spam issues with deck content to the SlideWiki team.

• The menu bar below the slides has a share icon to send your slides to others via email or social media.

• Use the thumbs up to like or unlike a slide.

• There is also an embed function to add slides to a website.

• You can add comments to your own and other people's slides by using the comments tab beneath the slides.

• Fill in the form. The Comment Title is a required field. 

• Then select Submit.

• You can reply to comments in the same way that you make a new comment - fill in the form and submit.

• These actions will be seen in the Activity Feed and in your Notifications.

• In view mode one of the tabs below the slides is the History tab.

• Changes Between Revisions

• Previous and

• View Selected Item.

The History tab provides three further options.

• Changes Between Revisions allows you to see what changes have taken place on a particular slide or deck.

• The Previous
  icon allows you
  to see previous versions of the selected item.

• View Selected Item opens up a full view of the selected item in a new window.

• The History tab shows when and who has collaborated on creating content or any other action linked to the author or others collaborating on the slides.

• Add Questions on the left edit menu allows for multiple-choice questions linked to individual slides - if slides are copied or forked the questions will remain attached to them.

• When creating questions you will need to select the
  Deck breadcrumb trail to go to Deck View.

• To create questions this is done in the Deck View Tools Menu.

• Then select
  Add question.

• You will then need to specify the question(s) required.

• You can also provide answer choices and other options.

• Then select Save.

• Select which tab you want the questions to come from, eg. From Current Deck, From My Decks or From SlideWiki.

• Then select the question(s) you require.

• Then select Next.

• Enter a title for the question(s) and then select the options you require.

• Then select Next.

• You will see a warning message.

• Then select
  Confirm Embed

• Explanations can be provided for the question options with levels of difficulty.

• Learners can use the questions for self-testing the knowledge gained with slides or in exam mode.

• Once a question has been created select the Questions tab.

• Exam mode provides the user with the questions in a chosen order.

• Options are provided to see the answers on completion of the test with marks given.

• The Slide Show Play Button below the slides, is also in the Deck Tree and beneath the Deck Landing page.

• Use the arrow keys bottom right of the screen to move between slides.

• Use the hamburger menu bottom left of the screen to view other options.

• The hamburger menu provides you with the option of choosing which slides to view, the Deck View page, your notes in speaker mode and an overview of the slides.

• You can download a deck in seven formats: PDF, HTML, ePub and the four versions of SCORM, a way of packaging up elearning objects.

• A playlist is a set of decks that can make up a course or a guide such as the help files you are reading.

• You can create
  a playlist by selecting your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select Playlists
  from the dropdown menu.

• Then select
  Create Playlist.

• You will need to decide the Title
  and Description
  of the Playlist.

• If necessary add a User Group.

• Then select Create.

• You can add a playlist from the Deck View by selecting the playlists tab.

• Then select
  Add to new playlist.

• You will need to decide the Title
  and Description
  of the Playlist.

• If necessary add a User Group.

• Then select Create.