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Hi grade 6, it's good to see everyone making progress on their digital portfolios. I have set up this wiki to help everyone complete their own folio. Each link on the menu will give you an idea of what you need to include in that section. On the front page you will need to make a heading and write a short paragraph about what your digital portfolio is and how you made it. Feel free to comment under the discussion area if you want to ask a question or make a suggestion. It might be a good idea to keep this page open whilst you work on your folio so you can switch between the two.

CHANGING THE LOOK OF YOUR WIKI To change the colours and layout of your wiki click on the __'manage wiki'__ link on the left. Then look for the __'look and feel'__ link and click on that. Next click on the __'themes and colour'__ link. In here is where you change everything up the top you can select a layout and below that you can choose what colours you will use. To choose new colours click on the 'preview and customise' button.

To change the logo in the top left corner click on the __'manage wiki'__ link on the left. Then look for the __'look and feel'__ link and click on that. Next scroll down to the heading that says __logo__. Here you can upload a picture file which will be used as the logo. Remember that your image cant be too big otherwise it wont fit nicely up the top left. You can find a picture on the internet or create your own in publisher. If you are using publisher make a new document that is around 4cm x 2cm, this size is perfect for your logo. You can change the size of your picture in publisher by going to file page setup. Once you are happy with your logo click save as and **make sure you save it as a JPEG file.**

To add a heading like the 'my digital portfolio' one above you need to click on the edit button and then in there click on file. Click on upload file and browse for the picture you are going to use. Once again you can create this heading in publisher and save it as a jpeg picture file. Once uploaded it should show up in the menu and you can just click on it to add it to your page. You can move it around by dragging it with the mouse.

UPLOADING YOUR WORK To upload your work you will need to go to the page where you want to add that piece of work. For example if you want to upload your Andy Griffiths story you would first go to your writing page. Click the edit button. Then click on the __'file'__ button in the editor. Click the __'upload files'__ button and select the file you wish to upload. Once it has finished uploading double click the file you just uploaded and it will appear on your page. At first it will show a grey box with the name of your file. Once you have clicked the save button it will look like the one below.



UPLOADING FROM STUDENT SHARED To upload a work sample from our school network, go to "Start", then "Computer" and click on "Network". Then, click on "MGPS DC-01" and then go to "Student Shared". Go to the folder "Grade 6 2010 and choose from the particular folder you need. Then follow Dom's "uploading your work" details above.