Help:Wiki University VisualEditor -- Tutorial

LESSON STRUCTURE
 * This is a set of short lessons designed to teach you how to edit FamilySearch Wiki with the VisualEditor.
 * The lessons are designed to help you learn in small, easy to digest bites.
 * The Exercises and Quick Quiz are at the end of each lesson. They are designed to give you some experience at using the VisualEditor and teach you additional information through questions.  Please do not pass them up.
 * The left side bar links to topics covered in this course. You can use this as an index to help you find a particular topic covered in these chapters.

WHAT IS VISUAL EDITOR?
 * VisualEditor was created to allow people to add material to a Wiki site who have no knowledge of programming.
 * It was created to attract more individuals who could contribute but might not because they lacked programming skills.
 * However, VisualEditor does have its limitations which we will go over in these lessons.

CAPABILITIES
 * You can edit or add text.
 * You can place references/footnotes, images, templates, links (interal and external), change fonts and headers.
 * You can create both bulletted or numbered lists.
 * In fact, the editing of text is much easier and faster with VisualEditor.

LIMITATIONS TRY THESE OUT. . . . .  Quick Quiz
 * As mentioned, VisualEditor is very limited in it's capabilities.
 * For example, you can place tables and templates but you cannot create them. For that, you need to know Wikitext.
 * If you want to create tables and templates you will need to get someone to help you or learn some basic Wikitext yourself. Wikitext is easy to learn and it will greatly increase your capabilities in the Wiki.
 * As we go through the VisualEditor lessons, we will demonstrate how the same operation is carried out in Wikitext so you can see the difference.
 * With VisualEditor you can...
 * A. Edit text on a page
 * B. Place an image on a page.
 * C. Add a referrence or footnote to a word.
 * D. All of the above


 * What can you create in VisualEditor?
 * A. Paragraphs of information.
 * B. Change the size of a font.
 * C. Create a numbered list.
 * D. All of the above


 * What is the left sidebar for?
 * A. List of topics covered.
 * B. Index of topics covered.
 * C. Link to chapters of the topics.
 * D. All of the above.

Check your answers