RIT Wiki 5.1 Upgrade - May 21, 2013 We are pleased to announce that the RIT Wiki will be upgraded to version 5.1 on Tuesday, May 21st. UPDATED TIME: The RIT Wiki will be unavailable on Tuesday, May 21st from 9:00 P.M. - 5:00 A.M. Eastern while this upgrade work is performed. Contact Us If you have any questions about the upgrade, or any other aspect of mycourses, please contact Academic Technology Support, visiting http://www.rit.edu/tls/contact for our hours of operation, contact information, and direct chat. Index 1. Significant upgrade 2. Updated global navigation 3. Brand new editor 4. Page layouts 5. Autoconvert for Pasted Links 6. Improved Images 7. Table improvements 8. Social Features 9. Viewers for PDF and PowerPoint files 10. Administration improvements Tiny Link 1. Significant upgrade This upgrade will update the RIT Wiki from version 3.5.17 to version 5.1.2 of the Confluence Wiki from Atlassian. Over this range of releases, the vendor has made significant upgrades and changes to the Confluence Wiki product. 2. Updated global navigation A number of changes have been made to the Wiki header, to improve usability and visual design: Space directory and people directory immediately accessible. The new header includes options pointing directly to the space and people directories. Consolidated help menu. A new top-level help icon presents links to online help, keyboard shortcuts, and other useful pages from Atlassian the vendor which makes the Confluence Wiki product. These are not directly managed RIT resources and they make reflect features and tools that are not available at RIT. Browse menu removed. The 'Browse' menu in earlier versions contained a loosely-organized potpourri of options, some relating to the current space, some to the entire site, and some obscure options like keyboard shortcuts. These options have been moved to more appropriate places, such as the Help menu, Space sidebar, and Site Administration menus. Content creation made simple Simply choose 'Create' in the new header. You can create an empty page, a blog post, or a page based on a template. The wiki will even suggest the space where your new page will go, based on the spaces you have visited or edited recently. Press 'C' on your keyboard to open the 'Create' dialog quickly. Captioned Video Tutorial New sidebar for content discovery Wiki spaces now have a new sidebar, containing useful links and navigation aids. From the sidebar you can choose a content type (pages, blog) or go to a different part of the space. Contextual navigation options appear at the bottom of the sidebar, based on the type of content you are viewing. For pages, the navigation section displays the children of the current page. For a blog, the navigation section shows a history of blog posts. Space administrators can access the redesigned 'Space tools' pages from the sidebar, as well as the option to configure the sidebar.
Minimized sidebar Collapse the sidebar to make best use of the space available. Click and drag the border, or use the keyboard shortcut: '['. With the sidebar collapsed, you can still access the sidebar options.
3. Brand new editor The editor has been rebuilt from the ground up, bringing you an editing experience that's simpler, faster and richer. A streamlined user interface with a single editor, there are no longer two separate Rich text and Wiki Markup Editors. Editing is now more visual and more contextual, putting more power at your fingertips. It also loads even faster then ever before. Autoformatting for a faster editing experience Introducing Autoformatting which lets you type wiki markup into the editor. This new feature will "auto-format" your text on the fly. The vendor's goal with Autoformatting is to give you the fastest editing experience possible, while preserving the speed and efficiency of your existing wiki markup skills. Some Autoformatting queues Type { to start entering a macro and select it from a list or the Macro Browser. Type [ to insert a link in to the page. You will be able to select Insert Web Link, Insert Link to Create Page, or a list of suggested links in the current wiki space will narrow down as you type. Type @ and a wiki users name to use the new Twitter-like mentions tool in the wiki to have that user notified by email to call their attention to the page. Type! to start inserting an image either by uploading it there or choosing from a list of images already attached to the page. These are just a few of the powerful new Autoformatting features, to learn more, click on the help button in the editor and select the Editor Autoformatting tab. Video of Autoformatting in Action
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqxz4hwzdi Quick find and replace Updating your wiki content is now easier with the new find and replace feature. Using familiar conventions, automatically find and replace specific text strings within your wiki page or blog. It's also accessible with a keyboard shortcut Ctrl-F (Windows) or Cmd-F (Mac OS). No restricted punctuation in page titles The Wiki now allows "special" characters in your page titles, such as semicolons and exclamation marks. This allows more descriptive page names and generally removes restrictions when creating page titles and naming your content. 4. Page layouts Page layouts offer a quick and easy way to add sections and columns to a page. Choose a predefined layout, add the content to each section, and you're done. It's a great way of creating a common page structure, so that readers know where to find the information on each page. Don't worry, the Section and Column macros are still available too. Captioned Video Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwth8kqq1_c 5. Autoconvert for Pasted Links When you paste URLs into the wiki, Autoconvert will now analyze what you are pasting and automatically convert it into something that will display well in the wiki. No need to remember special macros or us embed codes. YouTube URLs Google Maps URLs Google search results links Any other links in the RIT Wiki. 6. Improved Images Paste Images From Clipboard (Firefox and Chrome only) Just copy any image to your clipboard and press CTRL+V (CMD+V on OS X) in the editor. The image will get attached and embedded directly into your page. There's nothing to install, it just works. Draggable images and macros Within the editor, you can drag and drop images and macros anywhere on the page that you are editing. This feature is supported in the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 9.
Image Effects Enhance the presentation of your images and screenshots with slick new border effects. Click on an image you have inserted in to a page and select Effects to apply a style like an instant camera style, drop shadow style, captions and more. 7. Table improvements Drag to Insert Tables Inserting tables is now easier and truly "WYSIWYG" with this new feature. Just click on the new Table dropdown and drag your mouse to choose the number of rows and columns you'd like in your new table. Oh, and don't worry if you like inserting tables with your keyboard, you can still use autoformatting or CTRL+SHIFT+I to insert a table. Table sorting and highlighting All tables are now automatically sortable, no need to remember special macros and code. They're colorful and easier to read too. When viewing a page, click a column header to sort the table by the values in the column.
8. Social Features Workbox notifications The new Workbox collects your notifications from page watches, shares and mentions. Use the inline actions to comment on, like, or watch a page. Personal Tasks As part of your workbox, you can now create and manage tasks in the Wiki: personal tasks, tasks from notifications, and tasks assigned to you on wiki pages. Plan your work, drag your tasks into order of priority, make notes, and mark your tasks as complete all in one place.
Tasks on pages It's now really simple to track your team's tasks on a page: project tasks, meeting action items, checklists, and whatever takes your fancy. @Mentions This allows you to easily bring collaborators into a conversation: if you are mentioned in any wiki content (a page, blog post or comment) you will be notified by email. To mention someone, type @ and their name, when editing. Mentions will instantly suggest people you are following in your network, so you can quickly find and involve your friends. Likes The Wiki now has Like buttons on every page, blog post and comment. If enough people like the post, it will show up on the Dashboard's new 'Popular' tab Popular content on the dashboard The new 'Popular' tab on the dashboard shows a customized view just for you of the pages, blog posts and comments that are attracting most attention, based on the number of comments and likes they have received. The items are listed in order of popularity, with the most popular at the top. Activity that involves people in your network ranks higher than activity not involving your network, and the most recent activity ranks higher than earlier activity. Blueprints All of these features come together in new Blueprints to help you create rich interactive pages on the wiki.the prime example is the Meeti ng Notes blueprint. The Meeting Notes blueprint helps you to plan your meetings and share notes and actions with your team. Choose 'Create' > 'Meeting Notes' and let the blueprint take over. It supplies the date and page title, and provides instructional text prompting you to enter attendees, agenda items and more. Use tasks and @mentions to keep track of attendees and action items. See all your meeting notes in one place on the Meeting Notes index page. It's easy to find the blueprint automatically creates a shortcut on your sidebar. 9. Viewers for PDF and PowerPoint files The PDF and PowerPoint View File macros macros now use HTML5 instead of Flash. This means your content loads faster and can be viewed on a wider range of devices. 10. Administration improvements Redesigned space administration and space tools The design team has given some love to the space administration pages and other space tools. When you visit the new 'Space tools' option, we automatically take you to the permissions screen, since this is the most-used space administration page. Delete specific versions Page history and file attachments now allow you to delete a specific version. Now if information is shared that is inappropriate for archiving you can specifically remove it.
10.1. Access Space Admin / Space Tools A wiki space administrator can give additional RIT faculty, staff or students access to their wiki with the Permissions tool in the Space Admin / Space Tools. How to access these tools depends on the theme your wiki space is using. Space Tools If your theme has the Confluence Sidebar enabled you will see a Space Tools link there if you are an administrator of that wiki space. Space Admin If your theme has the Browse menu in the navigation bar you will see a Space Admin link there if you are an administrator of that wiki space. On the Space Administration screen, select Permissions in the sidebar. The Space Tools link will take you directly to the Permissions tool.