Wiki+-+Discussion+Widget

Below are directions for using the Discussion tool in wikis and for embedding it as a widget on your page.

The discussion button allows people to create posts, or discussion topics, and other people reply to the posts to share information or have a discussion.

The discussion button is on the upper right of each wiki page (unless you are editing the page).

When you click on the discussion button, it takes you to a window that shows all the posts. If there are no posts or you would like to create a post, click on New Post.

Enter a title for your post and in the text box write a question or something you would like to discuss and click Post at the bottom.



Once you save your post, the title will appear along with any other post titles. People can click on a title and scroll down to the Reply window to reply to the topic.



You can embed the discussion tool as a widget in any wiki page. The easiest way to use it is to go ahead and create any posts as shown above, and let people click on the post title and then reply to the post.

Click to put your cursor wherever you want the Discussion Widget to appear and click on **Widget**.

Click on **Wikispaces** on the right and **Discussion Area** on the left.



In the Embed a Discussion Area window, click the **Embed Discussion Area** button at the bottom right.

The Discussion Widget will embed and once you click on **Save**, you will see any posts that have been created. Now your audience can click on a post and reply to it. If you don't have any posts created or an additional post needs to be created, whoever creates the posts will have to use the Discussion button at the top right to create posts. You can only click on post titles and reply from the widget within the page.