Wikispaces is a very popular and powerful wiki for K-12 educators, higher ed, businesses, and non-profits. If you’re not familiar with wikis I suggest you view this YouTube video: Wikis in Plain English.
How to embed Livescribe pencasts in Wikispaces wiki pages
Method 1: How to embed a pencast with its normal (small) dimensions. Example
- Find the pencast you want on Livescribe.
- Click the "Embed this file" button.
- Select and copy the embed code to your clipboard. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C on Windows or Command-C on a Mac.
- Navigate to the desired Wikispaces page.
- Click Edit this Page, click the Widget button, and then click the Other HTML button.
- Paste the embed code on the clipboard into the HTML box and then click Preview (and then Close Preview) and/or Save.
- Optional: Click on the widget and change its alignment.
- Click Save.
- You should now see the pencast and right above it also see a clickable link to the pencast on Livescribe’s site.
Method 2: How to embed a pencast with small, medium, or large dimensions. Example
- Find the pencast you want on Livescribe.
- Click the "Get a link to this file" button.
- Select and copy the link to your clipboard. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C on Windows or Command-C on a Mac.
- Refer to the post "How to Embed Larger Pencasts" and use James Socol’s Pencast Embed tool to generate the needed embed code.
- Navigate to the desired Wikispaces page.
- Click Edit this Page, click the Widget button, and then click the Other HTML button.
- Paste the embed code on the clipboard into the HTML box, then click Preview (and then Close Preview) and/or click the Save button.
- Optional: Click on the widget and change its alignment.
- Click Save.
- You should now see the pencast and right above it also see a clickable link to the pencast on Livescribe’s site.
Please leave a comment if this helps you or if you have any suggestions about how to improve on these directions. Thanks! — Tim F
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