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Welcome to the Teaching American History DBE Wiki Page. Please take some time to read through the information on the home page, as it contains lots of valuable information for completing today's task.

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=Navigating=

The navigation tool at the left contains links to all of the pages you will need, and some that won't apply to your particular task. Clicking on a link will take you directly to that page. All pages are located within this wiki site, so you will always see those links available.

There is a link for "DBE Prompt" page and "DBE Submissions page." You will go to the "DBE Prompt" page to access directions to your specific task.

When you have completed the DBE task, you will need to open the appropriate "Submissions" page to upload your response. You will be creating a new Word document for your response. Directions for uploading your final response are under the "Completing the Prompt" section below.

When you open the link to your "DBE Prompt" page, you will see a page showing the prompt in its entirety, plus a link to a Word document containing the entire file. This is available in both formats to give you the option of viewing the prompt and its sources within the wiki site, or as a stand-alone file visible in the system tray at the bottom of your computer screen.

= = To begin this exercise, click on the proper link at the left of the page. You should start with the "(5th, 8th, HS) DBE" to see all of the directions. This will take you to a page within the wiki site containing the files needed for this task. Click on the link with "Prompt" in the title. This is a Word document, and will open in a new window. You will notice a button has appeared on your computer's system tray. You can click this button at any time to bring this file to the front of your computer screen.

=Creating Your Response= Your response will be uploaded to this wiki site. In order to do this, you will create a new Word document. Again, when you do this, you will notice //another// button has appeared in the system tray. There is no limit to the amount of buttons that can fit in your system tray, so don't worry about that. Now that you have this file open, you can click on any button at the bottom of the screen to toggle from file to another. This makes it very easy to read the prompt, switch to the sources and look at those, then switch to your response and continue typing.

=Naming Your Response= To make things efficient and easy to sort, please name your file with your grade level, your last name, and "post" to indicate that this is a post-test. For example, 5th grade teacher Mike Vallier's file would be named "5vallierpost." High School teacher please use "hs" for your grade level.

=Uploading Your Response= When you have completed keying your response, be sure to save the file to your flash drive. You can then load your response into the "DBE Submissions" page. Click the link at the left of the screen. This will bring you to an open page the will serve as the bulletin board where everyone will place their saved Word document. You will probably see other files already uploaded.

To upload a file, you will have to open the page editor. At the top right of the wiki page you will see a green button that says "**Edit This Page**." Click the button, an Editor bar appears at the top of the screen. On it you will see a variety of buttons. You will want to click the button that looks like a small picture near the middle of the editor bar. When you point your arrow at it, it will say "**Insert Images and Files**." After you click that insert button, a new window will open on your screen. Click on the tab that says "**Upload Files**." Click "**Browse**." Another window wil open displaying your computer's drives, open your flash drive, where you originally saved your response. Double click the **document** you will upload. You will now be back to the upload window. You will see the file name for your document. Click on the "**Upload**" button. This will load your document into this wiki's bank of files. Click "**Insert Files**" tab. Find your **document** and double click on it. This will automatically load your response document into the wiki page. Do not worry about the order of the documents on the page. Your file will appear wherever the cursor happens to be at the time. To finish up, click the "**Save**" button on the Editor bar. Your page will revert to its original look, and you should see your file now on the page. If you do not see it, please ask someone to help you find it. When you are finished, you can log out of the wiki site.