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Introduction

Pedagogical templates are used when authoring teaching content in WikiEducator. A number of templates are predesigned to save you time with more complex layouts required of instructional materials. They include a range of "instructional devices" or subelements of a content page and are usually signified by an icon. For example:

Objectives

After reading this subsection, you will

see the list of pedagogical templates used in WikiEducator
be able to insert an instruction device using the Template syntax
review the list of template names
identify an error in the syntax

Wiki syntax for iDevice templates

A template is called using a predefined label and the text for your iDevice separated by "|" and all enclosed between two "{{ }}" braces. For example, the following syntax will be used for a Self-assessment question:

{{Preknowledge|Think about a situation when you ....type the rest of your preknowlege text here}} .

The example above will render as follows:

Preknowledge

Think about a situation when you ....type the rest of your preknowlege text here

When an iDevice directly follows a section

The default margins of the iDevice templates are being changed as of January 2, 2008 so that the templates are easier to work with. For most cases all that will be necessary is a carriage return before and after the template for the spacing to look reasonable. However, if you have a template directly after a section heading (see below) you will need to add a <br/> after the section heading instead of a carriage return or modifiy the TopMargin by adding |TopMargin=10px inside the call to the iDevice template so that the spacing looks reasonable.

In the example below we create an Objectives template directly after a section heading using,

====A Template Follows This Section====
<br/>
{{Objectives|Describe how manual intervention is necessary when an iDevice template follows a section heading}}

which looks like:

A Template Follows This Section

Objectives

Describe how manual intervention is necessary when an iDevice template follows a section heading

Templates available

The table below lists the templates and corresponding syntax which you can use on WikiEducator.

Templates and corresponding icons
Icon	Label	Syntax to use
	Activity	{{Activity\|Enter your text here}}
	Portfolio Activity	{{Portfolio_activity\|Enter your text here}}
	Assignment	{{Assignment\|Enter your text here}}
	Definition	{{Definition\|Enter your text here}}
	Definitions	{{Definitions\|Enter your text here}}
	Discussion	{{Discussion\|Enter your text here}}
	Tell us a story	{{Tell_us_a_story\|Enter your text here}}
	Case study	{{case_study\|Enter your text here}}
	Objective	{{Objective\|Enter your text here}}
	Objectives	{{Objectives\|Enter your text here}}
	Outcomes	{{Outcomes\|Enter your text here}}
	Key points	{{Key_points\|Enter your text here}}
	Media	{{Media\|Enter your text here}}
	Reading	{{Reading\|Enter your text here}}
	Competency	{{Competency\|Enter your text here}}
	Competencies	{{Competencies\|Enter your text here}}
	Summary	{{Summary\|Enter your text here}}
	Self assessment	{{Self_assessment\|Enter your text here}}
	Assessment	{{Assessment\|Enter your text here}}
	Reflection	{{Reflection\|Enter your text here}}
	Preknowledge	{{Preknowledge\|Enter your text here}}
	Web Resources	{{web_resources\|Enter your text here}}