Wikis What I Know Is Comes from the Hawaiin word wiki wiki meaning quick

What Is a Wiki? #1 A Web-based encyclopedia A piece of server software A website that allows users to add and edit content An encyclopedia truly written by The People of the world

What is a Wiki? #2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A wiki is a medium which can be edited by anyone with access to it, and provides an easy method for linking from one page to another. Wikis are typically collaborative websites, though there are now also single-user offline implementations. Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". One of the best-known wikis is Wikipedia.

What is a Wiki? continued Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

Many Different Wikis Places Wikispaces Pbwiki WetPaint Xwiki Wikimapia

Spaces A wikispace is a space of your own typically used for one purpose or devoted to one topic. Each space can hold many pages, files, and images.

Space Types Wikispaces offers three types of spaces: public, protected, and private. –A public space can be viewed by anyone and can also be edited by anyone. –A protected space can be viewed by anyone but can only be edited by members of the space. (this is what we will use for this project) –A private space can only be viewed or edited by members of the space.

Pages Each wikispace may contain many pages. Each page is a single web page which can contain content and can link to other pages. To create a new page within the current space, use the "Make a New Page" link in the sidebar or just create a link to the new page in the editor. Click "edit" to add content to that page. Note that the "Make a New Page" link will only be present if you are a registered user and have logged in.

Links Creating links between pages is easy. Highlight the text you wish to link and click the earth icon in the toolbar to add a new link.

What's the difference between the 'edit' button and the 'edit navigation' link? The edit link at the top of the page edits the page that you are currently viewing. Each page can be thought of as a document within your space. Your documents can be linked together. The edit navigation link on the left edits the content that appears in the Navigation bar on each page. That content is intended to be sort of an index for the site so that your users can easily move around in the space.

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Discussion One communication tool available in wikis is the ability to post messages on any page. Choose Discussion on the top and fill out the Post Message form.

Directions to Begin After signing in to wiki Choose New Page Add Introduction Page about yourself Link page to your name –Choose Student Names page –Choose Edit This Page button –Highlight your name –Choose Insert Link button –Choose Page Name from drop- down list

Notes Space is monitored. I am ed re: any change, so please use the space responsibly.