Skills: edit, display the history of, discuss, and track changes to a page, wiki technique tipsConcepts: Wiki operations

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Creating a wiki using Wikispaces

Where does this topic fit?

• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology– Implications

• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation– User skills

The first page, called Home

http://wikioperations.wikispaces.com/

The second page, called Motto

Create and name your wiki

http://www.wikispaces.com

Page viewing and editing area

A typical wiki screen layout

First draft with two errors

The editor

Correct the errors and click Save

The corrected page

Discussing the page

The page revision history

Compare pages

Change notification

Create a new page

Name the new page

Edit the new page

Save the new page

The starting home page

Wiki administration

The freemium business model

Summary

Page viewing and editing area

Self study questions

Every wiki service provides five operations. Without looking back, do you recall them?

What are the three steps in editing a page?

Is a wiki a one-many medium?

Wikipedia is useful, but can you find other useful wikis on the Web?

Resources

Introduction to Wikispaces (2m 1s):http://www.wikispaces.com/content/wiki-tour

Wikis in Plain English (3m 40s)http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

The demonstration wiki used in this presentation:http://wikioperations.wikispaces.com/

Wikispaces help wiki, including videos:https://help.wikispaces.com/

The Hawaiian busses that gave wikis their name:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wiki_Shuttle