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Presentation by Pier Andrea Pirani (Euforic Services) at the Research Communication workshop - Nairobi, 5-7 July 2010
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Working with wikis
Nairobi, 5 July 2010
Definition
“A wiki is software that allows users to collaboratively create, edit, link, and organize the content of a website, usually for reference material. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.”
Source: Wikipedia
Some examples
http://compart.pbworks.com/
http://www.akvo.org/
http://wikigender.org/
Features Articles can be created or edited at anytime by
anyone – limitations are possible Articles are editable through the web browser WYSIWYG – Word processing One-click access to the history/versioning of the
page Recent additions/modifications of articles can be
monitored actively or passively Easy revert of changes Embed videos, presentations and pictures Folders and file management
When using wikis Collaborative writing
Preparing and document meetings
Learning and training
Creating and managing content
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Working with wikis
Nairobi, 5 July 2010