Wikis

Some resources

What is a wiki:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

How do you make a PBWorks account:

http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/screencasts/pbworks-account.mp4

Assignment for Thursday

What is a Wiki?

A multi-authored, collaborative web site.

As with any web site, it has a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) a.k.a. web address.

What is PBWorks?

A tool for creating wikis.

A web space for publishing wikis.

What is a wiki made of?

Handcrafted web pages that MAY be linked together.

No magic. You create each page using text, pictures, and links.

The design and formatting are also manually crafted and may require using a bit of HTML code.

Some PBWorks Terms

Workspaces/wikis

Pages and Files

Edit vs. View

Page History

FrontPage

Terms: Workspaces

Spaces on the PBWorks server that hold content (i.e., the files you upload, the pages you create). 

One account can have several spaces, each with its own user list.

Each workspace has a web address:http://workspace-name.pbworks.com

Example:http://envsepd.pbworks.com

Terms: Pages and Files

Files: any computer files you upload to your workspace:image files, text files, video or audio files, spreadsheet files, etc.

Pages: what you create by:typing or pasting in text, inserting images, or creating links to other pages in your wiki, or files, or external web pages.

Terms: View vs. Edit

View: how an outsider sees it – the “read only” version.

Edit: how the author sees it – the one with the editing icons.

Terms: Page History

Every change, by every writer, on every page.

Click on the link to see what was changed and who made the change.

Terms: FrontPage

The top or opening page of the wiki where you will build your Table of Contents.

Yes, you can change the name.

Editing Wiki Pages

Basic tools

Table

Link

Source

Editing: Basic Tools

Bold, italics, underline

Bullet or numbered list

Indent paragraph

Left, center, right align text

Undo

Font styles

Editing: Tables

Not just for blocks of text. Tables are the easiest (and in wikis often the only) way to align elements on a page. For example, to place a caption directly under a picture:

Mount Mansfield, Vermont. September 29, 2013. Photo by Hope Greenberg.

Editing: Links

Editing: Source (code)

Wiki Roles

Researcher (everyone)

Writer (everyone)

Editor (everyone or designated)

Proofreader (everyone read each others)

Designer (all input, one person finalize?)

Manager (keep everyone on track)

Communication and Admin

MOU?

How will the group handle…

Keep an “Updates” wiki page