Introduction

A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to add, remove and edit content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.

The University's choice of wiki software is Confluence, which is what is know as an 'enterprise wiki', that is, a wiki designed for use in organisations. Common uses include project communication, intranets, and documentation.

  • All University staff can create pages on the wiki.
  • Anyone can view the information - easy web-publishing.
  • Editing is very easy (the toolbar looks like Word).
  • Anyone can edit it if you want them to.
  • You can make things private if you want to.

 

IDevice Icon Definitions

Wiki

Wiki means 'quick' in Hawaiian.

The first wiki was developed in 1994 by American computer programmer Ward Cunningham.

A wiki is a type of web page that can be edited by anyone who accesses it.


IDevice Icon Video
Watch the following video to learn more about what a wiki is and how you can use it, then complete the Cloze Activity below.

 


iDevice icon Cloze Activity
Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words.

 

The button transforms a web page into a document ready for editing. Once you've finished editing,click the button and the document becomes a web page. The button changes a highlighted word into a link to a new page.

  

IDevice Icon Activity: Look at wikis
If you have never used a wiki before, have a look around the wikis below.

Use the menu on the left to navigate your way to the next page.
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