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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Wikis
A Hands-on Workshop
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Wikis A Hands-on Workshop Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Wednesday, May - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wikis A Hands-on Workshop Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Wednesday, May - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wikis A Hands-on Workshop Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Welcome Welcome Who we are ~ Mimi ~ Paul ~ David Welcome Handouts Goals Goals 1. Whats it all about ~ What wikis are ~ How they can be used Goals 2. Basic
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Welcome
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Welcome
Who we are
~ Mimi ~ David ~ Paul
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Welcome
Handouts
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Goals
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Goals
- 1. What’s it all about
~ What wikis are ~ How they can be used
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Goals
- 2. Basic functions
~ Edit pages ~ Create new pages ~ Create links ~ Basic formatting
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Goals
- 3. Getting started
~ Set up a new wiki ~ Keep it going
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Goals
- 4. Be one with Wiki
~ The Wiki Way ~ Don’t fear the wiki!
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Today
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Today
What we’ll do
~ Paul talks ~ David gets you started ~ Paul talks ~ Free play
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Intro
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Intro
Terminology
~ Wiki vs. wiki-wiki ~ Wiki syntax
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Intro
What is a wiki?
~ A web site anyone can edit ~ Built by its users ~ Community collaboration ~ Personal scratchpad ~ Simple database
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Intro
What is a wiki?
~ Whatever you want!
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Where does it come from?
~ Ward Cunningham, 1995 ~ Ideas ~ People ~ Projects ~ HyperCard!?
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How does it work?
~ Write as you use ~ Make links as you write ~ Put in stubs ~ Build on stubs
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Intro
Linking conventions
~ CamelCase ~ [[Free links]]
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Wiki principles
~ Open ~ Incremental ~ Organic ~ Mundane ~ Universal
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Wiki principles
~ Unified ~ Precise ~ Tolerant ~ Observable ~ Convergent
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Hands on
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Terminology
~ Pages · Topics · Articles · Nodes ~ Webs · Namespaces · Subnodes ~ Interwiki
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Wiki etiquette
~ Common space ~ Play nice ~ Do fix obvious mistakes ~ Don’t be afraid to break it ~ Acknowledge controversy
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What are wikis good for?
~ Personal notetaking ~ Bookmarks ~ Piecemeal site development ~ Collaboration!
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What are wikis bad for?
~ Big data ~ Tightly controlled sites
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Kinds of wikis
~ Home page ~ Blog ~ Group project ~ Knowledge repository
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Kinds of pages
~ Definitional ~ Encyclopedic ~ Discussion (‘thread mode’) ~ Table of contents ~ Guide
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Kinds of pages
~ User page ~ Special ~ Categories
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What makes a wiki succeed?
~ Not the technology ~ Not the number of users
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What makes a wiki succeed?
~ Common interests ~ Common goals ~ Relevance ~ Barn raising
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What makes a wiki fail?
~ Not controversy ~ Not bad writing ~ Not users who don’t contribute ~ Not difference in opinion on details ~ Not spam
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What makes a wiki fail?
~ Lack of focus ~ Bickering ~ Mismatched expectations ~ Edit wars ~ People just lose interest
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Case studies
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Wikis, wikis everywhere
~ TiddlyWiki ~ Wiki matrix
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Play time
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Wrap up
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Wrap up
Obligatory URLs
~ http://gslis.simmons.edu/mw/sandbox/ ~ http://hoffmancommapaul.com/wikis/
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Wrap up
What next?
~ Get your own ~ The Wiki Way ~ Go forth and wiki!