SR4Proc Working with wikis
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This document discusses working with wikis. It defines what a wiki is and how users can collaboratively create, edit, and organize content on a wiki website. It provides examples of wiki websites and outlines features of wikis like allowing articles to be created and edited by anyone at any time. It also discusses using analytics to measure wiki usage and the importance of regularly maintaining wiki content. It includes an exercise for creating a personal wiki page.
SR4Proc Working with wikis
- 1. Working with wikis WBI Social Reporting Apprenticeship Program October 2012
- 3. 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
- 4. Working together on a document pbworks pbworks pbworks pbworks edit log view Write some Text change (someone, 12/11/08) Final Write some Write some Change some text text (another one, 14/11/08) text text Final Text (me, today)
- 5. Features Articles can be created or edited at anytime by anyone – limitations are possible Articles are editable through the web browser One-click access to the history/ versioning page Recent additions/modifications of articles can be monitored actively or passively Easy to revert changes
- 6. Examples http://euforicweb.pbworks.com/ http://www.akvo.org/ http://wikigender.org/ http://government.wikia.com
- 7. Use the excellent Pbworks help pages People are often puzzled by the edit function – it is the key to using any wiki
- 9. M&E Most wikis have internal analytics package – On Pbworks • Business Edition – weekly report (views, downloads, edits etc..) • Free edition - Install Google Analytics Measure – Users (joining, leaving, activity) – Pages and content (edited, created, deleted) – Who is creating content (1:9:90) – Is the wiki gardened regularly
- 10. Hands on exercise Create a new page called YourNameSR – If necessary, write some information about yourself and add a photo – Add a link to your Twitter account, or a website or a good knowledge source – Insert a table with two columns, write tools you want to learn in one column and note progress in column two – Embed a video from YouTube – Link your page from the participants page
- 11. Working with wikis WBI Social Reporting Apprenticeship Program October 2012
Editor's Notes
- #3: At Euforic Services, we use a wiki for internal planning, project management with clients and partners, and as a platform to organise and deliver trainings and workshops.
- #6: What can you do with it?We often play with control access for our own wiki – some part are public, some are privateIn general, wikis are public and editable, with version control
- #7: AKVO very useful as collection of useful technologyCGIAR uses it for workshop and events
- #8: We love Pbworks – also because it has an excellent manual