Wiki's

Effective Communication

What is a Wiki?

● A wiki is a quick way to create an interlinked website that many people can edit at the same time.

Basic Principles of A Wiki

● Easy links between pages● Multiple editors at the same time● Not perfect, an ongoing, visible process● Easy to reverse bad information

Wiki's to Try

● Wikipedia● Memory Alpha● TiddlyWiki

A very very short introduction to Wiki Markup Language

Source: Wikipedia.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

A very very short introduction to Wiki Markup Language

● Camel Case● Camel Case is a method of linking to internal

wiki pages by removing spaces and capitalizing the initial letters of each word

● Ex:● TableOfConents● HelpPages

Exercise – 15 Minutes

● TiddlyWiki● Download TiddlyWiki● Create a biography page linked to three interest

pages, use MediaWiki Markup and CamelCase● Don’t worry too much about content

● Ex:

● My name is _____, I like DrivingCars, RidingMotorbikes, etc, etc

Zoho Wiki

Zoho Wiki Editor

● WYSIWYG – What You See is What You Get

External Links

Internal Links

Anchors

Anchors (pt 2)

Reversion

Dashboards

File Cabinet

Exercise - 30 Minutes

● Zoho Wiki● Confirm your sign-in is active● Together

● Create an Editors Dashboard● Create an Editors Page

● Individually● Bio Page

– 1 Link to the Font Test page– 1 Anchor– 1 Picture