Overview
Wikis are a web-based technology that allows groups of individuals to add, revise and edit web content, so it is a natural tool for most collaborative writing activities. A wiki is a page or site that is fully editable from a browser using a simple “mark-up” language. Like a web site, it allows for non-linear linking of individual wiki pages. Whenever a wiki page is edited, a new version of the pages is created with the old version being archived for site editors’ reference.
Watch this video on the basic functions of a wiki:
Getting Started
Anyone with a Tufts UTLN account can create as many wikis as the want by following these steps:
1. Go to the Spark web site at http://spark.uit.tufts.edu
2. Select “wikis” from the “Get Started” menu and click on the “Create New” button.
3. Give your new wiki a name and description and then click on the “Create” button.
This site looks great!
In terms of basic how-to content for wikis with Themebuilder applied, I created and point people to the content on this site: https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/Wikiinstructionsbasic/Home
Feel free to use that in any way you like! The 8 or so things listed there are what most people need to know to get going (after the site has been created for them, which I do for them because it’s easy for me, hard for them, and a one-time thing.)