introducing the used wiki platform to students

1. Finally wiki
Use, tips, purpose

2. This presentation
These slides…
• The concept of a wiki
• Why I am here 
• Purpose of this wiki within the course
• The essentials

3. What is a wiki? (1/2)
“…a website that allows the visitors themselves to
easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and
change available content” (Wikipedia)
• Used in business and education

4. What is a wiki? (2/2)
• Online editing
• Version management
• Linking of pages
• Many extra functionalities
– Discussion forum, polls, multimedia…

5. Why a wiki?
• Collaborative effort
• Efficient
• Fun
• Easy
– Discuss, create and edit texts, link documents and
sites… and much more.

6. Essentials (1/8)
• Register
– Personal Page
– Personal Sidebar
– Personal Preferences (advanced)
• WYSIWYG-editor
• Write down relevant personal information
– BSc., projects done, interests, domains, experiences…
• Stay up-to-date (RSS, Atom, E-Mail)

7. Essentials (2/8)
• Search, edit, attach, move/delete,
history, site preferences
• Side bar, navigation
• Discussion forum, categories &
pictures

8. Essentials (3/8)
• WikiWord
• Topic parent

9. Essentials (4/8)
• Web notification (email or syndication)
• Use tagging for personal categorization of topic pages
– Include My Tags page in personal sidebar

10. Essentials (5/8)
• Make links to attached files and included links
on one page: Documents & Links

11. Essentials (6/8)
• Lecture notes and comments

12. Essentials (7/8)
• Plugins and variables
– Sandbox
• Take some time
to get acquainted!

13. Essentials (8/8)
• Lots of functionalities
– TWiki documentation: http://twiki.org
– Most useful: TWiki info
• Statistics & Changes
• Process description
– Information officer

14. Create new pages
Make summaries
Answer questions
Edit texts
Share thoughts Maintain site
Work towards an
end product
YOU
Formulate process rules
Discuss
propositions
Evaluate
Set up polls

15. Questions?
http://twiki.e-merge.nu/bin/view/TuDelftSPM9618/WebHome
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