How to Access and Use the Faculty Wiki! TeleCoop Breckenridge, Colorado April 16, 2008 Facilitated by: Lisa Marie Johnson, Kathy Miles, and Jonathan Fuller
When you leave this session, you will be able to… 1.Access the Faculty Wiki and set up a user account. 2.Navigate the Faculty Wiki Headers, Sidebar, and Toolbox. 3.Access a User Page and use Personal Tools. 4.Create, Edit and add a variety of content to pages. 5.Judge ways to use a Wiki in your course.
Wiki is a Hawai'i an term meaning very fast or “Quickly”. There are multiple types of Wiki technology that share common benefits, such as being accessible via the Web and allowing you and students to … - Quickly edit/add content. - Quickly track changes through “history” - Quickly search for content. - Quickly identify user contributions. - Quickly see relationships (links) among content. The Faculty Wiki uses the “Media Wiki” technology, which is the same technology as Wikipedia.
Help Page Flash Demonstration
Headers and Sidebar Toolbox Tabs / Views Personal Tools / My Pages
Faculty Wiki HELP pages View the Wikimania Webinar!
Preference is to use the Student Wiki for Class Projects… works like the Faculty Wiki… You’ll need a separate account. - Survey learners for “wiki skills”. - Become proficient yourself using the Wiki. - Prepare for creating accounts on Student Wiki. - Plan for a Code of Ethics for Interaction. - What is the purpose… Contribution or Collaboration?
Learner generated course materials … Solo and group project collaborations … Class-level portfolios … What are your ideas? See the Collaboration Using Wikis in Online Courses Presentation
Search “Presentations” on faculty wiki for these slides later: