1. WikiPoly Christopher Johnson Michal Fouquette David Kinghorn Joseph Eder

2. Outline What is a Wiki? What is WikiPoly? WikiPoly Studies Conclusion Demo

3. What is a Wiki? “Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser” -http://wiki.org/ A web site where visitors and administrators can edit content easily. Administrators can revert changes if necessary.

4. Why does Cal Poly need a Wiki? Replace or augment several existing systems Easier for non-computer people vs. ordinary web editing Allows any user to contribute content Centralized area for Cal Poly content

5. What is WikiPoly WikiPoly is a wiki exclusively for Cal Poly students and faculty. To access, users must log in through the portal Diverse content that is user driven Collection of Cal Poly related websites

6. What is on WikiPoly? Prototype Group Area Campus Organizations Professor Evaluations PolyBay Other Areas Senior Project Idea Center. Campus Events

7. WikiPoly Study #1 The Three Phase Study

8. Review of pre-existing Wiki Survey Interviews

9. Results Easy and fun to use A good idea repository Nothing like this yet Great for group work Overall Positive New ideas including PolyBay. Fears of Defacement and Neglect

10. WikiPoly Study #2 Comparisons to other Systems

11. What is on WikiPoly? Prototype Group Area Campus Organizations Professor Evaluations PolyBay Other Areas Senior Project Idea Center. Campus Events

12. Group Area More efficient than email More accessible than Versioning systems More accessible than Blackboard Supports multi-class/college groups

13. Campus Organizations ASI’s Website Very pretty and organized well Has much more information than just clubs WikiPoly’s Website Plain White and organized by users Has just the information that is posted Content editable by any club member

14. Professor Evaluations Emphasis on in-depth comments instead of numbers Encourages users to organize evaluations by course. Encourages users to break reviews into different topics. Will help to further the dialog between students and professors.

15. PolyBay Much more informal than Ebay Put buyer/seller in contact with each other Capability to barter (textbooks) User information/feedback not available

16. Prototype Built using Zope and Zwiki Hosted on local machine, but could be hosted anywhere. Difficulties with user permissions

17. Demo

18. Conclusion Wiki is maybe over-simple, but makes life easier for non-computer people Allowing anyone to edit page allows for more content Heavy moderating will be necessary to prevent defacement/offensive postings