The document provides an overview of wikis as collaborative platforms for content creation and management, detailing their functionality and practical applications. Developed by Ward Cunningham in 1994, wikis allow users to read and edit hyperlinked pages, making them effective for team collaboration, knowledge sharing, and e-learning. Furthermore, it discusses the use of Creative Commons licenses to clarify usage rights for shared content.

1. Wiki’s for Collaborative authoringFatima Darries9 June 2010, TUT, Pretoria

2. What is a wiki?• Hawaiian word for quickQuick websiteUsed to create and develop collaborative or community sites around a common interest“It ‘s the simplest online database that could possibly work”Ward Cunningham, developed first wiki software in 1994Wiki’s in plain EnglishTUTLIS Directorate

3. How does it work?It has a read state and write stateIn the read state- anyone can access (public or private)In the write state – writers, editors, moderate, contributorsPage level protection against editingCollection of hyperlinked pagesDistinguishing characteristic - compare previous versions of a page able to revert back and track who edited the pageIt used simple markup language, but now as simple as editing and saving a pageSearch engine for wiki’s e.gwww.powerset.comTUTLIS Directorate

4. What is it used for?Plan conferences, workshopsWebliography/BibliographiesBook reviewsNotes of meetingsDiscuss issues, comment on items in news e.g. new virusList of “Who’s who?”Knowledge managementWiki Wish list-Smith and Segoe, 2008.team work and collaborative papers (avoiding emailed MS Word file around)Note-taking and social discussions at eventsA great e-learning tool, class assignment, discussion-Guy, 2008, http://www.slideshare.net/MariekeGuy/blogs-wikis-and-more-web-20-demystified-for-learning-and-teaching-professionalsTUTLIS Directorate

5. Wikipediahttp://www.wikipedia.orgTUTLIS Directorate

6. What is it used for?TUT LIS Directorate

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8. WebliographyURL when wiki is createdHyperlinked pagesTUTLIS Directorate

9. Creating a WetpaintwikiTUTLIS Directorate

10. www.wetpaint.comTUTLIS Directorate

17. Begin by adding a page

18. Adding pagesName the page, add tags TUTLIS Directorate

19. Adding pagesPage will appear in the contents barTUTLIS Directorate

20. Editing Click on edit, to render page in write stateTUTLIS Directorate

21. www.tut.23librarythings.wetpaint.comTo add a pageTUTLIS Directorate

22. www.tut.23librarythings.wetpaint.comLeave notes for team about the editing, and saveTUTLIS Directorate

23. Read StateTUTLIS Directorate

24. www.wikimatric.orgTUT LIS Directorate

25. Creative Commons offers copyright holders licences to assign to their work

26. The licences aim to clarify the conditions of use and avoid many of the problems current copyright laws pose when attempting to share information.

27. CC maximises impact of workThis work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licenceTUT LIS Directorate

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30. Answering the questions creates the license TUT LIS Directorate

31. Select and copy the text.TUT LIS Directorate

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33. Select a widget that will allow html text.Paste the text.TUT LIS Directorate

34. Remember to save.TUT LIS Directorate