Getting started

What is a wiki?

• The word "wiki" comes from wiki-wiki, meaning quick in Hawaiian. Using wiki-style collaborative software, new pages are easy to create and formatting rules use simple combinations of asterisks, brackets, equals signs, quotation mark, etc. (requires no knowledge of HTML). That anyone can edit any page gives tremendous power and freedom to all users of wiki websites.
• A video introduction: Brady Forrest, Teach the Wiki Way, O'Reilly Radar.
• Wikinomics Wiki 101
• Wikinomics Beginners Guide
• Farkas, M. (2005). Using wikis to create online communities.

Create a hosted wiki on PBwiki

• Create a hosted wiki in 30 seconds at http://pbwiki.com/ by choosing a site name and entering your email address.
• Video: 4 easy steps to get started with PBwiki

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• Free PBwiki site offers: unlimited pages and unlimited revisions, secure login, Snapshot Zip backup, RSS/Atom feeds, 10 MB for files, 3 professional CSS designs, ad-free
• File uploads: Powerpoints, Word docs, PDFs, images, and other.
• Can add widgets and plugins: online spreadsheets, shared calendar, videos, photo shows, Google maps, chat rooms, voice chat, and more.
• For more details, see Using Wikis in the Classroom, How do you create and edit a wiki?

Editing and formatting

• WikiStyle - text formatting, lists, tables, creating links, adding images, file uploads, and more.

More advanced PBwiki for a fee

• Highest level premium PBwiki (about $100/mo) offers Feeds for individual pages, Full Zip backup, Access Controls, Ad-free, Acceptable use policy, Hideable pages, Traffic statistics, Lockable pages, Customizable CSS, Customizable favicon, Custom domains, Enterprise-grade SSL, 5 GB for files, and 7 professional CSS designs
• An Introduction to CSS and PBwiki: A FAQ
• CSS Resources

PBwiki security

• PBwiki Security Policies
• Using Wikis in the Classroom, Security, Safety and Netiquette

Ways to use PBwiki

• Ideas for using PBwiki
• PBwiki blog The Daily Peanut

Other software used on this site

• MeeboMe chat widget

General Library 2.0 resources

• Meredith Farkas' website for the course Five weeks to a social library.
• Kathryn Greenhill, What is Library 2.0 on SlideShare.
• Karen G. Schneider A Library 2.0 Cookbook on SlideShare.
• Squidoo. (2006). Library 2.0 Reading List.

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