Engaging In Wikis
Lesson 3

At the end of the lesson, we
should be able to:
1. Define a wiki.
2. Create wikis online.
3. Join wiki and contribute to
them.

WIKI
Is the website “Wikipedia.org” familiar?
Just like an encyclopedia, Wikipedia
contains information about anything. In
addition to that, Wikipedia is an online
community wherein people can edit the
contents of its pages.

Wikipedia is an example of a wiki.
Wiki is a website containing information
that can be created, organization, and
revised by the members of the wiki.
1. They are easy to created and set up.
2. They are easy to search and navigate.
3. They organize information efficiently.
4. There are a lot of free wiki software online.
5. An online community is created through wikis.

Steps in Creating a Wiki
For this lesson, we will be creating
wikis using Wikispaces.

Go to www.wikispaces.com and select
Sign in. Type in the username and
password.

Below is the dashboard. To create wiki,
we;
1. Select Create Wiki.

Below is the dashboard. To create wiki,
we;
1. Select Create Wiki.

Below is the dashboard. To create wiki,
we;
2. We will be asked for information. Fill
out the forms with the required
information.

Below is the dashboard. To create wiki,
we;
3. Supply a wiki name, Wikispaces will
let us know if we can use that wiki
name.
4. After filling out all of the necessary
information, select Create.

The Wiki is now created as show
below. Let us familiarize ourselves with
the basic interface of the wiki.
1. Wikispaces logo
2. Wiki name
3. Page
4. File
5. Discuss
6. Project
7. Event
8. Navigation

Parts of our Wiki are:
1) Wikispaces logo
this is used to go back to our account’s
dashboard.
2) Wiki name
This is the name of the wiki. If we want
other users to find out our wiki, they should
type the wiki name and attach wikispaces.com.

3. Page
This is use to add a new page to our wiki.
4. File
This is used to upload a file to our wiki.

5. Discuss
This is use to start a discussion within the
community.
6. Project
This is use to add new event.

7. Event
This is use to add new event.
8. Navigation
This is use to go to other pages in wikis.

Members Invitation
To invite members to join & collaborate with our wiki,
we:
1. Select the Members link:
2. We will be redirected to this page:

We can invite people by doing any of the following:
1. We select invite people, then input their usernames or e-
mail address. Afterward, select Send.
2. We will be redirected to this

Wiki join Code
We can be member of Wiki in two ways:
1. Invited by the creator, it will appear in your
dashboard.
2. If we were given a join code, we should go to their
wiki address.

Lets Browse Back!
Engaging in Wikis
A Wiki is a website containing information that can be
created, organizer and revised by the members of the
wiki.
Wikis are use because of the following features:
• They are easy to create and set up.
• They organize information efficiently.
• There are a lot of free wiki software online.
• It is easy to search and navigate.
• An online community is created through wikis.

After creating a wiki, we will see the following parts:
• Wikispaces
• Wiki name
• Page
• File
• Discuss
• Project
• Event
• Navigation