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From Eckerd Academic Wiki
Welcome to the Eckerd College Faculty Wiki. This site is flexible and easy to use, with pages that are fast to create and quick to load. This wiki does not require Eckerd College, or you, to purchase proprietary software (i.e., Apple, Microsoft, Sun, WebCT), and it will be available during campus evacuations for use by Eckerd faculty and students.
The default privileges on this site allow Eckerd faculty to read, edit, and create pages, students to just read and edit their specific course pages, and outsiders to only view pages. Faculty also have the option of protecting pages from student edits. Feel free to look at the extensions added to the MediaWiki software if you would like to try this at your institution.
To edit, log in (top right) and then hit the edit button atop the page of your choice. Press either "Show preview" or "Save page" when finished editing. The results are posted without either a middleman or a delay. The wiki software saves both new and old versions of pages along with the name of the person who performed the edit. To upload a picture, use the link to the left.
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Eckerd College courses, aids, and ideas
Courses with wiki pages (Autumn Term and Fall 2008)
Resources
- Here are previous courses at Eckerd College which have had Wiki use
External
- Shakespeare, Protein Evolution, and Science and Religion (UMBC Wiki Group)
- Organic Chemistry (Drexel University)
- English Assignments (Cal State Fullerton)
- Various Courses Cal State (L.A.)
Here is some material on wikis in education.
Wiki help
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
See this separate page of questions, and feel free to add to it.
A wiki page in five easy steps
- Log in (top right of this page) with your Eckerd email password.
- In the Search box at the left type in your name and press the Go button.
- In all likelihood you'll get an answer such as "You can create this page."
- Click on "You can create this page", type to your heart's content, and then press the "Save page" button.
- Sit back and admire your first wiki page.
Question: So now that you're experienced, how would you create a page called "Oliver Twist"?
Additional Help
The Eckerd Wiki help page can be found here. Plenty of great resources!
The general help page for the MediaWiki software can be found here.
