[Grad-Cap Icon] Training

Date	Time
Tue 10/20/2015	09:00am - 11:00am

The VCU wiki is where your team collaborates and shares knowledge - create, share and discuss your files, ideas, minutes, specs, mockups, diagrams, and projects.

A wiki is a collection of web pages that can be edited by many authors, even if they only have the most basic of computer skills. The wiki has been in existence since 1995 and has evolved into the ideal tool for collaboration and idea sharing. Most folks are familiar with Wikipedia - the international wiki; a digital repository of facts and information updated daily. Web pages are static; whereas a wiki is dynamic in nature allowing the viewer to also be the sites contributor.

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this workshop the student will:

Show how to activate their FREE VCU wiki with Confluence

Navigate the Administrative Dashboard

Apply simple customization using the WYSIWIG and Macro tools

Identify Spaces and those collection of Pages that make up those Spaces

Understand simple site management using Track Notifications and Tasks

Recognize the wiki blog/discussion forum and its functionality within the wiki

Demonstrate how to upload media items

Sharing and Inviting others to collaborate

What is a wiki?

• Getting Started with Confluence wikis @VCU [Confluence]
• Introduction to the Confluence Editor [Confluence]
• Understanding how wikis work [Atomic Learning]
• 7 things you should know about wikis [Educause]

Other Resources:

• Confluence Documentation Home