One major assignment in my university course was collaborating via a course wiki.
The site has turned out quite nicely, save a few problems with the overall organization, which is the issue I would like to address today.
First, one student took charge of the initial site organization and after a few changes, the main topics were established. Somewhere along the way, students started veering off course and there was no consistency. If I were to collaborate via wiki in the future, I would definitely assign one person to enforce page hierarchies, and categories. If the site is difficult to navigate, it’s pretty much useless to the community.
If you’ve ever collaborated via wiki, how did it turn out for you and your group or organization?
Let’s share ideas!
One of my final assignments for my university class was setting up an instructional website. I toyed with the idea of creating a brand new site “from scratch,” but then I realized that there’s no reason to try to reinvent the wheel: rather, just use tools already available to me.
With that in mind, I decided to use webs.com. Perhaps you recall geocities.com from Yahoo? Well, webs.com offers free web space with options to upgrade to a pay site.
After registering on the site, users have the option of selecting from templates or using their own html code. There are several free, useful apps such as calendar and store to enhance websites, which eliminate the need for users to develop their own.
After developing the content (text, images), it was quite easy to use the templates and site up the site. My instructional site consists of internal and external links:
- Home
- Registration
- Calendar
- Discussions
- Resources
- Assignments
- Moodle
- Wiki Site
- Database Intro
- Blog
- About the Instructor
- Contact
Which free website services have you used? Webs.com? Others? How did they work out for you?
Let’s share ideas!
