Getting+started

What are wikis?
 * Wikis are free, online writing spaces. Wikis use simple formatting rules, so you don't need to understand HTML or an HTML authoring tools, such as Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver to contribute.
 * For some, wikis convey a highly collaborative view of composing and creativity. Students who contribute to a wiki need to know that their words can be deleted and changed by others. Wiki authors, //that means you//, do not claim ownership of a text.
 * When writers contribute to a public wiki, their own work could be potentially read by millions of readers.
 * The great thing about wikis is that you can see the writing process in action, because each time the text is changed a new version is saved. (Anyone can go back and see previous versions.)
 * Textual authority is through dialogue. Revision is privileged in the wiki. Permissions can be set to limit the readers and writers who participate.
 * Wikis are a writing space, not a presentation space nor a course management system. Wikis make it possible and necessary for writers to continually build upon, revise, and edit an emerging text.
 * **All students need to read the wiki rules and the student contract before intiating participation.**