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ADM1370 ASSIGNMENT 1:
DESIGNING WIKIS FOR PERSONAL & COLLABORATIVE WEB PUBLISHING
PART 1: THE BASICS
You will be introduced in class to the basic concepts of Web 2.0 and the new collaborative nature of the web. As discussed in
class, these collaborative tools will have a substantial impact on business processes. This assignment gives you hands on
experience at using some of these collaborative tools.
Remember that lab assignments are largely self‐directed. You are expected to make an effort to learn by yourself, with the
help of your professor and TA. There will be some drop‐in help sessions in the DMS Computer Labs (2nd floor) during which
the TAs will try to answer any questions you might have. The schedule for these sessions will be posted on the course
website.
IMPORTANT LINKS
For this assignment, you will utilize the hosted wiki solution offered by Wikispaces ( http://www.wikispaces.com )
Here are some links to get you started on the assignment and to help you add your personal touch to the final product:
A) Video Tutorials from Wikispaces ‐ http://www.wikispaces.com/content/wiki‐tour : These short video tutorials show you
how to perform most of the tasks in this assignment.
B) Wikitext tutorial for wiki code editing ‐ http://help.wikispaces.com/wikitext : This tutorial introduces you to the raw
code (backstage) editing of a wiki. You may have to use wikitext as you complete some of the tasks in the assignment such as
inserting a table of content, embedding RSS feeds and YouTube videos etc.
C) Wikispaces help file index ‐ http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index : Everything about administering and using
wikispaces is documented in detail here.
IMPORTANT NOTICE – **PLEASE READ BEFORE STARTING THE ASSIGNMENT**
Each student is required to work in teams of two to complete all the tasks outlined in this assignment while paying special
attention to the collaborative components (part 7) of the assignment. Each team must complete their own Wiki assignment
conforming to the criteria in the checklist in part 8 of the assignment. For submission of this assignment, one team member
will submit the assignment through Blackboard as described in section 9. Both team members will receive the same mark for
the assignment.
Your wiki must have a home page that consists of your team members’ names, your course section (e.g. ADM1370 M or
ADM1370 P etc.), and the email addresses of both team members.
In order for the TAs to grade your Wiki assignment, you will need to invite them to your Wiki. We have setup a generic
email address that you can send an invite to (ADM1370TA@gmail.com). Once your wiki is created, please send an invitation
through the “Members” Invite People feature as explained in section 2.2 of this assignment. If you do not add the TAs
email to your wiki, they will not be able to grade it. Failure to invite the TAs to your Wiki by the time it is being marked will
result in a penalty of 25 marks. You will then receive an e‐mail from the grading TA asking that you invite them to your wiki
so it can be graded and you will have 48 hours from the time of the e‐mail to provide the necessary access. Failure to do so
will result in a mark of zero for the assignment.
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WIKI ORGANIZATION ‐ THEME & TOPICS
Your wiki should have a theme that is introduced on your home page. The theme can be anything of interest to you such as
business, sports, technology, music, hobbies, or art. It is up to you to find interesting and relevant content that you can use
to populate multiple pages on your wiki. Each content page on your wiki should be based on specific topics within the theme
that you have selected, and overall, your wiki should be logically organized.
A NOTE ABOUT COLLABORATIVE EDITING
It is recommended that you and your group partner create your individual wikispace accounts before any of you send
invitations to each other for collaboration for part 7 of the assignment. Only one member per team should create a wiki.
Also, while working together on these parts, it is possible that you will experience a few instances when more than one
person will be editing the same page at the same time. When this happens, everyone but one person will receive a warning
message telling them that somebody else is editing the page. If you receive this warning, please STOP editing and try again
later after the initial person finishes editing the page.
While you should try to meet the minimum requirements for the assignment by following all the instructions in this
assignment document, feel free to be creative as you design your Wiki and populate it with content and features.
PART 2: CREATE A WIKI FOR YOUR TEAM
2.1 Create a Wiki Site
One person from each team should create a wiki and act as the administrator of the site. Once the wiki is setup, the
administrator can invite the other team member to join the wiki and contribute content.
To sign‐up for a new wiki site, you will need to create an account on
wikispaces by visiting the following URL:
https://www.wikispaces.com/user/join. Fill the form as follows
(also see screenshots below):
Username: should be your full name with hyphens instead
of spaces
Password: can be anything you choose
Email: should be your UOttawa email address
Make a Wiki: if you are acting as the administrator and you
are creating a wiki site for your team, select “Yes”.
Alternatively, if you are simply joining Wikispaces and your
group partner has already created a wiki, select “No” here.
Your Industry: Select “Higher Education” for the Wiki Type.
Click the Join button
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If you opted to create a Wiki, you will now be taken to a second form to specify further details. Again, please note that only
one team member per group should create a wiki.
Wiki name: specify a relevant and easy‐to‐remember name of your choice for your wiki (this name will be used in the
web URL of your wikispace).
Location & Institution Details: You will need to specify the region, the University and Course details to confirm that you
are using the Wiki for educational purposes.
Once your wiki is created, complete the setup of the wiki by designating it as a “Basic/Classic Wiki”.
Under the Settings General Settings, select “Wiki” (Classic) as the Wiki Type, and Click the “Save” button.
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2.2 Setup Your Wiki for Collaboration
This essential step is required to setup the wiki for collaboration. Click Members Invite People, and send an invitation to
your team member AND the course TA (VERY IMPORTANT!) to become members of your wiki. You should send the TA
invitation to ADM1370TA@gmail.com.
Your wiki is now setup, and you and your group partner can start populating it with content and features.
PART 3: CONTENTS & FEATURES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WIKI SITE
While you are free to be as creative with your wiki as you like, some specific requirements for your wiki are listed in the
following table.
Wiki Component Minimum Requirements
Main Wiki
Homepage
Include a short biography with the names, programs and year of study of both team members as
well as any other personal or professional information you wish to share;
Highlight the theme of your wiki through an informative headline and a description of what your
wiki is all about;
Provide links to all other wiki content pages that you have create on the wiki site. Also, see Text
Table(s) requirements
below.
Additional Wiki
Content Pages
create a few more pages about topics related to the theme of your wiki. Each team member
should create at least two pages (in addition to the Homepage). Each page must have at least
two paragraphs of content with any additional multimedia (videos, images etc.).
Images
Include multiple graphics and images on your Wiki with at least one image appearing on the
main Wiki Homepage.
Tags
At least three wiki pages on your site should have assigned tags that are relevant to the content
on those pages.
Tag Cloud A tag cloud displaying the tags for your wiki should appear on the main Wiki Homepage.
Navigation Menu Links to all wiki content pages should be included in your Wiki site’s right
navigation menu.
RSS Feed(s) Incorporate at least one RSS feed relevant to your Wiki’s theme or topic.
YouTube Video(s) Embed at least one YouTube Video relevant to your Wiki’s theme or topic.
Third‐Party Widget(s) Include at least one third‐party web widget on your wiki.
Table of Contents
All of your wiki pages should be formatted into different sections and headings, and all your
pages should have a Table of Contents at the top of each page.
Text Table(s)
Structure some text on your Wiki site in the form of a table. At least one such table should
appear on the main Wiki Homepage with the page links, descriptions and authors of those
pages.
Comments &
Discussion
Use the Comments feature AND the Discussion feature on Wikispaces, with at least three
comments and one discussion thread per group member.
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PART 4: ADDING CONTENT ON YOUR WIKI SITE
Here are a few pointers to help you with adding content on your Wiki site:
4.1 Wiki Edit Controls
If at any point, you are missing the editing controls for your wiki, you can toggle between edit/view mode by clicking the
“Show Wiki Controls” button on the top‐right side.
4.2 Creating Wiki Pages
You can create a new page by clicking the “+” sign beside the “Pages & Files” option in the navigation column of the page.
Provide a name for the page that will be used in the navigation menu of your wiki. In addition to the page name, also add
relevant content tags that will serve as a basis to index your new wiki page.
Each person in the team should create at least two wiki pages for which they will act as the primary author. Additionally,
both members should contribute to the main Wiki Homepage. Remember that each page on your wiki should have at least
two paragraphs of content with any additional multimedia (videos, images etc.) that you want to include on the page. If you
obtain content from other websites, please acknowledge this with a link to the original source. You can list the links to these
sources at the bottom of your wiki pages.
4.3 Editing Wiki Pages
To edit each new created page, click the “Edit” button on the top right side of the content frame. The first view will always be
the visual editor. If you wish to edit the page using the backstage Wikitext Editor, click on the “WikiText Editor” in the
dropdown menu beside the “Save” button as shown below.
4.4 Formatting Content on your Wiki Pages
Part of your assignment grade will be based on the structure and presentation of your wiki content pages. Please make sure
you utilize text formatting tools such as fonts, bulleted and numbered lists, horizontal rules (separators) and section headings
as you proceed with adding content on your wiki.
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4.5 Adding Images on your Wiki Pages
In addition to text content, your wiki should include graphics and images to add richness to your site. You can add an image
by clicking the “File” button in the visual editor toolbar. You can either upload your own image files, or use a link to an
externally hosted image file. You are required to have at least one image on the main Wiki page, and at least two other
images anywhere else on the Wiki site.
4.6 Associating Tags with your Wiki Pages
Tags allow you to index the various content pages on your wiki using relevant keywords. Multiple pages on the wiki can be
assigned the same tags, and looking up these tag keywords would then bring up those pages. You should assign tags to at
least three pages in your wiki space (ideally, all pages should have tags). You can do this by going to a specific page and
opening up the more options “…” menu. By clicking Tags, you can start entering keywords separated by a comma to assign
different tags with that page. Click “Save” when done.
4.7 Refreshing Links in the Navigation Menu
After creating your new wiki pages, you may need to refresh the navigation menu on the wikispace. You can do this by
clicking “edit navigation” “edit navigation page” at the bottom of the right‐hand navigation sidebar. The editor will open
with the current navigation, and you may see the “Include Navigation” widget box already inserted in the visual editor
window. To refresh your navigation list, you can delete the current box, and click on the “Widget” menu, and use the “Insert
Navigation Widget” option in the “WIkispaces” group to add it again.
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As an alternative, you can click on “edit navigation” on the right menu, and then within the content frame, click on “Insert
Link” as shown below. You can insert hyperlinks to your wiki pages, as well as any relevant external pages as you deem
appropriate. This method will provide more flexibility over labels for your links that you would like to appear in the right
navigation menu.
4.8 Creating Links to your other Wiki Pages on your main Wiki Homepage
As you start creating different pages on your wiki and populate them with content, you should include links to these pages on
your wiki’s right navigation menu, as well as on your wiki homepage.
To link each page from your homepage, go to your homepage, open the visual editor (click “Edit” on the top right), and
create links on the page by clicking on the “Link” button in the editing toolbar. Make sure that the labels for the links that
appear on your homepage make sense to the reader at first glance.
4.9 Creating a Tag Cloud on your main Wiki Homepage
Once you have created new content pages on your Wiki, and associated some tags with these pages, you should insert a tag
cloud on your main Wiki Homepage to allow easy access to those
content pages.
To do so, go to your homepage, open the visual editor (click “Edit” on the top right), and use the Widget button on the wiki
editor toolbar. Under the Wikispaces widgets sections, select “Tag Cloud”. Clicking the “Embed Tag Cloud” button will include
the widget in your page. You can save the page and view your tag cloud. Please note that if you add more tags on your Wiki
at a later point, you might have to refresh your Tag Cloud by removing and re‐inserting it in your Homepage.
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PART 5: ADDING WIDGETS TO YOUR WIKI (RSS, YOUTUBE, AND OTHER THIRD‐PARTY)
A widget is some reusable web content of functionality that you can plug into virtually any website. In this assignment, you
are asked to include widgets such as RSS feeds and YouTube videos. Furthermore, you are required to find other third‐party
widgets to include in your Wiki.
5.1 Embedding RSS Feeds
Find an RSS feed pertaining to your theme or topics
For this part, you need to find and incorporate an RSS feed pertaining to your theme or topics. For instance, go to your
favourite news site, and search for the icon or links to RSS Feeds for the site. Alternatively, you can conduct a Google
search for specific types of RSS feeds or sites. Once you have found the RSS feed that you like, copy the URL of the RSS feed.
Sometimes, you may have to right click on the link or the RSS feed icon and select “copy shortcut” or “copy link location” or
“copy link address”.
Add the RSS feed to your wiki homepage
Once you have the URL of the RSS feed, you can add the RSS feed using one of the following methods:
1. Using Text Editor and coding: To add an RSS feed by coding, you must enter the Text Editor and place the line of code for
the RSS feed.
Using the above example, the code would be as follows:
[[rss url=”http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml” title=”BBC News”
number=”5″ description=”true” date=”true” author=”true” length=”75″ enclosure=”true”]]
For more information on adding an RSS feed to your page, please visit: http://www.wikispaces.com/wikitext+rss.
2. Using visual editor: You can use the Widget button on the wiki editor toolbar to add the RSS feed to your page. Paste the
URL, and then configure the parameters as you deem fit.
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Feel free to experiment with the parameters of embedded RSS feeds to enhance the look and feel of your wiki page.
5.2 Adding a YouTube Video
For this part, you will incorporate a YouTube video relevant to your theme or topics. Like RSS feeds, there are two ways to
add videos to wikis.
1. In the Text Editor: When you are watching the video on YouTube, you will notice the address is something like this
with the id of the video (highlighted in bold).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsKZGOxNKw
You can embed the video in your wiki page by using the text editor and putting in a line of code as shown below
with the id of the youtube video and your desired dimensions of the embedded video.
[[media type=”youtube” key=”uEsKZGOxNKw” width=”500″ height=”400″]]
2. In the Visual Editor: After you click on the “Widget” button on the page editing toolbar, select video from the popup
window. Go to YouTube, click the “Share” option, and copy the “Embed” code of the video. Paste the Embed code
in the appropriate text box on the Wiki as shown below:
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5.3 Adding Other Third‐Party Widgets
In addition to RSS feeds and YouTube videos, you are required to source other third‐party widgets that you can include on
your own Wiki. A simple Google search may lead you to different possibilities. Typically, the website where you will find the
widget will include instructions for getting the widget code and embedding it in your site. Once you find the widget code that
you would like to embed in your Wiki site, click the “Widget” button, and select the “Other HTML” option to paste and save
the widget code on your Wiki page.
PART 6: STRUCTURING & FORMATTING YOUR WIKI PAGES
As specified earlier, part of your assignment grade will be based on the structure and presentation of your wiki content.
6.1 Adding a Table of Contents to All Wiki Pages
The objective of this part of the assignment is to structure and format your wiki pages, and add a table of contents. In order
for a table of contents to work, you must format your pages properly using the visual editing tool. To make a piece of text on
a wiki page into headings, select it and go to the toolbar to change its formatting into one of different heading levels.
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Once you format the titles and section headings according to topics and subtopics on your wiki pages, you are ready to add a
table of contents. You can add it in two ways:
1. Using the Text Editor: enter the text editor, go to where you would like to insert the table of contents and put the
following simple line of code:
[[toc]]
2. Using the Visual Editor: You can click on “Widget”, and then select “Table of Contents” within the “Wikispaces” group to
add the table of contents. You are required to include a regular Table of Contents on each page, but you are welcome to
additionally also include a Flat Table of Contents in some places of the Wiki page. This is a useful feature for longer wiki
content pages.
If you have formatted your page properly, you should now see a table with the main headings aligned to the left, secondary
headings indented and tertiary headings indented even more. Experiment with different types of formatting until the table of
contents presents the logical flow of content on your wiki page.
6.2 Formatting Content on your Wiki Pages
You are also required to utilize text formatting tools such as fonts, bulleted and numbered lists and horizontal rules
(separators) as you proceed with adding content on your wiki. These features are available in the visual editor toolbar. Each
wiki page should have at least two instances of using these features.
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6.3 Adding Text Tables
In addition to the free‐flowing text content, you are required to organize and structure some text on the Wiki site in the form
of a table. While you are free to use tables wherever you like on any of your pages, you are required to provide at least one
text table on the main Wiki Homepage. This table should contain links to your other Wiki pages, their brief descriptions, any
specific features that are used on those pages, and the primary and secondary authors of those pages.
The table would look something like this (with all details and more formalized, nicely formatted):
Most table controls are accessible in the Edit mode through the table icon that appears when your cursor is positioned inside
the table.
For additional information on how to work with tables, consult the resources listed in Part 1 of this document.
PART 7: THE HEART OF A WIKI – COLLABORATION
The purpose of a wiki is to facilitate collaboration of multiple individuals on a project. The ability to edit someone else’s work
is at the heart of using a wiki as an online content space for group projects. You are required to collaborate on the design and
content of the entire Wiki site and utilize the “Comments”, “Revision Log”, and “Discussion” features of Wikispaces as noted
below.
7.1 Collaboration Across the Wiki Site
Firstly, both team members should contribute to the design and content of the main Wiki Homepage. Additionally, each
group member should perform at least three editing operations across the other member’s wiki pages. You can contribute to
their wiki pages by adding text, creating tables, formatting text, placing a table of contents or relevant RSS feeds etc.
Essentially, you can be creative, but respect the wishes of your colleagues, and the scope of their wiki page while
collaborating on their wiki pages.
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7.2 Comments & Revision Logs
When saving changes to your group member’s wiki pages, make sure that you comment about the change that you are
performing. You can do this by using the “Save with Comment” option in the “Save” drop‐down menu in the editing toolbar.
Your comments should now appear in the revision log of the wiki page. Each edit operation by the secondary author should
have a comment associated with it.
You can view the history log by clicking on the “Revisions” button on top right of the wiki page (after the page is saved).
7.3 Discussion Features
In addition to the Comments feature, you can also use the “Discussion” feature available at the bottom of every page to
communicate page changes to colleagues, or to provide other relevant comments about wiki pages.
Each team member is required to create at least one discussion thread across the Wiki site, and the other team member is
required to follow‐up in these threads with their comments.
Discussion threads can be viewed by clicking the “Discussion” button on top of the content frame for every page.
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PART 8: WIKI ASSIGNMENT CHECKLIST
Your assignment will be graded on the basis of the tasks described in the previous sections, as well as how well you
collaborate as a team on your wiki site. These are the criteria to be used for grading of your wiki assignment:
/ GRADING CRITERIA
Proper creation of a main wiki homepage that provides a profile of both authors (i.e. team members), their
programs and year of study, and a description of the wiki theme and topics.
A text table on the main Wiki homepage contains links to all wiki pages along with their descriptions, features, and
authors and contributors. This table will be used by TAs to navigate to other pages with specific features that will be
graded as part of the assignment.
A tag cloud on the main Wiki homepage showing all tags used on the Wiki site.
At least four other wiki pages with links from your wiki homepage, and from the navigation menu.
An up‐to‐date navigation menu with working links to all wiki pages.
Tags associated with at least three pages on the Wiki site.
At least one image on the Homepage and at least two images used anywhere else on other wiki pages.
One or more RSS Feeds on any of the Wiki pages (pages with RSS feeds should be identified on the Homepage).
One or more embedded videos on any of the Wiki pages (pages with videos should be identified on the Homepage).
At least one third‐party widgets on any of the Wiki pages (pages with videos should be identified on the Homepage).
Table of contents (toc) on all Wiki pages including the wiki homepage. Your wiki pages should be logically organized
into sections that are accessible through the table of contents.
At least two instances of formatted and/or structured text on each wiki page. This can include fonts, colors,
bulleted/numbered lists, horizontal rules (separators), text tables etc.
At least one discussion thread created by each group member anywhere on the wiki site, and responses by the
other group members in each of these threads.
At least three edits by each member on the pages created by their other group member, and the use of comments
feature to maintain a revision log for these pages.
An invitation to join the Wiki sent to the course TA using the generic address: ADM1370TA@gmail.com
PART 9: WIKI ASSIGNMENT DELIVERABLES & SUBMISSION
One team member will submit the assignment through Brightspace before 11:59:59 PM Sunday, February 4th, 2018. Your
submission must include:
1. The name and student ID of both team members ;
2. The team number (from Brightspace)
3. The link to the Wiki site
4. A note confirming that you have sent a wiki invitation to the course TA on the email specified in the assignment
(see above)
