WIKI: A Solution for Thesis

Supervisors

HanantoUniversitas Pelita Harapan

hananto@uph.eduhttp://hananto.pbworks.com

Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia (KIMLI 2009)

Batu, Malang, 5-7 November 2009

Topics:

Introduction PBWorks Setting up a Wiki Discussion

Introduction

Wiki: a new topic Wiki: collaborative online

documents Thesis writing = a collaborative

writing project Easy to set up and free (need to be

internet-literate, though)

PBWorks

Wikis: MediaWiki (http://mediawiki.org) Wikihost (http://wikihost.org) PBWikik/PBWorks (http://pbworks.com

)

PBWorks Features (1)

Collaborative Page Editing Document management & file

sharing Complete history and audit trail Easily invite others to collaborate Automatic notifications Access Controls

PBWorks Features (2)

Quick setup Point-and-Click Editor Tags and Folders Automatic Backups Storage Space

Setting up a wiki for thesis supervisors

1. Create a free wiki site 2. Create a list of thesis writers (and

announcements)3. Create a page/work space for

each of them4. Make a link5. Invite the thesis writers6. Provide some basic training

Illustration

Name 1Name 2Name 3Name 4Name 5Name 6

Name 1TOC

Name 2TOC

Name 3TOC

Name 4TOC

Name 5TOC

Name 6TOC

Sample: Front Page

Sample: A Work page/space

Sample: Comments

Final Remarks:

End of Slide: Thanks. Any questions? Need a free workshop?