What's a Wiki?
| Serality-based communities can use Wikis to store the accumulated knowledge of their members. A Wiki could be used to have a moderated place for members to recommend everything from vendors and local resources to restaurants or theater reviews. Another great use of a Wiki is to document policies and processes that need to be followed. This is especially valuable in a volunteer-based organization where you need to continually build a knowledge-base as you learn more. Wikis keep all the knowledge in your organization from ending up in the heads of a few key members. Sound familiar? You must register and login to use the collaborative tools. |
A term meaning "quick" in Hawaiian, that is used for a web-based tool that allows groups to share knowledge online. Wikis gather in one place original content, links to web pages, and downloadable documents all focused on a theme, project, or collaboration.
Boomer Bookends Article from Met Life
Sometimes you want to store an article or some comments that will accompany another document and report. You would want these to be searchable and easily accessed by keywords. So, for example, if I told you that there is a very interesting article by Metlife called Boomer Bookends, you could search the Wiki later to find some words in this blurb to get you to the page. You can also use tags and categories to manage your information too. Here is a link to the article.