This month, we want to introduce you to BOSCO, an organization using wikis and technology to help give the isolated and war-affected people of Northern Uganda a voice in the global community. BOSCO was founded three years ago by Gus Zuehlke, a Catholic minister from Indiana, after he visited several Internally Displaced Persons camps in [...]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
Over the last couple of months, we’ve been making Wikispaces even more intuitive and effective for your daily work. You now have a more powerful tagging system, an easier to use File Upload tool, the ability to save your wiki pages as PDFs, and more.
According to one of our long-time users, Glenn Zucman of USC, [...]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 7 Comments »
You can now save and print all the hard work you do on your wiki as an elegant PDF to share with others. If you are planning a conference, collaborate with your colleagues on your wiki to put together that killer welcome pamphlet and then print it for all the participants. Or if you’re a [...]
Our new wiki template feature for Wikispaces Private Label lets you create wiki templates that your users can use when they create wikis on your site.
If you are creating e-portfolio wikis for each student, lower the barrier to getting started by giving each student a pre-structured wiki. Or, if you are setting up regional offices [...]
Posted in Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 3 Comments »
Our newest changes to our image and file upload tool let you more easily manage, sort, and locate your files. You can now:
Upload your files easily with our more intuitive interface.
Search for your files or images by name.
Tag your files and then search for any files with that tag.
These improvements make it easier for you [...]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 4 Comments »
Your “Recent Changes” page has a snazzy new look which allows you to better monitor and manage the activity on your wiki.
Whether you are just beginning your wiki or you’ve been actively using it for a while, Recent Changes has always been a great place to see the recent edits or discussion posts on your [...]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Our latest changes to the link tool will make it even easier to impress your colleagues with what your wiki can do.
You now don’t need to know any special code or tricks to have your links open in new windows. Simply edit your page and go to the “Insert Link” tool in the toolbar. Whether [...]
Posted in Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
Our references feature is now easy enough for anyone to use. Instead of using wikitext to cite your sources, you only need to point and click to have your references added to the page.
To add a reference note:
Edit your page and place your cursor where you’d like your reference marker to go.
Click on the “Embed [...]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on September 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
You can now resize and align your widgets in the same simple way you resize your images. You no longer need to struggle with that oversized calendar that creeps beyond the edge of your page or try to figure out how to make that poll sit to the left of your text. You can edit [...]
Join us at 4pm PDT today, September 15th for our monthly education webinar. We’ll show you some useful features for educators and introduce you to Cari Wilson.
Cari will be sharing several of her award-winning wikis with you, including an informational wiki about her home town and the 2010 Olympics at http://olympic-project.wikispaces.com and a virtual [...]
