Wiki Collaboration Space

Wiki is a collaborative writing tool but it should change some features and have additional features for e-Learning.

These are the common features of wiki:


 * 1) editing via browser (no need any special software)
 * 2) simplified wiki syntax
 * 3) rollback mechanism or history (also called versioning)
 * 4) strong linking (wiki page links to internal wiki page or external url)
 * 5) unrestricted access ( any body can create, edit, delete, link)

The above mentioned features combined make wiki as a collaborative writing tool. The following are elements of wiki:


 * Article or page (contents are organized into a page)
 * Edit button (that function to edit mode of a page)
 * Recent changes (Page to show certain number of recent changes to wiki pages)
 * Sandbox (Playground for new wiki users)
 * search functions (search by keywords)

Moreover, many schools already used wiki for collaboration in class and online course. The following are extended features of wiki for schools.


 * 1) User account and access control (Users have to register to write wiki pages)
 * 2) Page locking mechanism (If a user is editing, another user have to wait until he save the page)
 * 3) Timer (Time contraint for user in edit mode; not allow user in edit mode for a long time)
 * 4) Discussion (allow comments on a wiki page)
 * 5) Freeze content (After deadline, wiki page does not allow for editing)

This is my proposed features for wiki collab space in e-Learning. In addition to the standard features of wiki:

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 * Fine-grained permissions that can be set per space, per user roles
 * Support for groups and group rights
 * A comments feature on each page
 * Attachments on each page
 * Versioning for pages and attachments
 * WYSIWYG editor for content creations
 * Students’ contributions checking feature
 * Simplistic syndication into and out of the space (RSS), making integration with other social sof
 * A space-wide blog
 * Wiki space should embed in a course website

What else? Please update as much as you can