Wiki+Spaces

Wiki Spaces:

**Does this site require an Account? How hard was it to set one up?** Yes, you need an account to use this tool but it is very easy to set up.

**List the widgets you can embed on this wiki. How easy was it to embed something?** It is easy to embed widgets onto your wiki. Some you can embed are video, audio, calendars, and any other HTML.

**Can you add pages to your wiki? How easy is this to do?** You can add pages to your wiki easily just by clicking on the new page button.

**Can you modify text; making headlines larger, adding color, changing font? Rank the different tools as to ease of use for this. 1 being easy and 5 being difficult.** You can change headline sizes (1), adding color (1), and changing the font (1) to make it the way you want it.

**Does the wiki have ads? Is this distracting? Do some research for educational wikis is it possible to set up a wiki without ads?** The wiki has some ads on the side that are small but they are not too distracting. By paying five dollars per month you can get rid of these ads.

**Does the tool provide the opportunity for online discussions? How does it do this?** The does give you an opportunity to have discussions with people. There is a tab for it on the tool.

**Can you close the membership of the wiki? Or must it be open to the public? Which would be most appropriate for a class project.** This membership doesn’t have the option of being private, but you can monitor who private messages can be from. A closed membership would work well for school because it can be private from others.

**Can more than one person own or manage the site?** Only one person can manage the site unless the same username and password is shared with others.

**What rights do users of the sites have? Can you customize those rights? List some of the customizations.** There is not much that you can change or customize for this tool. But you are able to customize things such as when and what e-mails say when they get to you.

**How was the overall look and feel of this tool? Was it user friendly? Why? Was there available support? Where?** The over all feel of this tool was a bit confusing because it takes time to figure out what it does and how to use it. There was available support and help but it was a little vague.