Kelly+Granfield


 * Compare and contrast the following features: || [|Wikispaces.com] || [|Pbwiki.com] || Overall ||
 * How easy is it to set up?

How easy will it be to invite others? || It took no time at all to sign up for an account.

Once signed up, there are easy-to-understand directions as to how to set up/edit pages.

You can easily invite others to by entering in their email address or username; other members can request to join as well with your choice to accept/reject. || It took no time at all to sign up for an account.

Once signed up, the homepage to begin creating the wiki was very busy; there are the main instructions to edit listed on the right, though the whole page is filled.

You can easily invite others to by entering in their email address; other members can request to join as well with your choice to accept/reject. || Both were easy to set up and to invite others to join. The layout overall was much more simplified and easy to read for Wikispaces. ||  ||   ||
 * Explore the way the 2 wiki software handles editing:

Is it WYSIWYG?

Does it have: Templates? Automatic Headings? Comments? || What you see IS what you get.

There were ways to arrange the set up of the page with where you want the frames/bars, you can change the color scheme, and then you can make up and save your own template.

You create the heading right from the start.

There were areas to make notes on for the page history and add tags. || What you see IS what you get.

It allowed you to change colors, though only for three hours; beyond that or to add templates, you needed to upgrade your account to a paid status.

You create the heading right from the start.

A comments area is available as well as a place to list any tags. || Wikispaces’ editing features are simpler and FREE! ||
 * Version Control:

How is page history handled? || “Page history” is a tab at the top of the wiki.

Page history includes date, time, comparison feature (which lets you select two versions to compare and color codes differences), author, and then the comments field if any were entered in at the time of the edit. || Page history tab was harder to locate as it was smaller, though is right on the page.

Page history allows comparison of two versions, though it is much harder to evaluate and not as visual; it shows them in a different format, or just mentions “only formatting differences exist,” rather than letting you see what those differences are.

Comments are viewed on actual wiki, rather than in page history. || Wikispaces is more visual and set up simpler. ||
 * Discussion:

Is there a place to talk about the article outside? || If people talk about the article in a blog, there is a way to import the blog entry directly into the wiki. || N/A || Wikispaces ||
 * Subscription to articles:

How can you be notified of changes to the pages you contribute to? || “Notify me” is a tab at the top of the wiki.

On each page you can select a “monitor this page” button and select to receive RSS feeds of page edits and page discussion.

You may select a spade-wide notification of edits, discussions, or both to the entire wiki.

You can check graphs of usage statistics. || Notifications are sent to the user making the edit automatically, though may be disabled on the login page.

It does not appear other notifications can be made from the wiki creator.

For an upgrade fee, the user may access summary statistics. || Wikispaces has much more notifications ability. ||
 * Security:

How will you be able to control page edits? || Private – Only members of the space can view and edit. (You may upgrade security for a fee).

Protected – Anyone can view the wiki, though only members can edit.

You may check off to allow posts from non-members.

Public – Anyone on the internet can view and edit. || Default – Permissions are determined by roles assigned to the wiki.

Pages can be locked so only administrators can edit it.

Pages can be hidden so only administrators can see it.

Custom Security – Can customize who has exact access.

Public – Anyone on the internet can view. || Pbwiki.com seems better if you are looking for a more secure site for FREE ||
 * Contributions:

How can teachers see what each student has contributed to the wiki? || Through the notification features. • By checking the usage statistics and clicking on the members tab, they could see who performed edits or left messages. || Recent wiki activity in sidebar shows edits, comments, etc. and a timestamp of when they were added. Both seem to have a different way to access this feature. || If the teacher prefers RSS feeds, than wikispaces is the way to go. Both allow viewing from the wiki, whereas wikispaces will show the member listing on the usage statistics page, and Pbwiki gives the update of activity on the wiki overall. ||
 * ||  ||   || Overall selection Wikispaces, for sure!! ||