IT Services

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Wiki is a tool and method for collective media, which can be used to produce interactive WWW-pages in e.g. group work (wiki). The administrator of the workspace can assign its users, whom are able to edit areas that the administrator has given rights for.

*Wiki in Metropolia*
Wiki is mostly used for teaching, project communications and think tank activities in Metropolia. Currently, there are almost three hundred collaborative workspaces  in our wiki. Most of them are open for the entire staff and students of the school. You can see the list of the workspaces on the front page ("Dashboard") of the Metropolia wiki at [https://wiki.metropolia.fi|https://wiki.metropolia.fi&nbsp]

The Metropolia wiki is operating on the platform of Confluence. Basics of the software are on the Confluence [info page|itservices:Confluence Wiki]. 

*How to get started?*
Students and employees are able to create wiki spaces for personal or collaborative use.

More instructions about creating a wiki page are in the [Quick Quide|itservices:Quick Guide]. 

You may create a new collaborative wiki space for studies (including projects, reports and think tank activities). Collaborative spaces must be initialized at the IT Services before taking to the use.  Send a free-form  request to Helpdesk ([https://hd.metropolia.fi]).

It is recommended to write your thesis on your personal wiki space. 

*Larger perspectives to wiki*
You may read the basics of wiki in the Wikipedia article:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]


Wikis in education:
[http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/|http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/]
[http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles+and+Resources|http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles+and+Resources]
[http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Education|http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Education]


*More about social media in Metropolia*
Twitter account of Social Media:
[http://twitter.com/sosiaalinen|http://twitter.com/sosiaalinen]


Most of the news item on the Twitter account are in English, some are in Finnish.  

*For more information*
Petri Silmälä/IT Services
petri.silmala@metropolia.fi

[confluguide:Wikin käyttö Metropoliassa]


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