Design+Suggestions

=Wiki Do's - Content & Design=

=Wiki Dont's - Content & Design=
 * Put citations on website for researched information.
 * Provide a central location where people can get information.
 * Use web 2.0 applications such as photo analysis.
 * Ensure that the page navigation is logical and as intuitive as possible.
 * Use images, this is one of the benefits of a web page.
 * Use creativity to pique interest
 * Include citings, author names where necessary
 * Can include numerous links and resources with ease of hyperlinks (and optional description).
 * Share resources and make them visible to multiple users (upload Word documents and PDFs).
 * Hyperlinks to [|websites,] audio files, video files and ability to access content and materials from anywhere!
 * Embed audio files/voice threads and [|video files] to utilize Web 2.0 features.
 * Can develop digital notebook with interactive capabilities (almost OneNote meets Moodle).
 * Display important information prominently or on its own separate page.
 * Streamline information that you are presenting.
 * Make access to the home page easy.
 * Make all of your features and navigation intuitive and/or obvious.
 * Gear your site to your audience (know your audience).


 * Put too much text on a single page, this lacks organization and is not interactive.
 * Put colors that clash or lack contrast.
 * Have a "tier two" site that does not invite students to edit the site directly.
 * Use a website just for the sake of using a website. (Example: slapping a paper onto a site just so you can tell your supervisor you met a PIP goal)
 * Use navigation tools that are hidden. (Example: sidebar)
 * Neglect good grammar, punctuation, spelling
 * Allow the style to distract from the purpose of the page
 * Avoid blank pages without description, if it's a public site.
 * Do not make a complicated navigation scheme ("link vortex").
 * Link to actual content, not to another link.
 * Do not clutter your wiki with bells and whistles for their own sake.
 * Do not hide or bury collaberative areas within too many links. (Make it easy to locate areas that students will frequently access.)