Wiki Software on Our Sever

In my district we're looking for recommendations for wiki software. We've used hosted solutions such as WikiSpaces, PBWiki, WetPaint, etc. We're looking for something that we will host with some of the same features such as these ease of use, attractive interface, education-friendly, etc. Free or for purchase.

Requirements:

1. Install and run on our server in district
2. WYSIWYG editing
3. Page history
4. Ties to LDAP or ActiveDirectory for single sign-on

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Permalink Reply by April Hayman on December 14, 2009 at 7:49pm

Have you looked at Mediawiki? It's the open source wiki that Wikipedia uses.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 15, 2009 at 4:18am

Thanks April. Yes, I have installed Mediawiki and found that it was not especially easy to use from a teacher's point of view. I don't remember exactly what it was but I don't think it had a WYSIWYG editor.

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Permalink Reply by April Hayman on December 17, 2009 at 6:36pm

It doesn't have a very nice one and the learning curve can be steep. You may try opensourcecms.com which allows you to fiddle around with several open source wikis before you download.

One not included yet, either here or on opensourcecms.com, is XWiki. I have not tried this one myself but it looks very promising.

Best~
April

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 15, 2009 at 4:18am

Hi, and thanks for the reply. Haven't tried MoinMoin, but I'll give it a look. BTW the link doesn't work.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 16, 2009 at 4:32am

Worked for me, too. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Zach Vander Veen on December 16, 2009 at 10:00am

I recommend Tikiwiki. I love it and it fits your requirements.

It takes a bit of technological know how to get it set up. But end user experience (creating pages, uploading files, using a WYSIWYG) seems pretty easy.

To see how I used it in schools: http://zjvv.net/gradwork/portfolio/tikiwiki.php

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 16, 2009 at 10:43am

Thanks Zach. Your wiki looks great. I think we can handle the installation on our Linux server. Much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 18, 2009 at 6:10pm

Thanks Jeff. I agree Moodle is terrific. We have it installed on a server and have several middle and highs school teachers using it. Like you, I am a teacher and I "paved the way" by setting Moodle up on a Linux server, and once it was clear that there was sufficient interest the IT department set it up on one of our primary Apple X-Serve servers. Go for it!

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Permalink Reply by Tom Kennedy on December 19, 2009 at 4:01am

It does, but each wiki is limited to use within a particular course. So, if I had a course on 20th Century Drama, the wiki would could only be used in that course. When version 2.0 comes out, it is supposed to have improvements to the wiki and blog components.

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Permalink Reply by Zach Vander Veen on December 21, 2009 at 6:04am

It does. But it's not very good.

Moodle 2.0 will have a major wiki upgrade (based on NWiki). I believe 2.0 comes out in February.

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Permalink Reply by Mary Cooch on December 21, 2009 at 7:08am

Good luck with your Moodle Jeff. I agree re limitations of current Moodle wiki though. Moodle 2.0 and its improved wiki will only be in beta in Feb (at the earliest) and summer for stable release, so I guess that's a way off yet.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Sinclair on December 21, 2009 at 6:28pm

Hi Tom
Newbie replying here but have you tried wix -trialled it as online portfolios with my kids this year and it is easy as-drop and drag but very easy to integrate utube, facebook whatever. My kids are 11-12 yrs old and most had no trouble -some excellent interactive sites created using wix. More than wetpaint but adaptable.
Cheers jenny