Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified mark-up language. For example, the collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia is one of the best known wikis.  Today some companies use wikis as their only collaborative software and as a replacement for static intranets.

Wiki’s for student use are available through blackboard as an option on each course.  The course administrator will need to activate the wiki tool.  Once activated the students can access the Wiki by clicking on the Wiki Tool at the base of the menu on the left hand side of the page.   

To make a change to a page you must first click on the Edit option on the right hand side of the page 1. The history link, also in 1, will show who has made changes and when.
Anyone who makes a change to a page will be listed as a contributor on the right 2.
To see the privacy options go to the bottom of the page on the right. In the privacy section you can see who can look at any changes you make. This will most likely be everyone on your course 3.