As I tweeted to Mike, if you disagree with (or otherwise want to comment on) the report and are a blogger it would be great to see your thoughts written up.  Please tag with 'sphe'.

We will find a way of linking to all such comments.

Alternatively, feel free to send your thoughts here and I'll collate them in some way.

Thanks,

Andy
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Managing institutional Web services [mailto:WEBSITE-INFO-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Nolan
> Sent: 26 January 2010 10:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Institutional wiki?
> 
> Hi Andrew and all,
> 
> I'm also interested in this as I don't think the SharePoint report
> tells the full picture of what's going on in HEIs.  Here's Edge Hill's
> answers:
> 
> 1. Do you have an institutional wiki?
> 
> Yes
> 
> 2. What software do you run?
> 
> Confluence and MediaWiki
> 
> 3. What is the wiki used for?
> 
> Confluence is integrated into our portal system to provide lightweight
> content- and document-management.  We're currently about half way
> through migrating departments into it.  Each department has its own
> wiki space facing outwards from the department to the rest of the
> university.  Departments also have the option of further team spaces
> for internal collaboration and project management.  By default, access
> is restricted to staff and students but we're rolling out external user
> registrations to a variety of external partners (e.g. mentors in
> schools and hospitals) which will give them access to certain parts of
> the portal and relevant Confluence spaces.
> 
> MediaWiki was requested by an academic department for use in relation
> to programmes but has so far not been used extensively.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> >>> Andrew Male <[log in to unmask]> 26/01/2010 08:24 >>>
> Hi,
> 
> I've just read the Eduserv report "Use of Microsoft SharePoint in UK
> Higher Education Institutions".
> 
> The report mentions competition from Google Apps but I also see a lot
> of
> overlap with wikis.  Would people be happy to answer the following if
> they have a little time?:
> 
> Bath's answers are included below.
> 
> 1. Do you have an institutional wiki?
> 
> Yes
> 
> 2. What software do you run?
> 
> Confluence
> 
> 3. What is the wiki used for?
> 
> Every registered user is free to create a space in confluence and make
> it public or private.  It's used by students, lecturers and research
> groups for a wide range of activities.  A number of service departments
> use it for project and document management.
> 
> Regards, Andrew Male
> 
> Web Development Manager
> University of Bath
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