Free_Educational_Wikis

Free Educational Wikis. When you are already a member of a Wiki you can't create a Free Educational Wiki from the home page of Wikispaces, or from the CVCOSS wiki where it says "Create a new wiki" To get one of the free wikis. 1. Log into CVCOSS wikispaces.com (or any other wiki you are a member of) as usual 2. Type or copy this address into the Address bar in Internet Explorer - [] or just click on this link. Fill in the Make a New Wiki box. The Wiki MUST be private for student use or the department will not unblock it. Make sure you tick the For Educational Use box or you will have to pay for the wiki.

To get the Dept to unblock your wiki for student use, click on the following link for information.

Staff Members can make a request to have a website blocked or allowed as follows 1. Log into Portal 2. Click on My Applications Tab 3. Scroll down to the Internet Filtering - Web Filter Check link 4 Select Site Management then Filtering Information 5. Click **here** in the second sentence as below =Internet Browsing and Filtering= Information on Internet Browsing and the filtering service can now be found at: [] Staff Members can make a request to have a website blocked or allowed by clicking [|here]

Copy (and edit if necessary) the following text and paste into the Reason box.
 * 1) The wiki is private
 * 2) All users are registered and password protected so that anonymous contributions are not possible.
 * 3) All contributions are moderated by the Teacher Administrator
 * 4) The wiki content relates directly to syllabus content.
 * 5) The Teacher Administrator is accountable for all material on the site.
 * 6) Teachers do not delegate their responsibilities to students or parents.
 * 7) Identifying details of students and privacy are adequately protected.
 * 8) Cyberbullying is dealt with through the school’s discipline policy.
 * 9) The site is correctly maintained to ensure there are no inappropriate links eg advertising
 * 10) The site will be terminated when it is no longer required.
 * 11) DET copyright policy is followed.
 * 12) The Principal is informed and has access.