Wiki Collaboration is a very useful way to share documents with others without having to go through an extensive set up process. This process enabled me as a student to have a location where I could place my documents and written material to be shared later with the class. The Wiki does not overlay previous documents that have been uploaded, so you will maintain all your prior versions and develop an archival of your revisions. This is also true when you write directly on the wiki site. Unfortunately, the Wiki does not handle updating the same document with different authors easily; only one person can update a document at a time. The Wiki will give you an error, unlike a sharepoint site where you have an option of opening a document for reading and be notified once the document has been released so you can update it.

When you collaborate your purpose is to complete a task as a team. The collaboration process requires you to coordinate and share various roles of the writing assignment. By using the Wiki you are able to share one writing document and this tool can be a big aid in the collaboration process. Sharing documents is one of the best ways you can communicate your work; sometimes when you email documents your email box runs out of space and can not handle the size of all the documents that you need to review. Also, by sharing the same document you do not need to combine different formats.

Collaboration is important when working as a team or group, and the Wiki is another useful tool that can make that process easy to accomplish.

Lilly