I wasn't sure what would happen if two people/students were editing a wiki page at the same time. When I was reflecting on the mobile phones wiki a message came on screen that mentioned that someone was also editing and I was worried what would happen. I have linked a great site I found while looking into this query of mine, lots of questions and what ifs about wiki.
I have cut and pasted from this website the section that answered my question. Retrieved from http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help
"Your students will be notified if someone else is editing the page at the same time. If there are no conflicts in the students' changes, both sets of edits will be seamlessly merged into the page. If the changes do conflict, the following will happen:
1.When the first user saves his changes, the second user will receive a notification of this and will be able to view the changes.
2.The second user can view the changes to remove the conflict if she chooses.
3.If there is still a conflict when the second user saves the page, she will be notified that she is about to overwrite the first user's changes. She will have the option to continue or cancel.
If either student's edits are incorrectly overwritten, they can find their work or revert to an earlier version of the page on the History tab. If you still have problems, email help@wikispaces.com ."
Hi Steph
ReplyDeleteInteresting information about the editing of wiki's. I found when we used the Arts wiki last Term for an online chat that a similar thing occurred. One person would type and it would indicate who, however you would need to wait for this person to finish, then go back to the page to read the comments, with time delays this meant one person may have already responded and then moved on with something else. With more than two users it wasn't an effective communication tool. Cheers Michelle