This wiki supports ENGL 3179/5179 Elements of E-Rhetoric, taught as a face to face course at Bemidji State University. It is managed by M C Morgan, and housed on biro, a server for wikis and a couple of weblogs. The content is created by students in the courses, and develops over each semester.

Users and authentication

This wiki is open to reading by anyone. Because this wiki is used for university education, writing and editing privs are limited by a password. Authors must use a name when they edit, but there is no verification of identity or formal login. Writers are responsible.

Copyrights

Content rights on this wiki are reserved under a Creative Commons license. Content may be used and redistributed freely for noncommercial purposes, as long as it is attributed (to an author if named, or to the wiki if no author is named). Content may not be altered without permission of the authors. All are free to link to this wiki as long as the content appears in its own browser window. Linking into a frame - even for non-commericial purposes - is considered derivative and requires permission. Contact mmorgan at bemidjistate dot edu for information and permissions.

Organization

This wiki uses groups to organize pages. Each participant has her own group. Most of the instructional materials are in the Elements group. The group labeled Main contains all-wiki pages: StyleGuide, SandBox, GettingStarted.

Other categories

• Tools: pages for searching, showing recent changes, index...
• Other Courses: links elsewhere
• BSU Bypass: direct links to pages elsewhere at BSU.

This wiki supports SubPages, which allows users to concatenate a new page to an existing page. SubPages allows users to expand the number of unique page names and to organize their individual work.

Other wikis nearby

• ENGL 3177/5177 Weblogs and Wikis: Weblogs and Wikis
• ENGL 3530/5530: Teaching Writing with Technology TWWT Wiki
• ENGL 4169/5169 Web Content Writing (prerequisite: ENGL 3177 or 3179): WCW
• ENGL 4170/5170 Web Design for Content Writers (prerequisite ENGL 3179 or 4169):

History

• Started spring, 2005
• Revised and organized summer, 2005.
• Skinned with Lean skin. Some link color and frame mods.
• Re-skinned with default skin. Participant groups started, category terms started, spring - summer, 2006.