Wikiversity:Course protection policy

From Wikiversity

This page is a proposed Wikiversity policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. References or links to this page should only describe it as a "proposal".

In order to encourage participation, utilization, and content creation here at Wikiversity, educators and teachers at "brick and mortar" schools are encouraged to use Wikiversity as a place to teach students.

[edit] What Wikiversity offers

Wikiversity is a rather flexible platform for creating content, collaborating on content, and using content to teach and learning. There have a been a variety of ways that Wikiversity has already been used in traditional academic settings, and you are encouraged to experiment and play with different methodologies in order to come up with practices that work best for your environment and system.

[edit] Course protection

The wiki software that Wikiversity uses was designed to be open and with very little page management in mind so that almost anyone can edit any page. If you need a way to manage pages so only some people can access or contribute to a work a Content Management System may be a better solution than using Wikiversity.

When using pages to teach a course, you can add templates to the top of the pages to let other Wikiversity participants know that the pages are actively being used for a courage and to not edit the pages so the materials remain stable for the duration of the course. Other Wikiversity participants should be encouraged to fork and expand upon the material if they wish to use the work. Perhaps you will see changes in the forked content that you feel would benefit your students; if this is the case, then you are encouraged to incorporate them into the course.