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Wikispaces

= What is it? = Wikispaces is a web 2.0 tool. It is a hosting service, otherwise called a wiki farm. It is based in San Francisco and was launched in March 2005, by Tangent LLC and supports a vast amount of wikis as well as users.

= **What are hosting services and wiki farms?** = Internet hosting services are services that run Internet serves, allow organizations and individuals to give content to the Internet. Internet hosting provide servers where clients can run anything they want, and have Internet connections with good upstream bandwidth. A wiki farm is an array of servers that offer users tools to simplify making wikis. With a wiki farm you can: maintain servers and establish space on servers, correlate codes on servers, and open, create and edit wikis.

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= Why do people use Wikispaces? = Educators can use Wikispaces to post homework assignments, have an interactive classroom discussion, collaborate with an international classroom, communicate with parents and others, or even provide wikis for individuals to discuss ideas and share their feedback. Businesses men and women use Wikispaces to organize schedules and projects ad to create forum to interact with customers. For non-profit purposes, Wikispaces can help you organize activities, collaborate with various levels of your organization, share documents and resources with co-workers, and engage your members and volunteers.

= How can I get started? = To use Wikispaces, you need an account which you can sign up for. There are different types of plans available for groups including a basic one, plus, super, and private label. Basic is free, plus is five dollars a month, super is twenty dollars a month and private label is 1000 dollars a year for 100 users. Basic, plus, and super permit an unlimited amount of users and an unlimited amount of pages and messages. Basic, plus, and super allow one individual wiki, private label allows unlimited. Basic and plus allow 2 GB of file storage, super is five gb and private label is unlimited. The maximum file size for basic is 10 MB, for plus, it is 20 MB, for super its 50 MB, and for private label, its 100 MB.



How do I make an account? All you have to do is go to www.wikispaces.com, and on the corner of the screen there will be a box where you can make a username, password, and you have to type in your email address. When you hit enter, and everything is successful, you will be prompted to make a wiki. You can create a wiki on your own terms. If you have created a wiki, click on the following links to learn what you can do on this user-friendly website!

= = =Click here to find out how to use the Page Editor= =Click here to find out how to use the Page Tab= =Click here to find out how to use the Discussion Tab= =Click here to find out how to use the History Tab= =Click here to find out how to use the Notify Me Tab= =Click here to find out how to manage your wiki=