QUT Wiki

What is the QUT Wiki?

The QUT Wiki is a simple, powerful tool for staff that lets you create and share pages, documents and rich content with your team. The QUT Wiki encourages collaboration between staff, as well as external users, by creating a single, searchable, organised repository of your team's knowledge.

Key wiki features:

• Instantly create and edit pages online
• Create a workspace for your own team or project
• Organise and structure your information easily
• Use labels and other features to better manage your information
• Follow team discussion threads
• Attach, search and view your documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and more)
• Use macros to create checklists, to-do lists, ballots, galleries and a wide range of other features
• Search the entire Wiki or individual spaces
• Receive notifications about the workspaces and content that matters to you
• Secure – each space can be locked down to your team only, with fine-grained access controls

Frequently Asked Questions

When is a wiki a better choice than a website?

Use a wiki space if you require quick and easy collaboration but do not need vetted official content. Additionally, no learning and teaching content should be delivered via the wiki, as it must be in QUT Blackboard.

The ease with which you and your team can update the wiki makes it ideal for all kinds of online collaboration, particularly capturing tacit knowledge.

A QUT corporate website is best suited for communicating explicit knowledge, and any piece of communication which should be formally considered and targeted at a specific audience.

In most cases a QUT website will be targeted at an external audience, students, potential students, etc, although it may also be targeted at staff. Wiki spaces will be targeted at staff with the occasional mixture of external collaborators and some anonymous content.

If in doubt about the platform your content would be best suited to, discuss with your website coordinator.

What can I use the wiki for?

Use a wiki space if you require quick and easy collaboration but do not need vetted official content.

How do I get a wiki space?

Submit a request for a Wiki Space via the Web Manual.

How do I become a wiki space administrator?

Ask your wiki space administrator to contact the Digital Communication team. If you don't know who your wiki space administrator is, contact us.

How do I set up and grow my wiki space?

Visit QUT Wiki Help to find out about granting people access, managing your content and wiki patterns.

Is there wiki training available?

Basic wiki training is scheduled twice a month, alternating between Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses. Register for training via StaffConnect, or find out more about wiki training.

Are there online tutorial resources available?

Yes, visit the wiki tutorials and user guides page for more information.

Is there governance associated with the wiki?

Yes, you can read the governance and management resources on the Web Manual.

Who do I contact about the QUT Wiki?

Contact the Digital Communication team to find out more about the QUT Wiki.