This morning Leng Caloh, the Managing Online Editor for KPBS in Southern California, wrote us to let us know that they’re using PBwiki to coordinate reporting on the Southern California wildfires. “The wiki has been a godsend,â€? she said. “PBwiki has a great service and it’s helping us to serve the public!â€? Because it’s suchContinue reading “PBwiki free premium accounts for victims of Southern California wildfires”
Category Archives: General
Design Change – Tabbed Sidebars
Last week we made a simple but helpful change to the way you can access information on your sidebar. Our goal was 1) to introduce some quick steps new users can take to create a PBwiki and, 2) make it easier to access the information that is important to all wiki users – namely whatContinue reading “Design Change – Tabbed Sidebars”
PBwiki – a great complement to Blackboard!
I received this awesome email from Ann Randall, Projects Coordinator at Boise State University, and I couldn’t wait to share it with the PBwiki educator community. Check out the super innovative ways that Ann enhanced her existing classroom tool – Blackboard – by using a PBwiki. “Hi! I doubt this is unique, but I justContinue reading “PBwiki – a great complement to Blackboard!”
Tighter access control – My.PBwiki.com
We’re excited to announce the launch of our latest security feature, My.PBwiki.com, a fast way to log into your multiple PBwikis with one personal password and easily control access on your wiki. As a wiki Administrator the new My.PBwiki.com gives you unprecedented control over who is active on your wiki and what they are allowedContinue reading “Tighter access control – My.PBwiki.com”
PBwiki Changes
We’ve been receiving e-mails over the last few days asking about changes you’ve been seeing when creating a new wiki or simply when exploring pbworks.com. As a growing company, we’re constantly experimenting with ways to improve our site, and we’re always working to make the PBwiki experience even better than it is today. The changesContinue reading “PBwiki Changes”
Recommended Installation Options for Microsoft Office
Quick Tip. I just installed Office on my home computer, and thought I’d share a helpful hint. I recommend the following options when installing Microsoft Office on your computer: WARNING: Failure to disable Sharepoint may lead to missed expectations and general feelings of disappointment & disillusionment.
Team Video! How do we use our wiki — find out!
We’ve been hearing a lot of questions about how PBwiki can be used in the workplace. Rather than offer a boring list of suggestions, we’ve created this cool video to show how WE use PBwiki at our office. Here are some tips: 1) Don’t email documents to your coworkers and then try to manage andContinue reading “Team Video! How do we use our wiki — find out!”
101 ways to save time with a wiki! #2 – Notes, Notes, Notes!
When I was a student, I was a copious note taker. Where are those notes now? After moving from dorm to apartment to graduate school to San Francisco, those notes are nowhere to be found. Two hours of searching my parent’s attic I located my college photos, my old rice cooker, and several textbooks books.Continue reading “101 ways to save time with a wiki! #2 – Notes, Notes, Notes!”
101 ways to save time with a wiki – #1 Post it!
I agree with you! It’s a huge pain to keep track of shared office documents. I am forced to figure out – does this document reflect the most recent changes? Was this version approved by the board? Has the team signed off on this document? Grr! A wiki is a great way to cut downContinue reading “101 ways to save time with a wiki – #1 Post it!”
Super-handy new premium feature: Access via email
Here’s a great new feature especially handy for our businesses, education, and government users: Access-via-email lets you set an email domain, and anyone with an email under that domain can grant themselves Contributor access to your wiki. An example will make this a lot more obvious – here at PBwiki we run a bunch ofContinue reading “Super-handy new premium feature: Access via email”
