Iskomunidad:About

iskWiki! is an open-purpose community wiki of the University of the Philippines. Hosted by the Diliman Interactive Learning Center, it is a platform for online collaboration. Coined by its developer, Jastinne Cesar Macalalad, iskWiki! is a portmanteau: isko/iska - refers to "Iskolar ng Bayan" (as the students of the University are sometimes referred to) + wiki. Login access uses the UP Webmail Account.

iskWiki! was launched in February 16, 2009. Vview Chancellor Cao's message, DILC's press release.

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Know more about the uses of iskWiki!!

Utilization

By far iskWiki contains mostly profiles of student organizations and some faculty members, student theses, posts on events, video and audio files. It has received unique 838,931 pageviews between 16 February 2009 (its launching) and 16 April 2012.

Staff

Jastinne Cesar Macalalad (Design and Customization)
Wen Moralejo (Product Manager)
Peter A. Sy (Project Management)

Volunteers

John Lemar Magbitang Tirao (Templates)

Recently Completed Features

media playlist player (see example)
the DILC Uploader - enables iskWiki users to upload large files, especially theses
"User Group"-only view and edit
read-only flipbooks

Roadmap

User Admin Module - enables the management of non-UPD users
Templates for book, lab manual, etc.
License-specific publication (creative commons, copyright, etc)
iskWiki! Health Dashboard (stats on edits by users, most edited pages, most-linked pages, etc)

iskWiki in the Press

UP Newsletter (Feb 2012)
UP Diliman Update (Oct-Dec 2008)

Readings