About this wiki
This resource is operated and maintained by the Educational Technology Consultant's Group, which is part of Academic Computing, which is part of Information Services and Technology at MIT.
We're now – finally – running on the production server. Please make a note (or, better yet, a bookmark) of the new URL:
https://confab.mit.edu/confluence/login.action
The redirect on the old server (https://edtech-two.mit.edu/confluence/) will go away on May 9.
Enjoy, and please keep us (confluence-hq@mit.edu) informed of any problems.
How's it Work?
Confluence is segmented into 'Spaces'. A space can be either world readable or restricted, with varying permission levels, to members of a given group (or set of groups).
For instance:
You are currently in the 'Welcome to the Academic Computing Wiki', or 'TOP' space. This space is world-readable, but permissions are set such that anyone in the group confluence-users (anyone with an account) can add comments.
To get to any of the wiki's private spaces requires either:
- a valid MIT certificate
and - membership in a Moira group which has been granted access to the space
or, for non-MIT users..
- a Confluence username/password account (non-MIT users can register for an account via a link on the username/password login page)
and - membership in the appropriate Confluence group
(which must, for the present, be requested from the administrators)
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Space Setup
A wiki space needs to be requested and set up centrally. Contact confluence-space-request@mit.edu with the following information:
- Name and purpose of the space.
- Name of a person who will administer the space.
- Kerberos names of users who will have access to the space, or the name of an existing Moira group containing the users who will be granted access.
- For non-MIT users, email address and names.