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proposed in P5 was to allow users to bookmark wiki page revisions with tags that are
individual or shared in the group. Tagging can be done as an integral part of day-to-day
work activity, for example tagging current page revisions, or retrospectively tagging
older page revisions based on current insights on what might be worth revisiting.
The wiki walkthrough tool (WWT) was developed, incorporating the above described
features. The WWT is a prototype plug-in to an existing wiki tool. It was integrated and
tested in the project wiki of the team developing the tool in the last phase of their
project. Various use scenarios of the tool were subject to expert evaluation (groups of
supervisors and customers). Some of the scenarios outlined use of the tool in project
management and some described pedagogical use (e.g. for project supervisors collecting
relevant information about a team‟s work throughout their project). The evaluation
indicated less enthusiasm for the project management potential of the tool and more for
its pedagogical potential. Also, it was suggested that the tool be extended to allow not
only bookmarking but also annotation of page revisions, e.g. to briefly explain what is
interesting about the pages. Figure 11 shows a screen shot from the tool. In the dialogue
window in the centre of the screen, the user is choosing to tag the present version of the
wiki page using the tag „gjennomgang‟ (in English: „examination‟ or „revision‟), which
is chosen from a list of recently used tags. In the window the user can also specify that
the tag is individual to that user (in this case „arnemart‟) and accordingly not shared
with, or visible to, the rest of the team.
Figure 11: Wiki Walkthrough Tool: adding a tag to the current version of a
page
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