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Question about Confluence use
This is a question for those using Confluence. I have been asked if we can expand Confluence past our current project management and internal documentation use. The goal I have been given is to use Confluence campus wide for collaboration. Basically to use some of the Confluence social interaction functions (status updates, following, etc.) as a way to help faculty and students connect with others with similar interests. Apparently someone here saw a presentation at Educause about Going On, www.goingon.com. I’ve been asked to see how much of that same functionality is available in Confluence. Is anyone using Confluence in this way?
Thanks.
Thelma
Thelma Simons | Project & Process Management Office | KU Information Technology
The University of Kansas | 1001 Sunnyside Drive | Lawrence KS 66045
Phone: 785.864.0269 | Email: tsimons@ku.edu | Web: www.technology.ku.edu
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I can’t speak to GoingOn, but we do use Confluence as the campus wiki for anyone who wants it. Our IT dep’t is likely the largest user, but we have usage all over campus: academic departments, administrative departments, teams, public (to campus) documentation sites, etc.
We started rolling out SharePoint 2010 over a year ago, and there was some heartache as to how Confluence would carry on. There was a naïve belief that since SharePoint has a wiki feature, it should take over Confluence, but in fact, SharePoint’s wiki feature is weak and no substitute for a real wiki system.
Confluence is mainly used as “just a wiki”. We don’t really have integration or much above plain old wiki in it.
Aren
If you're looking for more social functions, you might look at SharePoint 2010 or 2013, where you can 'like' documents and whatnot. I'm not sold on social networking in the enterprise myself; we'll probably spend a lot of energy in trying to strip those features out. I'm not aware of Confluence being particularly strong on this front.
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