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A comment on the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

However, we are working on addressing this issue differently on non-edu wikis :-D – Joel Franusic, on September 02, 2008 23:04

A comment on the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

Hi Tim, this is an edu-only feature, and there are not plans to use it any differently. – Rachel Pennig, on September 02, 2008 22:39

Tim replied on September 02, 2008 21:55 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

Rachel... Are there plans for making the useful feature available for anybody?

Rachel Pennig replied on September 02, 2008 13:48 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

Hi MrGibbs, if you are using an educational 2.0 wiki, we offer something called Classroom Accounts - this allows you to generate user names and passwords for your students - no email addresses required. Check it out by going to "Settings" and then "Users"

mrgibbs replied on September 02, 2008 06:16 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

I too see this as a problem. Some parents won't allow kids to have email addresses. Thus I can't require pbwiki participation in my younger-student classes. I thought of having one email address of my own and let them all use it. I don't know if that would work, but it would not help me know who is posting. I guess pbwiki is not a service for small children. It's an adult resource.

Cardinal4 replied on May 30, 2008 01:49 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

This problem is why I'm not using PBWiki. Even if the wiki I'm using right now doesn't have preformatted text, I'm still not using PBWiki. It's better for the users when there's annonymous logins. That's what a wiki is about.

Tchalvak replied on May 29, 2008 19:18 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

The "guest" email and password can simply be published in the "this will be seen on the logon page" textbox of the pbwiki settings, so no-one has to remember it.

Annoyingly this does require us (pbwiki creators) to go to an outside system and create a completely separate email address to deal with the new constraints that have been added to the pbwiki login system, instead of having an option within pbwiki to add a guest login.

Becky marked one of Clif's replies in PBwiki as useful. Clif replied to the question "Classroom Access".

Clif replied on May 29, 2008 04:48 to the question "Classroom Access" in PBwiki:

If you don't intend for the students to have email addresses, then your best bet is to use an older version of PBwiki (our 1.0 version).

That way you can simply share the invite key with the students. In our now standard 2.0 wikis, you must register at http://my.pbwiki.com with a legitimate email address.

There is a work-around that allows you to add people to a 2.0 wiki even if they don't have a real email address.
http://getsatisfaction.com/pbwiki/top...

To create a 1.0 wiki, you can go to http://pbwiki.com and make sure that the 2.0 check box is not checked as shown in this image.
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/96...

I have some older FAQs on how to use 1.0 wikis for a classroom.
http://help4all.pbwiki.com/ClassRoomW...

You can find out more about Educational wikis here:
http://educators.pbwiki.com/

Here are the help pages for PBwiki 1.0
http://newfaq.pbwiki.com

Here are the help pages for PBwiki 2.0
http://newfaq20.pbwiki.com

Becky replied on May 29, 2008 02:18 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

This is harder to use, with fewer editing options, and less access than a regular website. I like the idea of using a name and a password. Kids can remebr their names but a fake e-mail address and a password is way too much for any reasonable person to ask.

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