User:Eas4200c.f08.wiki.c/homework report 1

Reasons for Using Wikiversity for Homework Submission
The Aerospace Structures class will be using Wikiversity in order to submit homework due to the versatility of the mediawiki software. Instead of having to meet in one place to collaborate, the group will be able to just post their part in their user web space and everyone else in the group will be able to view and edit in any additional information they have on the subject. Also, any other group will be able to see the other groups pages and share information.

The structure will be even better if it is carried out in future years as any subsequent classes will have the previous years work to look at.

Also, since the student is already on Wikiversity, it will be easier for him or her to investigate the subject further by looking at any related Wikipedia pages.

Dangers of Using Wikiversity
A downside to using Wikiversity is that any one will be able to see your work and change it. This includes people who are not in the class, and the student is asked to keep an eye on their page at all times to make sure no vandalism has been done to their work. Also, any other group in the class could steal another groups work and post it as their own since it's freely available on line. One way around this is for TA's to cross check the work of one group against every other group, but this won't guard against a group rewording the work of another group and doing the same thing. The suggested way around this is to wait until right before the homework is due to post it on line.