how_to_wikidot

This guy has several YouTube videos on how WikiDot works:
http://www.youtube.com/user/drsamoore

I would still advocate having some sort of template for what info to put on a page. It makes things much easier to grade against a standard. You could however develop that template in consultation with the students (What kind of things do we need to know about each character?). Here's a link to the format I gave my students:
http://popmusicspring2010.wikidot.com/brackett-reports-description