University Wiki Service
Welcome to the University Wiki Service
Please note: you will see the login button to the left even after you have successfully logged in.
To verify you are logged in, look for your initials or account picture in the top right corner of this page. If you are not logged in, you will see a login icon similar to the image below instead.
Atlassian will begin enabling the Confluence’s new navigation soon, to find out more please visit our documentation detailing the changes.
The University Wiki Service was migrated from wikis.utexas.edu to cloud.wikis.utexas.edu at the end of May 2024. All page links from wikis.utexas.edu are being redirected to the new site (https://cloud.wikis.utexas.edu) . Please update your bookmarks and any documentation hosted elsewhere, all links within the University Wiki Service were updated during the migration.
If you encounter any issues, please do not hesitate to reach out to us by emailing wikihelp@utexas.edu.
Training
Atlassian has create free training modules for Confluence Cloud, which is now hosted on the Atlassian Learning site:
Login Experience
When logging in to Confluence Cloud, please use your IID (Institutional Identifier, example: youreid@eid.utexas.edu) rather than your normal email address.
To avoid this process, please click the button labelled “Click here to log in with your UT EID” near the top of this page. This will avoid using your IID to log in.
To login please click the login button in the top corner of the screen:
You will be prompted to provide your email address, you will need to use your IID (youreid@eid.utexas.edu):
Once you enter your IID, you will be directed to UT Austin's Enterprise Authentication where you will use your EID and Duo to authenticate.
Confluence Cloud Welcome Experience
When successfully logging into Confluence Cloud for the first time, after verifying your email address, you will complete the Confluence Cloud welcome experience.
The first screen you will see is the welcome screen where you will be asked to describe what work your team does, you can skip this section.
You will then be asked to find a space that you normally work within. You can choose the space University Wiki Service if you do not have a wiki space you use regularly.
You will see a Welcome to Confluence Cloud Premium page next. This will introduce you to some of the new features within Confluence Cloud. Feel free to dismiss this section if you wish.
Next you may see an introduction to Content Formatting Macros for Confluence. This is a plugin which bundles many useful macros which has been used within the University Wiki Service for many years. Feel free to click No thanks if you wish.
Getting Started
To request a Wiki space for a university-affiliated group, project, or department, please submit the Group, Project, or Departmental Wiki Request Form.
To access and update your personal wiki space, follow these steps.
Help and Support
Please review the University Wiki Service Help Pages or the University Wiki Service Self Help page (on ServiceNow) for more information, or send an email to wikihelp@utexas.edu with your questions.
Trying to add new users to your Space? New users must log in at least once before they can be given permission to access your wiki.
For more information please visit: Creating a Confluence Account