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This page is about how to use Moodle's wiki activity. It assumes you have [[Adding/editing a wiki|added/created a Moodle wiki]] and are ready to add your first page.  Editors note this page could be redirected from mod/wiki/view, a help page.


==Overview==
== Creating a new page  ==
[[Image:Wiki_tabs.JPG]]
A Moodle wiki has 4 tabs, the most commonly used tabs are view and edit.


==Adding a wiki page==
To create a new page, either type the page name between double square brackets <nowiki>[[page name]]</nowiki> OR you can select '''New''' from the Wiki menu PROVIDED if you have access to the Navigation block.  
There are several ways to add a new wiki page.  In later versions of Moodle, the course participant's privileges can affect adding or editing wiki pages.  First you will create a link to a page that does not exist, then the wiki will create the blank page which someone can edit.
=== From a Wiki page===
This is the easiest way to add a page (or the first one that worked for me!).  Participants in a Wiki can create a new page by editing an existing Wiki page and adding a Wiki link that points to the page they want to create.  A Wiki link is simply any character string enclosed in square brackets. The string is converted to a link by the following process:


# Click the ''Edit'' tab on the front page of the Wiki  
=== Hint: ===
# In the edit box type the title of the new page that you want to create.  Enclose the title text in a SINGLE set of square brackets. Like this(other wikis use double brackets, the Moodle wiki uses a single pair):  [[Image:Wiki non linked page example 1.JPG|center]]
The trick about using the Navigation block '''New''' option under your Wiki is that you will still need to copy and paste the name of the new page onto the immediate parent page and surround it with double brackets. This creates a link to your new page and makes it accessible from the main Wiki page.
# Click ''Save''.
Otherwise nobody will recognise the so called lost new page.
# The page you have just edited will now be displayed.  The words "My First Added Page" will be displayed with a question mark link immediately after it and may look like:[[Image:Wiki non linked page example 2.JPG|center]]
# Click on the "?" and you will be taken to an edit screen for a new page called:- "My First Added Page"
# Edit this new page with text as you will, and then click ''Save''. You just created a new wiki linkable page.
# Want to check the link by going back to the original Wiki page? 
##Click on the page link under "referring links" at the bottom of the new page in view mode.
##Another way is to click the ''- Choose Wiki Links -'' box, and then, from the drop down menu, select ''Site map''.  Click on the original page displayed on the screen. The words "My First Added Page" will have now become a link to your new page, a Wiki link.
# Bingo!


===Add by initial wiki creation===
== Wiki editing in general ==
When the teacher selects '''Wiki''' from the [[Adding resources and activities|Add an Activity
]] pull down menus in a course, they will be asked to create the first page.


===Add by using search ===
Depending on the type of the wiki, there are several possibilities to edit the page.
In some versions of Moodle (not in 1.8 standard), any participant (with correct privileges) of an existing wiki can enter the name of the page they would like to create in the Search box on a wiki page. For example they might enter the name "Roses".
But don't worry: The best thing of a wiki is, that nothing is lost. The old version will be there - and if someone changes your version of the page - your version will also be there.


: If the page already exists
== Markup language ==
::they will be taken to the page "Roses"
You miss all the formatting you know from other moodle activities?
: If the page does not exist, they will see:
That's because the wiki-type of your wiki is e.g. nwiki.
:: '''There is no page titled "Roses"'''
::They can create this page by clicking on the "create this page" link
::and begin editing the new page called "Roses"


==Editing a wiki page==
here are some markup hints from the early moodle 2.0 days: (nwiki promised to be close to [https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Help:Editing mediawiki-markup])
Editing the standard Moodle wiki is simple
* Click on the '''edit''' tag at the top of the wiki page
* Edit the text
* Then save the page, or preview the page before saving


* Remember that MoodleDocs is a different(more robust and complicated) kind of wiki than the standard Moodle wiki. Many MoodleDoc or WikiMedia wiki tags (See [[Help:Editing]]) '''may not''' work in the standard Moodle wiki in versions 1.8 and earlier.
<nowiki>''Bold text''</nowiki>
The standard help file gives the basics of editing in ErfurtWiki. See [http://moodle.org/help.php?module=wiki&file=howtowiki.html&forcelang=#createpages Moodle Help Docs on How to wiki]


==Wiki search==
<nowiki>'''Italic text'''</nowiki>
Wiki search ignores hyperlinks so it is wise to add a "Keywords:" line which contains the words of the the page title separated by commas, and any other entries that you wish to be found by the search.


=NWiki=
<nowiki>[[Internal link]]</nowiki>


if you are using Ludo's new Nwiki module, there are some additional features.
<nowiki>http://External URL</nowiki>


==Change to one of the following editors==
<nowiki>*Bullet List</nowiki>


Nwiki has several parsers, each one requiring a different sort of text. Its best to choose properly at the beginning, as altering half way through is not a good idea - they may well make a mess of text with a different formatting.
<nowiki>*Bullet List</nowiki>
* HTMLeditor - the default editor that is used for all other moodle forms
* [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=115&filter=1 DFwiki] - the parsing engine from a previous third-party version of the wiki software. You or your students may be familiar with this and wish to continue using it
* Ewiki - the parsing engine from the previous default moodle wiki.
* nwiki - the most up to date engine, which is almost identical to the one used by wikipedia.


<nowiki>*Bullet List</nowiki>


==Also See==


* [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=1015 OUWiki] (Plugin)
<nowiki>#Numbered List</nowiki>
* [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=570 Tiddlywiki integration] (Plugin)


<nowiki>#Numbered List</nowiki>


[[Category:Teacher]]
<nowiki>#Numbered List</nowiki>
[[Category:Wiki]]
 
 
<nowiki>[[image:Image|alt]]</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>= Level 1 Header =</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>= Level 1 Header =</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>=== Level 3 Header ===</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>
---</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>
<nowiki>No wiki text</nowiki></nowiki>
 
==Wiki Basics==
 
Wikis are a simple, flexible tool for collaboration. They can be used for everything from simple lists of web links to building entire encyclopedias. Wikipedia is the largest wiki in the world (http://www.wikipedia.org). As of August 2007, Wikipedia contained over 2,000,000 articles in English alone, on everything from general topology to split infinitives. The entire Wikipedia site is written by volunteers from around the world.  An article is started by someone with an interest in the subject, and then anyone in the community can add content, edit other people's work, or add another page elaborating on a sub-topic. It has become so large and so frequently used that there is a lively debate about how authoritative a collaborate work without a central editor can be.
 
Of course, wikis in your own class won't be that extensive. But it's important to have a plan for your wiki before you release it to the class.  Students need to know the purpose of the wiki and how it fits in with the class. If it's a personal wiki, will they be graded? Is it simply a staging area for group work that will be submitted later?  Students need to know so they can submit appropriate work. A brainstorming wiki is very different from one that will be submitted for a grade.
 
You'll also need to decide on an editing policy. Will you be a central editor? Or will you let the students be completely responsible for the work? How will you deal with offensive content?
 
In most circumstances, you'll find that you can trust students. But on the rare occasion a student does do something offensive, you will need to have a policy to deal with it.  Will you roll back the changes by that author? Or will you create a new version by deleting her content?  Creating a new version leaves a trail you can use for evidence later, but it also makes it easier for the perpetrator to restore her comments.
 
==Creative Wiki practices==
 
The free-form, collaborative nature of wikis makes them easy to apply in creative ways. Any sort of group process can be facilitated using a wiki. For instance, a course may make use of many resources and have, as an aid to instructors, a wiki devoted to equipment located in several remote classrooms. The wiki's links to equipment and process pages can become useful in giving directions. The front page would then be organized differently than an individual teacher's page.
 
 
===Group lecture notes===
Usually, lecture notes are a solitary activity, but one person can easily miss an important point during a lecture through daydreaming or trying to understand a prior point. Students may also have difficulty deciding what information is important and what is elaboration or example. Creating a wiki for group lecture notes after a lecture gives students a chance to combine all their notes. Those that missed information can get it from their peers. The group can also decide what information is critical and give it proper emphasis. Group lecture notes could be done with the entire class, if it is small enough, or with small working groups. Groups can also compare notes for further discussion and refinement.
 
===Group Project management===
The most straightforward use of a wiki is as a tool for group collaboration for creating group projects. A teacher assigning a group project can give students a place to work by creating a wiki with the group mode enabled. This will give each group their own space to record research, to develop outlines and to create the final product. The teacher may create a submission date on which to turn off editing capabilities for students so that he or she can grade the final projects. Afterwards, the teacher may enable visible groups so that everyone can see each other's work.
 
===Brainstorming===
Brainstorming is a non-judgmental group creative process in which group members are encouraged to give voice to any ideas they personally consider relevant to the group exercise. In a face-to-face meeting, a brainstorming facilitator will usually stand in front of a big piece of paper and elicit ideas from the participants in the room. A teacher can create an online version of this process by setting up a wiki for the entire class or for smaller student groups and asking people to submit ideas around a brainstorming topic. People can add ideas as they occur and link to other pages for elaboration.
 
===Contribute to other wikis===
A teacher might assign his or her class the task of contributing to [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], [http://en.wikiversity.org Wikiversity], or to another wiki on the Web, on any class topic, perhaps by assigning students to groups (or making it a class project if the class is small enough and the topic broad enough) and challenging them to collaboratively create an article they would feel confident posting to a public-information space. Students will use the course wiki to create drafts of the article they will eventually publish to the community at the end of the semester.
 
This type of assignment has a number of benefits:
* It gives students additional motivation to do their best, since they know their work will be viewed and critiqued by the public instead of just by their instructor.
* It can act as a summarizing activity for an entire semester’s worth of material.
* Students will know their work will be used by other people, not just graded and filed away.
 
== See also ==
 
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=366 Wiki module forum]


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[[fr:Afficher un wiki]]
[[de:Wiki ansehen]]
[[de:Wiki ansehen]]
[[ja:Wikiを閲覧する]]
[[ja:Wikiを閲覧する]]

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Creating a new page

To create a new page, either type the page name between double square brackets [[page name]] OR you can select New from the Wiki menu PROVIDED if you have access to the Navigation block.

Hint:

The trick about using the Navigation block New option under your Wiki is that you will still need to copy and paste the name of the new page onto the immediate parent page and surround it with double brackets. This creates a link to your new page and makes it accessible from the main Wiki page. Otherwise nobody will recognise the so called lost new page.

Wiki editing in general

Depending on the type of the wiki, there are several possibilities to edit the page. But don't worry: The best thing of a wiki is, that nothing is lost. The old version will be there - and if someone changes your version of the page - your version will also be there.

Markup language

You miss all the formatting you know from other moodle activities? That's because the wiki-type of your wiki is e.g. nwiki.

here are some markup hints from the early moodle 2.0 days: (nwiki promised to be close to mediawiki-markup)

''Bold text''

'''Italic text'''

[[Internal link]]

http://External URL

*Bullet List

*Bullet List

*Bullet List


#Numbered List

#Numbered List

#Numbered List


[[image:Image|alt]]

= Level 1 Header =

= Level 1 Header =

=== Level 3 Header ===

---

<nowiki>No wiki text</nowiki>

Wiki Basics

Wikis are a simple, flexible tool for collaboration. They can be used for everything from simple lists of web links to building entire encyclopedias. Wikipedia is the largest wiki in the world (http://www.wikipedia.org). As of August 2007, Wikipedia contained over 2,000,000 articles in English alone, on everything from general topology to split infinitives. The entire Wikipedia site is written by volunteers from around the world. An article is started by someone with an interest in the subject, and then anyone in the community can add content, edit other people's work, or add another page elaborating on a sub-topic. It has become so large and so frequently used that there is a lively debate about how authoritative a collaborate work without a central editor can be.

Of course, wikis in your own class won't be that extensive. But it's important to have a plan for your wiki before you release it to the class. Students need to know the purpose of the wiki and how it fits in with the class. If it's a personal wiki, will they be graded? Is it simply a staging area for group work that will be submitted later? Students need to know so they can submit appropriate work. A brainstorming wiki is very different from one that will be submitted for a grade.

You'll also need to decide on an editing policy. Will you be a central editor? Or will you let the students be completely responsible for the work? How will you deal with offensive content?

In most circumstances, you'll find that you can trust students. But on the rare occasion a student does do something offensive, you will need to have a policy to deal with it. Will you roll back the changes by that author? Or will you create a new version by deleting her content? Creating a new version leaves a trail you can use for evidence later, but it also makes it easier for the perpetrator to restore her comments.

Creative Wiki practices

The free-form, collaborative nature of wikis makes them easy to apply in creative ways. Any sort of group process can be facilitated using a wiki. For instance, a course may make use of many resources and have, as an aid to instructors, a wiki devoted to equipment located in several remote classrooms. The wiki's links to equipment and process pages can become useful in giving directions. The front page would then be organized differently than an individual teacher's page.


Group lecture notes

Usually, lecture notes are a solitary activity, but one person can easily miss an important point during a lecture through daydreaming or trying to understand a prior point. Students may also have difficulty deciding what information is important and what is elaboration or example. Creating a wiki for group lecture notes after a lecture gives students a chance to combine all their notes. Those that missed information can get it from their peers. The group can also decide what information is critical and give it proper emphasis. Group lecture notes could be done with the entire class, if it is small enough, or with small working groups. Groups can also compare notes for further discussion and refinement.

Group Project management

The most straightforward use of a wiki is as a tool for group collaboration for creating group projects. A teacher assigning a group project can give students a place to work by creating a wiki with the group mode enabled. This will give each group their own space to record research, to develop outlines and to create the final product. The teacher may create a submission date on which to turn off editing capabilities for students so that he or she can grade the final projects. Afterwards, the teacher may enable visible groups so that everyone can see each other's work.

Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a non-judgmental group creative process in which group members are encouraged to give voice to any ideas they personally consider relevant to the group exercise. In a face-to-face meeting, a brainstorming facilitator will usually stand in front of a big piece of paper and elicit ideas from the participants in the room. A teacher can create an online version of this process by setting up a wiki for the entire class or for smaller student groups and asking people to submit ideas around a brainstorming topic. People can add ideas as they occur and link to other pages for elaboration.

Contribute to other wikis

A teacher might assign his or her class the task of contributing to Wikipedia, Wikiversity, or to another wiki on the Web, on any class topic, perhaps by assigning students to groups (or making it a class project if the class is small enough and the topic broad enough) and challenging them to collaboratively create an article they would feel confident posting to a public-information space. Students will use the course wiki to create drafts of the article they will eventually publish to the community at the end of the semester.

This type of assignment has a number of benefits:

  • It gives students additional motivation to do their best, since they know their work will be viewed and critiqued by the public instead of just by their instructor.
  • It can act as a summarizing activity for an entire semester’s worth of material.
  • Students will know their work will be used by other people, not just graded and filed away.

See also