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Latest revision as of 18:05, 11 March 2012

Adding a wiki

As an editing teacher for a course, click "Turn Editing On", and go to the section in which you want to add the wiki.
From the dropdown menu labeled "Add an activity", select "Wiki". This will take you to the wiki settings page titled "Adding a new wiki".

In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in Settings > Wiki administration > Edit settings.

Wiki administration settings

Wiki name

The name you give to your wiki here will appear as the link on the course page for your students to click.

Wiki description

Explain the purpose of your wiki here. (This description may or may not be compulsory depending on your admin's settings.)

First page name

The name you add here will form the first page of your new wiki.

Wiki mode

Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki.

Default format

Set the default type of editing your wiki will use. Chooose from
- HTML - editing using the normal text editor
- Creole - a popular wiki editing language. If this is selected, a small editing toolbar will appear.

- NWiki - a wiki editing language used in the contributed NWiki module.

Force format

If you check this box then students cannot choose their own method of editing the wiki.

Common module settings

The Common module settings section appears in many modules besides wiki. It sets Groups interactions levels and the ID number.

Restrict access settings

The Restrict access area becomes visible in Moodle activities and resource settings if Conditional Activities have been enabled.

Locally assigned roles

In Settings > Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles selected users can be given additional roles in the activity.

Wiki permissions

Role permissions for the activity can be changed in Settings > Wiki administration > Permissions.

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-The standard Moodle wiki has different settings.   Please note that these instructions are located in docs.moodle.org's documentation wiki.
 ==Adding a wiki==
-[[Image:Wiki settting screen.JPG|thumb|Adding a new wiki in Moodle 1.7]]
+*As an editing teacher for a course, click "Turn Editing On", and go to the section in which you want to add the wiki.
-To create a wiki:
+*From the dropdown menu labeled "Add an activity", select "Wiki". This will take you to the wiki settings page titled "Adding a new wiki".
-#Click the "Turn editing on" button.
-#Select Wiki from the "Add an activity" dropdown menu in the course section where you would like to add the wiki.
-#On the Adding a new wiki page, give the wiki a descriptive name.
-#In the summary field, describe the purpose of the wiki and what you expect students to contribute.
-#Select the wiki type - groups, student or teacher. The wiki type interacts with the groups setting for your course, resulting in 9 options, as shown in the [http://moodle.org/help.php?module=wiki&file=wikitype.html&lang=en type help pop-up].
-#Click the "Show Advanced" button (in Moodle 1.8 onwards) to display additional options (see below).
-#Select the common module settings (see below).
-#Click the "Save changes" button.
-== Adding and editing wiki pages ==
+*In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in ''Settings > Wiki administration > Edit settings''.
-After you've created a wiki, it's available for editing. [[Viewing a wiki]] contains information on adding and editing wiki pages.
-==Advanced options==
+==Wiki administration settings==
+===Wiki name===
+*The name you give to your wiki here will appear as the link on the course page for your students to click.
+===Wiki description===
+*Explain the purpose of your wiki here. (This description may or may not be compulsory depending on your admin's settings.)
-===Print wiki name of every page===
+===First page name===
-If you select this option, the top of each page will have the name of the wiki.
+*The name you add here will form the first page of your new wiki.
-===HTML mode===
+===Wiki mode===
-There are three options: No HTML, safe HTML or HTML only. 'No HTML' will display all HTML tags as tags. 'Safe HTML' will allow certain tags to be displayed. 'HTML only' enables the [[HTML editor]] to display in [[Common_acronyms#N_to_Z|WYSIWYG]].
+*Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki.
-===Allow binary files===
+===Default format===
-Binary files are graphics, audio, video, and other non-text resources. If you want students to be able to add files as attachments, set this to Yes.
+*Set the default type of editing your wiki will use. Chooose from
+**HTML - editing using the normal text editor
+**Creole - a popular wiki editing language. If this is selected, a small editing toolbar will appear.
+[[File:creolenwiki.png]]
+**NWiki - a wiki editing language used in the contributed NWiki module.
-===Wiki auto-linking options===
+===Force format===
-A new page can be created in the wiki by typing a word using CamelCase i.e. with a capital letter at the beginning and a capital letter somewhere else in the word. It's called CamelCase because the two capital letters resemble a two-humped camel. CamelCase combines all the words for the link into one word. Each word in the link is capitalized. When a word is added in CamelCase, the wiki automatically creates a new page and makes the word a link. You can disable this feature if you wish, so that typing a word enclosed in square brackets is the only way of creating a new page.
+If you check this box then students cannot choose their own method of editing the wiki.
-CamelCase is not always desirable, as some text is written in it. For example a file name might be MyFile_2007_Feb.jpg.
+===Common module settings===
+The [[Common module settings]] section appears in many modules besides wiki.  It sets [[Groups]] interactions levels and the ID number.
+===Restrict access settings===
+The [[Restrict_access_settings|Restrict access]] area becomes visible in Moodle activities and resource settings if [[Conditional_activities|Conditional Activities]] have been enabled.
-===Student admin options===
+==Locally assigned roles==
-When students can edit a page, you can allow them certain administrative privileges in the wiki (see [[Wiki administration]]).
-===Page name===
-You may wish to seed the wiki with a page name for the first page.
-===Choose an initial page===
-This can be the first wiki page that is created, or a way to switch to a different front page. Other files in the same directory as the first wiki page you select will also become part of the initial wiki - see:
-http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=8501
-==Common module settings==
-The [[Common module settings]] section appears in many modules besides wiki.  It sets [[Groups]] interactions levels and the ID number.
-==See also==
+In ''Settings > Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity.
-*[[Wiki permissions]]
+==Wiki permissions==
-[[Category:Wiki]]
+Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Wiki administration > Permissions''.
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