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Adding a wiki

With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your wiki, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )and choose 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.)

Display description on course page

If this box is checked, then the description you added above will appear with the wiki link on the course page.

First page name

The name you add here will form the first page of your new wiki. It is a required field and once a name has been entered,it can't be changed.

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. (you need to be Administrator or have permission for doing this.)

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-::This page is for documentation on how to add/edit a wiki activity and is redirected from mod/wiki/mod
-==Adding a wiki page==
+==Adding a wiki==
-There are several ways to add a new wiki page.  In later versions of Moodle, the course participant's privileges can effect adding or editing wiki pages.
+*With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your wiki, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )and choose ''Wiki''.
+*This will take you to the wiki settings page titled "Adding a new wiki".
-===Add a wiki activity===
+*In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in ''Settings > Wiki administration > Edit settings''.
-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===
+==Wiki administration settings==
-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".
+===Wiki name===
+*The name you give to your wiki here will appear as the link on the course page for your students to click.
-: If the page already exists
+===Wiki description===
-::they will be taken to the page "Roses"
+*Explain the purpose of your wiki here. (This description may or may not be compulsory depending on your admin's settings.)
-: If the page does not exist, they will see:
+====Display description on course page====
-:: '''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"
-===From a wiki page===
+If this box is checked, then the description you added above will appear with the wiki link on the course page.
-Participants in a wiki can also create a new wiki page by editing an existing page and adding a wiki link to the page they want to create - e.g. <nowiki>[[Roses]]</nowiki>- using brackets.
+[[File:wikisettings.png]]
-After either selecting '''Save page'' or '''Show preview''', the participant will then see a clickable link to "Roses"; they or someone else can click on it and begin to edit that page.
+===First page name===
+*The name you add here will form the first page of your new wiki. It is a required field and once  a name has been entered,it can't be changed.
-==Editing a wiki page==
+===Wiki mode===
-Editing a wiki is simple.
+*Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki.
-* Click on the '''edit''' tag at the top of the wiki page
-* Edit the text
-* Use wiki tags for formatting and creating links that are needed
-* Then save the page, or preview the page before saving
-==Wiki settings==
+===Default format===
-[[Image:Wiki settting screen.JPG|500px|thumb|left|Setup screen for a 1.7 Wiki]]
+*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.
-The 1.5 Moodle has the "Type" (group, teacher, student) setting in the wiki settings.  The  "Group Mode" setting (No group, seperate groups and visible groups) is a course setting.  The 9 combinations of group and type settings determine what an individual student can see or edit.
+===Force format===
+If you check this box then students cannot choose their own method of editing the wiki.
-The 1.8 Moodle will have both setting Type (group, teacher, student) and an additional setting called Group Mode (No group, seperate groups and visible groups).
+===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.
-==See also==
+==Locally assigned roles==
-* Go to [[Help:Editing]] to learn more about the wiki formatting tags
-[[Category:Teacher]]
+In ''Settings > Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity.
-[[Category:Wiki]]
+==Wiki permissions==
+Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Wiki administration > Permissions''. (you need to be Administrator or have permission for doing this.)
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un wiki]]
+[[de:Wiki anlegen]]
+[[ja:Wikiを追加/編集する]]

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