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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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 ==Adding a wiki==
-[[Image:Wiki settting screen.JPG|thumb|Adding a new wiki in Moodle 1.7]]
+*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''.
-To create a 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 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.
-==Advanced options==
+*In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in ''Settings > Wiki administration > Edit settings''.
-===Print wiki name of every page===
+==Wiki administration settings==
-If you select this option, the top of each page will have the name of the wiki.
+===Wiki name===
+*The name you give to your wiki here will appear as the link on the course page for your students to click.
-===HTML mode===
+===Wiki description===
-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.
+*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====
-===Allow binary files===
+If this box is checked, then the description you added above will appear with the wiki link on the course page.
-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.
-===Wiki auto-linking options===
+[[File:wikisettings.png]]
-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.
-CamelCase is not always desirable, as some text is writen in it. For example a file name might be MyFile_2007_Feb.jpg.
+===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.
-===Student admin options===
+===Wiki mode===
-When students can edit a page, you can allow them certain administrative privileges in the wiki (see [[Wiki administration]]).
+*Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki.
-===Page name===
+===Default format===
-You may wish to seed the wiki with a page name for the first page.
+*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.
-===Choose an initial page===
+===Force format===
-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:
+If you check this box then students cannot choose their own method of editing the wiki.
-http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=8501
-==Common module settings==
+===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.
-===Group mode===
+==Locally assigned roles==
-Another location to set the group mode for the activity. If group mode is forced in the course settings then this setting will be ignored.
-===Visible===
+In ''Settings > Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity.
-This determines whether students may view the activity or not.
-==See also==
+==Wiki permissions==
-*[[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.)
-[[Category:Wiki]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un wiki]]
+[[de:Wiki anlegen]]
+[[ja:Wikiを追加/編集する]]

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