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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". All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.
In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in Administration > Wiki administration > Edit settings.

General

General settings expanded by default

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.

Wiki mode

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

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.

Format

(These settings are collapsed by defaul)

Wiki format settings expanded

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

See Common module settings

Restrict access/Activity completion

(These settings are collapsed by default)

These settings are visible if Conditional activities and Activity completion have been enabled in the site and the course.

Locally assigned roles

In Administration> 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 Administration > Wiki administration > Permissions.

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-[[Image:Wiki settting screen.JPG|500px|thumb|left|Setup screen for a 1.7 Wiki|thumb|center]]
+==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". All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.
+*In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found in ''Administration > Wiki administration > Edit settings''.
-The 1.5 Moodle has the "Type" (group, teacher, student) setting in the wiki settings.  The  "Group Mode" setting (No group, separate 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.
+==General==
+{|
+|[[File:wikigeneral25.png|thumb|General settings expanded by default]]
+|}
-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).
+===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 auto linking option ==
+===Wiki description===
-CamelCase notation describes multiple words, joined together without spaces, separated by changes in case. The uppercase and lowercase letters show up like the humps of camels. It is often also called BumpyText because it could look like CaMeL_CaSe.
+*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====
-Autolinking is not always desirable.  Some text is writen in CamelCase.  For example a file name might be MyFile_2007_Feb.jpg.
+If this box is checked, then the description you added above will appear with the wiki link on the course page.
-==Choose an initial page==
+===Wiki mode===
-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:
+*Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki.
-http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=8501
+===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.
+==Format==
+(These settings are collapsed by defaul)
+{|
+|[[File:wikiformat25.png|thumb|Wiki format settings expanded]]
+|}
-==See also==
+===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.
+[[File:creolenwiki.png]]
+**NWiki - a wiki editing language used in the contributed NWiki module.
-*[[Wiki permissions]]
+===Force format===
+If you check this box then students cannot choose their own method of editing the wiki.
+==Common module settings==
+See [[Common module settings]]
+==Restrict access/Activity completion==
+(These settings are collapsed by default)
-[[Category:Wiki]]
+These settings are visible if [[Conditional activities]] and [[Activity completion]] have been enabled in the site and the course.
+==Locally assigned roles==
+In ''Administration> 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 ''Administration > Wiki administration > Permissions''.
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un wiki]]
+[[de:Wiki anlegen]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de wiki]]
+[[ja:Wikiを追加/編集する]]

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