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This page explores in more detail the settings for the Wiki activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.

General

Give the Wiki a name and a description if required, checking the box if you want the description to display 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. (Group mode may also be used along with a collaborative 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

Set the default type of editing your wiki will use.If you are at all unsure, select HTML. Chooose from:

- HTML - editing using the normal text editor such as Atto
- Creole - a popular wiki editing language.
- NWiki - a wiki editing language similar to Mediawiki.

Note: Creole and Nwiki have the same toolbar but slightly different syntax. See Creole format and Nwiki markup

Check "Force format" if you want to control the format your learners will use.

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings, Restrict access, Activity completion, Tags and Competencies

Note that activity completion for a wiki is manual completion only.

Locally assigned roles

Selected users can be given additional roles in the wiki activity from the Locally assigned roles link from the gear menu in the wiki (Boost theme) or, for other themes, from Administration> Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles.

Wiki capabilities

Role permissions for the activity can be changed from the Permissions link in the gear menu within the wiki (Boost theme) or, for other themes from Administration>Wiki administration>Permissions.

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-==Adding a wiki==
+This page explores in more detail the settings for the [[Wiki activity]] once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.
-[[Image:Wiki settting screen.JPG|thumb|Adding a new wiki in Moodle 1.7]]
+==General==
-To create a wiki:
+Give the Wiki a name  and a description if required, checking the box if you want the description to display on the course page.
-#Click the "Turn editing on" button.
+:Wiki mode
-#Select Wiki from the "Add an activity" dropdown menu in the course section where you would like to add the wiki.
+:Choose between "Individual wiki" where each student gets their own, or "Collaborative wiki" where students work together on a single wiki. (Group mode may also be used along with a collaborative wiki.)
-#On the Adding a new wiki page, give the wiki a descriptive name.
+;First page name
-#In the summary field, describe the purpose of the wiki and what you expect students to contribute.
+: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.
-#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 ==
+==Format==
+Set the default type of editing your wiki will use.If you are at all unsure, select HTML. Chooose from:
+**HTML - editing using the normal text editor such as [[Atto]]
+**Creole - a popular wiki editing language.
+**NWiki - a wiki editing language similar to Mediawiki.
-After you've created a wiki, it's available for editing. [[Viewing a wiki]] contains information on adding and editing wiki pages.
+Note: Creole and Nwiki have the same toolbar but slightly different syntax. See [[Creole format]] and [[Nwiki markup]]
-==Advanced options==
+[[File:WikiFormat.png]]
-===Print wiki name of every page===
+Check "Force format" if you want to control the format your learners will use.
-If you select this option, the top of each page will have the name of the wiki.
-===HTML mode===
+==Other settings==
-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]].
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common  module settings]], [[Restrict access| Restrict access]],  [[Activity completion]], [[Tags]] and [[Competencies]]
-===Allow binary files===
+Note that activity completion for a wiki is manual completion only.
-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===
+==Locally assigned roles==
-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 written in it. For example a file name might be MyFile_2007_Feb.jpg.
+Selected users can be given additional roles in the wiki activity from the Locally assigned roles link from the gear menu in the wiki (Boost theme) or, for other themes, from ''Administration> Wiki administration > Locally assigned roles''.
-===Student admin options===
+==Wiki capabilities==
-When students can edit a page, you can allow them certain administrative privileges in the wiki (see [[Wiki administration]]).
-===Page name===
+Role permissions for the activity can be changed from the Permissions link in the gear menu within the wiki (Boost theme) or, for other themes from Administration>Wiki administration>Permissions.
-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==
-*[[Wiki permissions]]
-[[Category:Wiki]]
 [[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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