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Wiki settings

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Adding a wiki page

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.

Add a wiki activity

When the teacher selects Wiki from the Add an Activity pull down menus in a course, they will be asked to create the first page. NETI EE

Add by using search

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".

If the page already exists
they will be taken to the page "Roses"
If the page does not exist, they will see:
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

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. [[Roses]]- using brackets.

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.

Editing a wiki page

Editing a wiki is simple.

  • 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

Setup screen for a 1.7 Wiki

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.

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).

See also

  • Go to Help:Editing to learn more about the wiki formatting tags