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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 by clicking the Edit dropdown. With the Boost theme, additional options are available by clicking on the wiki and then clicking the gear menu.
Give your wiki a name and description. (The description may or may not be compulsory depending on your admin's settings.) Check the box if you want the description to appear 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.

Wiki formats

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

See Common module settings, Restrict access and Activity completion. (Note that activity completion for a wiki is 'require view' only.) Wikis may be tagged and have competencies attached to them.

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 page==
-There are two main ways to add a new Wiki page:
+==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 by clicking the Edit dropdown. With the Boost theme, additional options are available by clicking on the wiki and then clicking the gear menu.
+*Give your wiki a name and description. (The description may or may not be compulsory depending on your admin's settings.) Check the box if you want the description to appear on the course page.
-===Add an Activity===
-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.
-===Using Search===
+===Wiki mode===
-Any participant (with correct privilages) 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".
+*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.
-: If the page already exists,
+==Wiki formats==
-::they will be taken to the page "Roses".
+*Set the default type of editing your wiki will use.If you are at all unsure, select HTML. Chooose from:
-: If the page does not exist, they will see:
+**HTML - editing using the normal text editor such as [[Atto]]
-:: '''There is no page titled "Roses"'''
+**Creole - a popular wiki editing language.
-::They can create this page by clicking on the "create this page" link,
+**NWiki - a wiki editing language similar to Mediawiki.
-::and begin editing the new page called "Roses".
-===From a Wiki page===
+Note: Creole and Nwiki have the same toolbar but slightly different syntax. See [[Creole format]] and [[Nwiki markup]]
-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:WikiFormat.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.
+*Check "Force format" if you want to control the format your learners will use.
-==Editing a Wiki==
+==Other settings==
-* Click on the '''edit''' tag at the top of the Wiki page
+See [[Common module settings]], [[Restrict access]] and [[Activity completion]]. (Note that activity completion for a wiki is 'require view' only.) Wikis may be [[Tags|tagged]] and have [[Competencies|competencies]] attached to them.
-* Edit the text as you see fit.
+==Locally assigned roles==
-* Use wiki tags for formatting and creating links that are needed.
+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''.
-* Go to [[Help:Editing]] to learn more about the Wiki formatting tags
+==Wiki capabilities==
-[[Category:Teacher]]
+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.
-[[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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