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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==
-[[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". All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.
-#Click the "Turn editing on" button.
+*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.
-#Select Wiki from the "Add an activity" dropdown menu in the course section where you would like to add the wiki.
+*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.
-#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 [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 ==
-After you've created a wiki, it's available for editing. [[Viewing a wiki]] contains information on adding and editing wiki pages.
+===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.
-==Advanced options==
+==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.
-===Print wiki name of every page===
+Note: Creole and Nwiki have the same toolbar but slightly different syntax. See [[Creole format]] and [[Nwiki markup]]
-If you select this option, the top of each page will have the name of the wiki.
-===HTML mode===
+[[File:WikiFormat.png]]
-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]].
-===Allow binary files===
+*Check "Force format" if you want to control the format your learners will use.
-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===
+==Other settings==
-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.
+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.
-===Student admin options===
+==Locally assigned roles==
-When students can edit a page, you can allow them certain administrative privileges in the wiki (see [[Wiki administration]]).
-===Page name===
+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''.
-You may wish to seed the wiki with a page name for the first page.
-===Choose an initial page===
+==Wiki capabilities==
-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==
+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.
-===Group mode===
-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===
-This determines whether students may view the activity or not.
-==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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