Wiki settings: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:11, 8 March 2018

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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-  We mostly are cringe at the thought of a reading/discussing of theories.
+{{Wiki}}
-However, we need to do it; because theories are important to study of the related area. The case is the same for distance education (DE). But, why we need to theory?
-  Moore (1994) stated that “there was a need to describe and define the field and to identify the critical elements of the various forms of learning and teaching”.
+==Adding a wiki==
-Similarly, Keegan (1995) said “… a theory gives the foundation on which the structures of need, purpose and administration can be erected”.
+*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''.
-He also added that “theory of distance education will be one which can provide ….which decisions can be taken, with confidence”.
+*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.
-  Keegan (1986) in his work The Foundation of Distance Education classified theories of DE into three groups as:
+*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.
-.Theories of independence and autonomy
+*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.
-    o 1960s-1970s
-    o Rudolf Monfred Delling
-    o Charles A. Wedeneyer
+===Wiki mode===
-    o Michael Moore
+*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.)
-.Theories of industrialization of teaching
+===First page name===
-    o Otto Peters
+*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.
-.Theories of interaction and communication
-    o Böje Holmberg
+==Wiki formats==
-    o John A. Baoth
+*Set the default type of editing your wiki will use.If you are at all unsure, select HTML. Chooose from:
-    o David Seward
+**HTML - editing using the normal text editor such as [[Atto]]
-    o Kevin C. Smith
+**Creole - a popular wiki editing language.
-    o John S. Danuel
+**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]]
+[[File:WikiFormat.png]]
+*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 [[Tags|tagged]] and have [[Competencies|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.
+[[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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