Wiki (enhanced)

What is Wiki?

A wiki is a web-based system that lets users add and edit a set of linked pages.

A wiki can be collaborative, with everyone being able to edit it, or individual, where everyone has their own wiki that only they can edit. A history of previous versions of each page in the wiki is kept, listing edits made by each participant.

What is Wiki for?

Group lecture notes or study guides
Planning work or a meeting agenda
Collaboratively authoring an online book
Collaborative storytelling or poetry creation, where each participant writes a line or verse
Personal journals for notes or revisions (using an individual Wiki)

Wiki Setup

Sub-wikis:

Annotation system:

This enables Lecturers on the module to add inline annotations to wiki pages.

It's the wiki equivalent of a red pen! Teacher comments on student work.

Select Yes to enable and No to disable.

Students can also use the annotation system to discuss edits before they are made.

Template:

A template is a predefined set of wiki pages.

When a template is set, the wiki starts off with the content defined in the template.

To create a template, write the pages you want on any wiki, then visit the Index page and click the Save wikias template.

To learn more about creating a template, also see the Creating a wiki template guide.

Please note you need to apply the template before you save your wiki.

Create a wiki template

Step 1: Add a Wiki activity on your Moodle course page.

Step 2: In Wiki settings, Select Single wiki for course in Sub-wikis.

Step 3: Choose Hide in the scroll down list of Visibility to students below Common module settings.

Step 4: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save and Display button.

Step 5: Click on Create page button to create the start page. Follow the instructions below Edit to create a new page.

Create a new section

Sections enable you to layout a wiki page coherently and make it easier to edit long pages.

Click on Add new section to this page button to add a new section:

Download wiki template

Once you have added all your pages, sections and advisory text, you need to save the whole thing as a template.

Click on wiki index on the right top side of the screen.

Click on Download as wiki template file link below Entire Wiki.

Apply a wiki template

Step 1: Choose Edit settings in Administration block.

Step 2: Unfold Wiki settings, find Template.

Step 3: Click Upload a file. Click Browse… Select the wiki template you saved to your computer. Click Upload this file.

Step 4: Click on Save and return to course.