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How To Add A Wiki

1. From the main course page, enable Edit mode at the top right.

2. Locate the section in your course where you want to add a Wiki. At the bottom of the section select the Add an activity or resource button and then select Wiki.

3. Enter a name for the Wiki in the Wiki name field. The Description field is optional, but it's recommended that you describe the purpose of the wiki and what you expect participants to contribute.

Wiki mode

The default wiki mode of collaborative wiki is usually what you want.

• Collaborative wiki (the default): everyone can edit and contribute to a single, shared wiki.
• Individual wiki: everyone has their own wiki which only they can view and edit
  • A common question is whether an individual wiki can be configured so that participants can view each other's wikis, and the answer is unfortunately no. If you need this functionality, consider the following options: (1) Use a team wiki with 'visible groups' and put each participant into a team of one, or (2) consider using Moodle Glossary instead as it can be configured so that anyone can see glossary entries but only the creator of the entry can edit it, and each participant could create and edit a Glossary entry for themselves.).

First page name: enter a page name that will appear at the top of the first page of the wiki. This name cannot be changed once the wiki has been saved.

Format

It's recommended to leave Default format to HTML and enable Force format. This will both (1) prevent the format from being switched to other formats that can be problematic, and (2) it will automatically create a blank page for your participants.

Common module settings

Set the Common module settings if this is a group activity.

Group mode

• No groups (the default): The collaborative wiki will use a single wiki for all partitipants.
• Separate groups: The collaborative wiki will use a wiki for each team, and teams will not be able to see the wikis of other teams.
• Visible groups: The collaborative wiki will use a wiki for each team, and teams will be able to view (but not edit) the wikis of other teams.

4. Scroll to the bottom and select Save and display to open the wiki.

Adding Additional Pages To A Wiki

Type the name of your new page inside double square brackets.

Clicking the Preview button will show how the page looks and functions after you save it. The page names in the double brackets are now links, and clicking on the links will prompt you to create a page in the same way that creating the wiki prompted you to create the first page of the wiki.

Deleting Wiki Pages

To delete a page, start by removing all links to the page.

Next, select Administration from the drop-down menu, and select delete next to the page that needs to be deleted. If you don't see the page listed here, there are likely still links to the page that need to be deleted.

Adding/Removing Table of Contents

A table of contents is added automatically when a page includes headings. If you do not want a Table of Contents, remove any headings from pages and the table of contents will disappear.

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