Wikis+in+Moodle

Using Wikis in Moodle - Resources and Notes: Presenter - Dave Kneier

 * Creating a Wiki**

Ø Under **//Add An Activity//** - Click on **//Wiki//**. Ø Insert **//Wiki name//** - this name will be first page name. Ø Insert **//Summary//** - describe the purpose of this Wiki. Ø Click **Show Advanced**. Ø Choose use **//HTML//** to use an HTML editor. Ø Allow **//Binary Files//** allows you to attach pictures. Ø **//CamelCase//** allows you to place a Link within your Wiki page that will become a red ? and when clicked will create a new page for you to edit. (Ex. To Link to the page New Wiki include "NewWiki" in your document. In the Document it will look like NewWiki ?. When you click the ? you go to a new Wiki Page called NewWiki and you can begin creating that page. If you don't use CamelCase, you add another page by using square brackets [ ]. Any word in the Wiki put between brackets will have the same effect as a CamelCase word. Ø If you created a web page somewhere else, you can make that the first page by selecting **//Choose an Initial page//**.

Ø Use the table below for Setting **//Type//** and **//Group//** Mode:


 * || No Groups || Separate Groups || Visible Groups ||
 * Teacher || Creates a single wiki that only the teacher can edit. Students can view the wiki, but not make changes. || Each group has a wiki that only the teacher can edit. Other groups can’t view the page. || Each group has a wiki that only the teacher can edit. Other groups can view the page. ||
 * Groups || There is one wiki for the class. All students can edit the wiki. || There is one wiki per group. Students in that group can edit the wiki. Other students can’t view the page. || There is one wiki per group that group members can edit. Other groups can view the page. ||
 * Students || Each student has their own wiki that only the teacher and student can edit. || Each student has their own wiki that they can edit. Students in the same group can view the wiki as well. || Each student has their own wiki that they can edit. All the other students in the course can view page as well. ||

After you’ve created your Wiki, it’s available for editing. You and your students can create Wiki pages, link them together, and collaboratively create a collection of web pages. After creating the Wiki as above, you will now be on the page below to add information to your Wiki by:
 * Managing Wikis**

Ø Clicking the **//Edit Tab//** Ø You can use the HTML editor as you would for ay other document in Moodle.

Ø You can add images and tables and any formatting you need. You use **//CamelCase//** or brackets as described above to add pages. Ø The **//Links tab//** will display the pages that have Links pointing to the page you are viewing. Ø The **//History Tab//** will allow you to "Browse" the changes made to the Wiki. you are able to then "Fetch-back" a previous version if desired or look at the "Diff " (Differences between each version - this will be very helpful in monitoring your student's use of the class or group Wiki.


 * Administering a Wiki** (Based on Jason Cole’s book “**Using Moodle**”, chap. 11)

Under the Moodle navigation bar, there are three drop down menus: Search Wiki, Choose Wiki Link, and Administration.

The **//Search Wiki//** button allows you to search the wiki for key terms.

The **Choose Wiki links** dropdown provides you with tools to view your wiki in different ways:

Ø **Site map -** A hierarchical view of the pages and links in the wiki, starting with the first page. Ø **Page index -** An alphabetical list of all the pages in the wiki. Ø **Newest pages -** A list of the most recently created pages. Ø **Most visited pages -** A list of pages with the most views. Ø **Most often changed pages -** A list of most frequently edited pages. Ø **Updated pages -** Lists all the pages in the wiki by date and time of last edit. Ø **Orphaned pages -** A list of pages that were created and had all the links to them deleted. Ø **Wanted pages -** A wiki page where people can list pages they want to see in the collection. Ø **Export pages -**You can wrap up all your wiki pages and export them as regular HTML to a zip file for download or to a Moodle directory.

The **Administration** dropdown provides the following tools: Ø **Set Page Flags** Ø Page flags are properties you can set on a per-page basis. Every page can be set with different permissions: o **TXT, BIN** Indicates whether the page can contain text or Binary (graphics). Stands for “offline.” The page is still there; it just can’t be read by someone who doesn’t have editing permissions. o **HTM -** Allows HTML content instead of wiki text. o **RO -** Stands for “read-only.” You and your students can only read the file, not make changes. o **WR -** The writeable flag allows anyone in the course to make changes to the document. Ø **Remove Pages -** The wiki engine automatically tracks pages that aren’t linked from anywhere else (they were created and then the link was deleted) and empty pages. This tool allows you to remove these orphaned wiki pages, which can’t be reached through the ordinary wiki interface. Ø **Strip Pages -** While the wiki engine tracks changes, it stores old versions in the database. To declutter the data, you may occasionally want to delete all the old versions and just keep the new one.
 * Revert Mass Changes -** Use this tool to roll back changes to all pages if a particular author makes a mess of many pages in the Wiki.