This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards
A wiki is a web page or website which can be edited collaboratively by a number of people. For example it might be used for students to work together, collaboratively creating a document such as a list of resources, response to a question, presentation plan, etc.
Each person can add to the page(s) or edit others' contributions. A history is kept so that the teacher can see who has changed what and when.
To add a wiki
1. In your module, click on the 'Edit mode' slider (top right), and go to the section in which you want to add the wiki.
2. Click on the '+Add an activity or resource' button,
Click on the word 'Wiki' to go straight to the 'Adding a new Wiki' screen
4. This will take you to the 'Adding a new Wiki' settings page (NOTE: In an existing wiki, the wiki settings can be found by clicking Edit > Edit settings). Here you will need to:
a) Give your Wiki a 'Name'.
b) Give your Wiki a 'Description'.
c) Add a 'First page name'. WARNING - it is not possible to edit the name of the page later on so choose carefully!
d) Choose a 'Wiki Mode'. The options are 'Individual wiki' where each student gets their own, and 'Collaborative wiki' where students work together on a single wiki
5. In the 'Format' section, you will need to choose the 'Default format' which sets set the default type of editing your wiki will use. We recommend 'HTML' – that is, editing using the normal text editor.
Note: check the 'Force format' box to restrict students from choosing their own method of editing the wiki.
6. When you are happy with the settings, click on 'Save and return to module'.
7. When you have finished editing, click on the 'Edit mode' slider on the top right of your main Moodle page to disable editing.
1. Open your Wiki activity.
2. If it is the first time you have opened the wiki, you will be asked to add a new page. It will have pulled through the 'First page name' you added in the settings. Click on the blue Create page button to add the page.
3. Now go to the main wiki content area and type [[new page name]]
(the double square brackets go either side of the name you choose) on the main page at the point where you’d like to add a link to the new page. In the example, below it says [[The solutions]]
Warning - it is not possible to edit the name of the page later on so choose carefully!
If you don’t actually want to have a link on the main page, bear with me.
When you have added the new page name click on 'Save'.
4. In the wiki, click on the new page title that you just added. In this example The solutions
5. You will be taken to a set-up screen for the new page. When you have finished making your choices, click on 'Create page'. Then add your page content.
6. If you didn’t want the link to appear on the main page, go to the map page. You access this from the dropdown in your wiki and selecting 'Map'.
7. This will open a page listing your pages. Click on the main page which you want to edit.
8. Once on the page, use the dropdown to select 'Edit'.
7. This will take you to the edit page where you can delete the [[new page name]] you recently added. This will remove the link on the main page, but won’t delete the new page itself.
8. Click the 'Save' button to save your changes.
1. If you actually want to delete a page, you will need to go to the click on the dropdown menu and select 'Administration'.
Please note: Deleting a page will also delete links to that page from other pages.
2. This will open page. Make sure the 'Admin menu' dropdown says 'Remove pages' then click on the 'List all' button.
3. This will open a page which lists all the pages in the wiki activity, Click on the 'Delete' icon next to the page you want to delete.
Online collaboration with Moodle Databases and Wikis is a useful Xerte toolkit that will help you use both Wikis and Databases more effectively for student collaboration
Please contact your local elearning support team.
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