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Click Turn editing on and go to the topic or week in which you wish to create the wiki. Step 2 Setup Wiki 1. Click Wiki from the Add an activity dropdown menu.

1 Wiki s allow students to collaborate with peers and instructors to create shared pages. Wiki s can be creatively used in many ways such as building course glossaries, creating collaborative books, or sharing responsibilities developing course content. Step 1 Turn Editing On 1. Click Turn editing on and go to the topic or week in which you wish to create the wiki. Step 2 Setup Wiki 1. Click Wiki from the Add an activity dropdown menu. Step 3 Input General Wiki Properties 1. On the Adding a new Wiki page, type a descriptive wiki name. 2. In the summary field, type a clear, concise purpose of the wiki. 3. Select the wiki type from the Type dropdown menu. NOTE: There are three types of wiki s: a. Teacher b. Groups c. Students University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 1

Step 4 Configure Optional Settings NOTE: If these options are not available to you, click Show Advanced. 1. (Optional) In the Page Name field, type the title of your first wiki page.

2 Step 4 Configure Optional Settings NOTE: If these options are not available to you, click Show Advanced. 1. (Optional) In the Page Name field, type the title of your first wiki page. NOTE: If you leave this field blank, the first wiki page will be the same as the wiki s name. 2. (Optional) In the Choose an Initial Page field, you can upload already created text into your wiki. NOTE: To upload a file from your course file area, click Choose or upload a file. Select the file to upload by selecting the choose option following the file name. Step 5 Set Common Module Settings 1. Determine the group mode from the Group mode drop-down box. NOTE: a. No Groups there are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community. b. Separate Groups each group can only see their own group, others are invisible. c. Visible Groups each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups. 2. Set the wiki visibility from the Visible dropdown menu. 3. (Optional) Type a text or numerical ID number. 4. Select the grade category from the Grade Category drop-down menu. NOTE: By default, uncategorized is the only category available. Other grade categories may be created using the grades tool. 5. Click Save and return to course to save the wiki. NOTE: If you want to preview the wiki, click Save and display. University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 2

Step 6 Adding Wiki Content After creating your wiki, click the wiki to begin adding content. 1.

Click Save to save your content. Step 7 Creating Additional Wiki Pages 1.

of the new page in square brackets (i.e., [Chapter 1]). 2. Click Save changes to create the new page.

3 Step 6 Adding Wiki Content After creating your wiki, click the wiki to begin adding content. 1. In the Edit this page area, add any content you want display in the wiki. 2. Click Save to save your content. Step 7 Creating Additional Wiki Pages 1. In the Edit this page area, place your cursor where you want to insert the next page and type the name of the new page in square brackets (i.e., [Chapter 1]). 2. Click Save changes to create the new page. The wiki preview is displayed. 3. Click on the blue question mark beside your new wiki page. The new wiki page is displayed. University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 3

Step 8 Editing Wiki Pages 1. Click the wiki page you want to edit. 2.

Click the wiki page you want to navigate. 2.

4 Step 8 Editing Wiki Pages 1. Click the wiki page you want to edit. 2. Click the Edit tab. 3. In the Edit this page area, create or edit the content. 4. Click Save to save your changes. Step 9 Navigating Your Wiki 1. Click the wiki page you want to navigate. 2. From the Choose Wiki Links drop-down menu select Sitemap or Page Index. Then select the page you want to view. University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 4

Step 10 Managing Your Wiki 1. Click the wiki page you want to manage. 2. From the Administration drop-down menu, select the desired option. See details for each below. a.

TXT- The page contains text BIN- The page contains binary data OFF- The page is disabled HTM- Allow HTML for this page RO- Read Only WR- Writable b.

5 Step 10 Managing Your Wiki 1. Click the wiki page you want to manage. 2. From the Administration drop-down menu, select the desired option. See details for each below. a. Set Page Flags: Locate the page title and select the desired flag from the boxes to the left of the title. TXT- The page contains text BIN- The page contains binary data OFF- The page is disabled HTM- Allow HTML for this page RO- Read Only WR- Writable b. Remove pages: A list will appear, displaying orphaned or empty pages. To view all pages, click the List All button. Place a check in the box next to any pages to be removed, and click the remove selected pages button. c. Strip Pages: Is used to delete old versions of pages. To the right of each page name is the number for the most current version of that page. In the Delete how many last versions column, enter the range of versions you want to delete. Then click the strip pages button. d. Revert Mass Changes: This tool allows you to roll back changes to all pages if a particular author makes a mess of multiple pages in the wiki. NOTE: Using this option you may delete versions you want. If possible use the edit option to delete unwanted text and pages from your wiki. 3. Click Save to preview your wiki. NOTE: To return to your course, click course short name from the breadcrumb trail. University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 5

Using Moodle activities: Wiki

Using Moodle activities: Wiki What is the Wiki activity and how can I use it? A wiki page is a web page that everyone in a module can create together directly in the browser. A wiki starts with one front