Instructor Guide to Creating a Campus Pack Wiki

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1 Last Updated Instructor Guide to Creating a Campus Pack Wiki With the Campus Pack wiki tool, Educators can create collaborative spaces for individual students, specific groups of students, or the whole class to work together in creating Web content within the Blackboard course. Creating a New Campus Pack Wiki Instructors can set-up a Campus Pack Wiki in any Content Area page in their course. Content Areas are pages where you can add your files, assignments, tests, and activities. 1. Within your Content Area page, scroll your mouse over the Create Interactive Tool menu button and select Campus Pack Wiki from the list of options. 2. An Add Content form to create a new, blank wiki will appear. Give your wiki a name and description. 3. Under the Deployment settings, indicate how you want to assign the wiki: a. Single Copy Create a single wiki for the whole class to view and edit. b. One Per Group If you have created Blackboard Groups of students, select this option. Use the group selection tools that appear to assign one wiki per group. Only the specific group members and instructor can view and edit each wiki. c. One Per Person Creates an individual private wiki for each student. Just the individual student and the instructor can view and edit the wiki. The settings you indicate here will automatically assign Viewing/Authoring Permissions to the instructor and your students.

2 4. When you have completed the form, click the Add button. A New Campus Pack Wiki will be added to your Content Area page. Creating a Wiki Template and Adding Content When wikis are first created, they do not contain any content at all. Before making the wiki available to students, it is a best practice to add an introductory page or a template to guide student s performance. To do this, you will have to view the wiki. To View a Single Copy (Class) Wiki 1. Click the View link of the wiki as it appears in its content area. 2. You will immediately be taken to a blank wiki page where you will see tools for creating and managing the content in the wiki. Click to view and add content to class wiki To View a Group or Individual Wiki Template Unlike a Single Copy wiki, group and individual wikis utilize an Assignment Template. Each group or individual student will have access to a wiki with the pages and content you add to this template. 1. Click the View link of the wiki as it appears in its content area as described above. 2. You will be taken to the group or individual s Active Assignments wiki page, which summarizes recent wiki activity. Customize group/individual wiki template here 3. Click the Assignment Template link and you will see the blank wiki template and tools for adding pages. PLEASE NOTE: Once students have begun using the template to create their own content, the instructor cannot go back into the template and make additional pages. Adding Pages to a Wiki or Wiki Template When you are viewing a Single Copy wiki or Group/Individual wiki Assignment Template, you can add pages and content through this process: 1. Click the Add New Page button to create a new page.

3 2. An Add a New Page pop-up form will appear. Give your page a name. The option you choose under the Create New Page Under list will determine how the page is organized in the wiki s Pages menu. Selecting Wiki will simply add the page to the Pages menu. Selecting a particular page in the list will group the new page under it, creating a sub-menu. When you are done, click Continue. 3. A text-editor will appear so you can build and style the wiki page s content. When you are done, click the Save and Exit button at the bottom of the page. To Edit Wiki Settings To edit a wiki s settings, view the wiki and use the management tools that appear at the head of the page. For Single-Copy Class Wiki 1. View the Single-Copy wiki. 2. Click the Settings link at the top of the page. 3. On the Settings page, make your adjustments to the wiki s title, description, availability, and style. 4. Click the Save button to save your changes. To change single-copy wiki s Availability For Group or Individual Wiki 1. View the group or individual wiki s Active Assignments page. 2. To toggle the group/individual wiki s availability on or off, click the Click here link To change group/indivual wiki availability 3. To edit the wikis description, assignment, or style, click the Assignment Settings link and edit the form that appears. When done, click the Save button.

4 Basic Wiki Navigation and Management Tools The instructor can navigate through the wiki space using these links and instructions. Add a new page to the wiki Links to manage current page Menu to view wiki pages View and add comments To view a page Use the links in the Pages menu in the right side-bar. This menu is visible to all wiki participants. To lock a page To lock the currently viewed page so that it can t be edited or deleted by students, click the Lock link that appears in the page s heading. Only the instructor can see this option. To edit a page To edit the currently viewed page, click the Edit link that appears in the page s heading. This option is visible to students when a page is not locked. To delete a page To delete a currently viewed page, click the Delete link that appears in the page s heading. This option is visible to students when a page is not locked. NOTE: If accidental deletion of content by students is a concern, instructors can customize student author permissions to remove this option from student access. To view a page s history View that page and click the History link. This page will display a record of the most recent modifications made by wiki participants in chronological order. There will also be tools for comparing versions of the page and restoring the page to a previous version. NOTE: Both the instructor and student can restore the current wiki page to a previous version using this tool. To add a comment to the page By default, each wiki page is equipped with a comments widget. Instructors and students can add comments to a page through the Add a Comment form at the bottom of the page. NOTE: You can customize access to the comment widget through the Widget link at the top of the page.

5 In the header of every wiki page, the instructor will have access to the following tools to manage the wiki: Subscribe Click Subscribe to sign-up for periodic notifications summarizing the latest wiki activity. Export Click Export to save the wiki off-line as a complete Website, individual pages, or an importable archive. Settings/ Assignment Settings Click Settings to customize the title, description, availability, and graphic style of the wiki. Permissions Click Permissions to review and edit the viewing, authoring, and ownership permissions of the wiki. Widgets Click Widgets to add, customize, and review additional tools that have been added to the wiki. Available widgets include: comments, tags, categories, voting/ratings, share buttons, and Google Analytics. Assessment Click Assessment to see a summary of each student s activity in the wiki and use tools that integrate with the Grade Center to grade each student. Page List Click Page List to see a full list of all the wiki s pages, including those that were deleted. Attachments Click Attachments to view your wiki s content library. Anytime a document, image, or video is uploaded to the wiki, this is where the files are stored. Each wiki is granted 10 GB of file-space. The Attachments area will tell you how much file space is being used, what files have been attached to specific pages, and give you tools for viewing and deleting attachments. NOTE - Deleting an attached file does not automatically remove the attachment s link on a wiki page. The deletion results in a broken link that must be removed when editing the wiki page. Recycle Click Recycle to remove all content, uploaded files, comments, and pages from the wiki. Reviewing and Adjusting Permissions Once you have created a wiki, it is a best practice to review the viewing, authoring, and owner permissions of the wiki. This is to understand who can access the wiki and what actions they may perform. Changes can be made to permissions. 1. In the header of any wiki page, click the Permissions link. 2. On the Permissions page, review the information listed under the each tab for Viewers, Authors, and Owners. You will see who in the course has each role and what permissions are currently associated with the role.

6 3. To edit the actions users of each role may perform, click the Customize link that appears on the tab being viewed. Click to edit permissions 4. A permissions form will appear. Indicate your preferences by selecting/deselecting the checkboxes. 5. When you are done, click the Finish button at the bottom of the page. Unchecking checkboxes removes permissions Adding and Customizing Widgets 1. On any wiki page, click the Widgets link. The Manage Widgets page will appear. The In Use tab will show you the widgets that are currently applied to the wiki. a. By default, all wiki pages will come equipped with the Viewer Comments widget in use. 2. Select the Available tab to choose a widget from the list of available widgets. To add a widget to your wiki, select a widget and click the Add button. 3. The widget will be added to the In Use tab. Select the widget in this tab to customize the widget s name and settings. When done, click the Save button to add the widget to your wiki pages.

7 Viewing Student Work and Assessing Participation To View and Assess a Single Copy (Class) Wiki 1. In the content area of the course where the wiki is posted, click the wiki s View link. 2. You will be taken to the class wiki, where you can review its contents. 3. To view class participation statistics: a. Click the Assessments link at the top of the wiki. b. Review the Activity Summary that appears. Click to select student 4. To review the participation statistics of a student in detail: a. Select a student from the list on this page. b. Then, click the Evaluate Participant button. c. Review the Activity Summary for the selected student. To View and Assess a Group or Individual Wiki 1. In the content area of the course where the wiki is posted, click the wiki s View link. Click to select wiki 2. You will be taken to the wiki s Active Assignments page. Select an individual or group wiki from this list to view the wiki s content. 3. To view participation statistics of the individual or group: a. Click the Assessments link at the top of the wiki. b. Review the Activity Summary that appears. 4. To review the participation statistics of group member: a. Select a student from the list on this page. b. Then, click the Evaluate Participant button. c. Review the group member s Activity Summary. Click to select student from group wiki