Wiki Activity: Participate in a Wiki [Student]

Description

The Wiki tool in Moodle ISU can be used as a learning resource. A Wiki is a dynamic web-resource, designed to allow every member of a community (such as a class) to edit and alter its contents in order to reflect the body of knowledge and understanding collected by the community.

This Guide Will Help You to:

Identify common features of a wiki in Moodle ISU
View a wiki
Edit an existing wiki page
Create a new page in a wiki
View relationship between wiki pages
View wiki page history
Seek further assistance

Identify common features of a wiki in Moodle ISU

The Moodle ISU Wiki module enables students to collaborate on a book-like writing project. The Wiki is easy to use, interactive, and organized by date, so it encourages informal discussion among the participants. A Wiki is a powerful tool which can be used to record the progress of the students. Old versions of a Wiki are never deleted and can be restored. Wikis can also be searched, just like other course material.

Note: The instructor determines who can view and edit the wiki. Depending on the settings chosen, editing and viewing settings can be determined separately for the whole class, the instructor, individual groups, or an individual student.

View a Wiki

Select the name of the wiki you would like to view

With the view option selected, the contents of the wiki will display.

Edit an existing wiki page

Select the name of the wiki you would like to edit.
Select the page that needs to be edited.

At the top of the Wiki page, select the Edit option.

In the HTML format text box, make the changes to the existing information as desired.

At the bottom of the page select:
- Save - save changes
- Preview - see the page before saving.
- Cancel - do not save changes

Create a new wiki page

You can create a new wiki page on the main front page or within the other wiki pages.

In the Edit tab, Type the new page name enclosed with double square brackets before and after the new page name.
- This example is: [[Tips for overcoming Learner-Learner obstacles in hybrid classrooms]]

Select Save.

Note: This creates a blank page on the Wiki; you still have to add content.

To add content to the new page, select the name of the page.

Note: Wiki pages with no content will appear with a red font color and italic style

Select the format of the new page:
- HTML - The HTML editor is available.
- Creole - A common wiki markup language with a limited edit bar.
- Nwiki - Mediawiki-like markup language with a limited edit bar.

At the bottom of the page, select Create page.
Add content to your page in the format box.
At the bottom of the page select:
- Save - save changes
- Preview - see the page before saving.
- Cancel - do not save changes

Create a wiki link between pages

To help with navigation between wiki pages, it’s recommended to include a wiki link in pages either to the front wiki page, previous page, or related page.

Navigate to the specific wiki page.
Select the Edit option
Type the name of an already existing wiki page.
- This example is: Return to [[Table of Contents]] (“Table of Contents” is the name of the first page in this Wiki example).

Warning: The wiki links are case sensitive and need to be spelled correctly for the relationship to be properly created.

View relationship between wiki pages

Navigate to the specific wiki page
In the drop down menu, select the Map option.

Choose a desired option:
- Contributions - List of pages that you have edited.
- Links - The wiki pages linking to this page.
- Orphaned pages - List of pages that are not linked from other page.
- Page Index - This wiki’s page tree.
- Page list - Page list categorized by alphabetical order.
- Updated pages - Recently updated wiki pages.