09. Using Wiki Contents
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09. Using Wiki
09. Using Wiki
Wiki is a tool for creating single contents with multiple participants. It can be used for group learning, etc.
Wiki types
There are two types of Wikis in Moodle: "Collaborative wiki" and "Individual wiki".
Individual wiki; Build with one participant.
Collaborative wiki; Build with all participants or as the group.
09.1 Creating a Wiki
09.1 Creating a Wiki
Adding and setting up a Wiki
① Once you're in edit mode, click the "+ button" and "Activity or resource" in the section where you want to add the “Wiki”.
② Click on "Wiki" from the list of available activities and resources displayed.
The Wiki settings page will open.
③ Enter a name for the Wiki page.
④ Enter a description of the Wiki page.
⑤ Select "Collaborative Wiki" or "Individual Wiki" from the "Wiki mode" field.
⑥ Enter the name of the first page of the wiki.
⑦ Click on "Save and return to course".
⑧ A screen for creating a page with the name entered in the "Name of first page" field will be displayed.
Click "Create page" to create the wiki page.
09.2 Using a Wiki
09.2 Using a Wiki
With the current settings, the Wiki is available to all students participating in the course.
This section describes how to edit and add pages to a Wiki.
Input to the Wiki
① Click the icon of the installed Wiki to display the edit screen.
② Click on the "View" box in the figure to select an operation for the wiki.
Click the box on the left side of the screen to display a drop-down menu.
Select "Edit".
③ Enter the text in the "Edit this "XX" page" field.
Click the "Save" button when you are finished.
Creating a page
You can create a new page that is linked from the first page created in "09.1 Creating a Wiki".
When you save your changes, the name of the newly created page will appear as a red link. Clicking on this link will create a new page and bring up the page's edit window. The page can be edited in the same way as before.In this way, you can create new pages one after another.
When using multiple pages, be careful not to create unlinked pages (lost pages).
① Surround the names of the pages you wish to create with [[...]] and save your changes.
② The specified pages are displayed in red.
Clicking on an area in red will display a screen for creating a new page.
③ Click "Create page" to create the specified page.
④ The edit screen for the new page will appear, so fill in the required information and click the "Save" button.
To create multiple pages, repeat this process.
Applying to groups
Course participants are also able to be formed into groups to work as a group.
When doing this, set the settings through the "Restrict access" option, etc. of the Wiki.
① After grouping the participants in the "Participants" section of the course, firstly open the "Restrict access" in the Wiki settings page.
Then click the "Add restriction..." button.
② Select "Groups" from the "Restrict access" menu.
③ Click "Choose..." to display the groups set in the "Participants" section, select the group that will use the wiki, and click "Save and return course".
History
You can check the history of changes to the Wiki you created or revert to the older version if necessary.
① Checking the history of changes to the wiki.
To check the history open the Wiki and click on the "View" box to display the menu.
Select "History".
② The modified and saved version will be displayed on the screen.
You can view the changes. If there are more than three versions, select the version you wish to compare and click "Compare selected".
In this example, we will compare versions 1 and 2.
③ The changes are highlighted as shown in "A" on the screen.
To revert to the previous version, click "Restore" as shown in "B".
In this case, the version is not reverted to 1, but a new version 2 is created.
Map menu
If you use the map menu from the "Map" tab, you can check the structure of links to the pages edited or to the pages included in the Wiki currently in use.
① Open the Wiki and click the box "View" for the dropdown list of operations.
Select "Map".
② Click the "Map menu" box to open the drop-down menu then select the action you wish to examine.
Map menu choices
Choice
Description of choices
Contributions
Displays a list of pages edited by you.
Links
Displays the link sources and link destinations for the current page.
Orphaned pages
Displays a list of pages that are not linked from other pages.
Page index
Displays the tree structure of the pages.
Page list
Displays links to pages in alphabetical order.
Updated pages
Displays recently updated pages and the date of the update.
09.3 Managing a Wiki
09.3 Managing a Wiki
Teachers can delete pages and page versions from the "Administration" menu of the Wiki.
Teachers can manage their Wiki pages from the "Administration" menu (not visible to students).
The following functions can be operated.
（1）delete a Wiki pages
（2）delete a page version.
（１）Remove pages
You can delete files uploaded as Wiki pages or attachments. Click "List all" on the screen to display a list of page names, select the page you want to delete and click the trash can icon.
When deleting a page, be careful not to delete the page in question or create a page that is not linked from anywhere in the process.
（２）Delete page versions
You can check the contents of each page version and delete unnecessary versions. To check contents, click the numbers in the "Version" column. To delete a page version, select the unwanted version and click "Delete page version".
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