User Guide for Campus Pack

Creating Additional Wikis

You can create as many wikis as you would like in your course. These wikis can be configured in different ways to create different learning activities. Note that each course or organization also has one Central Course Wiki that you can turn on or off.

If available in your version of Blackboard, additional wikis are created within the Control Panel page or in the Edit View mode of course content areas. Wikis are created by adding a special kind of content type in a course content area, such as Assignments or Course Documents. Additional wikis cannot be created if the instructor has disabled the wiki content type in the course Control Panel page.

Create a New Wiki

Navigate to your course or organization page.
Choose a content area (i.e., Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) or create a new one.
Click the EDIT/VIEW link
Select Wiki from the Select drop-down list in the right corner of the action bar.
Click the Go button.

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Configure the Wiki

Once you have accessed the Create Wiki page, you need to complete the information required to configure it for use.

Wiki Information

Enter the name of the wiki in the Name field.
Enter the description of the wiki in the Description field if applicable.
If you want students to access the wiki, select Yes as the Make the wiki available option.

This field determine availability of the wiki to student users in the course. If the No option is selected, then the wiki will not be visible to students in the course content area, however instructors can view the wiki in the Edit View mode of the course content area or when viewing the content area in the course control panel.

If the Yes option is selected, then the wiki will be visible to students, and course users with permissions to view the wiki will be able to enter the wiki.

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Select the value to use to reference users in the wiki

Wiki users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the wiki:

At the top of each wiki page, if they were the last person to modify that page
In the Page History, for every revision made by that user
As the author of any comments added by the user

In all of these locations, the user will be referenced with the name value selected for this field. The options are as follows:

User Name: If selected, the user's username will be displayed. Since usernames are generally a field kept private to each user, this option should only be selected if necessary (e.g., jdoe).
Person Name: If selected, the user's first name and last name will be displayed (e.g., John Doe).
Person Name and User Name: If selected the user's first name, last name, and username will be displayed (e.g., John Doe and jdoe).
Given Name: If selected, the user's first name, or given name, will be displayed (e.g., John).

Note: If your institution includes sensitive information in usernames, do not select the "User Name" or "Both" options.

Text direction for wiki content

If you are building sites in a language that is read right-to-left, such as Arabic, you can set the primary text direction. If no text direction is selected, content will be displayed by default from left to right.

Member Settings

Specify course users who should be members of the wiki and the permissions that should be assigned to these members.

The options are as follows:

All Course Members: Select this option if all students in the course should be able to add and edit content in the wiki.
Specific Course Members and Groups: Select this option if only specific students, specific course groups, or some combination of students and course groups should be able to add and edit content in the wiki. If this option is selected, then select the groups and individual course members who should be added as members of the wiki.

Select the Wiki members option.
If the Specific groups and course members option has been selected, select groups from the Course Groups box and/or from the individual students from the Individual Course Members box.
Click to move the group or member to the Selected Members box.
Select the Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages checkbox if applicable.
Select the Allow members to export the wiki checkbox if applicable.
Select the View Comments checkbox if applicable.
If this option has been assigned, select the Write Comments checkbox to allow members to add comments.
If you want to allow edits during a specific timeframe, select the appropriate Allow Edits After and Allow Edits Until options.

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Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages

By default, wiki members are unable to permanently delete wiki pages. When this setting is not enabled, all deletions made by students can be undone -- i.e., the content can be restored to the wiki. If this setting is enabled, students have the option to perform a restorable delete on a wiki page or to permanently delete the page. Instructors can always permanently delete wiki pages regardless of whether this setting is enabled or not.

Allow members to export the wiki

Enable this option if members of the wiki should be able to export the site. Instructors will always have the option to export the site. The Export Site link will not be displayed to student users, however, unless this option is selected.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for student members of the wiki. Instructors always have the option to view and add comments to any wiki page. If the View Comments option is selected, then members can view comments only. If the Write Comments option is selected, then members can both view and write comments. The Write Comments option cannot be selected unless the View Comments option is also selected.

Set date and time restrictions for editing the wiki

If wiki members should only be able to add and edit content in the wiki for a specified time, enable these date settings.

Non-Member Settings

Teams LX allows instructors to make wikis available for non-members to view and comment. This is a useful feature in cases where the instructor would like to encourage peer review among students. In this use case, the instructor can assign one or more students in the course as a member of the wiki, which allows those students to add and edit content in the wiki. The wiki can then be opened up for non-members to view and add comments. This allows other members of the course to provide the members of the wiki with commentary on their work.

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Allow non-members to view the wiki

This field is selected by default. It provides access to non-members (i.e., course members who are not selected as members of the wiki, as well as course guests and observers) with access to view the wiki. Uncheck this field if only members of the wiki and instructors should be able to access the wiki.

Date and time restrictions for viewing the wiki

This set of date and time fields allows the instructor to limit wiki access for non-members to specific time periods. If neither of the checkboxes are selected, then non-members can view the wiki for as long as they have access to the course.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for non-members. These permissions can only be set if the instructor is allowing non-members to view the wiki. If the View Comments option is selected, then non-members can view comments only. If the Write Comments option is selected, then non-members can both view and write comments. The Write Comments option cannot be selected unless the View Comments option is also selected.

Create Grade Book Entry

If the wiki is being graded, select the Create a Gradebook Entry option and specify the information for a Gradebook entry to be created for the wiki. To remove this entry from the Gradebook after creating it, do so from the Gradebook.

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