Quick Start Guides

A wiki is a website composed of one or more pages that allows people to add and edit content collectively. Your wiki starts off with one page: the homepage. You can add new pages at any time and link them together.

 Navigation

Steps

1. Enter a course.
2. Click a content area link in the course menu frame.
3. Click the Edit View link located at the top right of the page.
4. In the Select field, select Wiki.
5. Click the Go button.

Wiki Information

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

Member Settings

1. Select the Wiki members option.
2. 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.
3. Click  to move the group or member to the Selected Members box.
4. Select the Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages checkbox if applicable.
5. Select the Allow members to export the wiki checkbox if applicable.
6. Select the View Comments checkbox if applicable.
7. If this option has been assigned, select the Write Comments checkbox to allow members to add comments.
8. If you want to allow edits during a specific timeframe, select the appropriate Allow Edits After and Allow Edits Until options.

Non-Member Settings

1. Select the Allow non-members to view the wiki checkbox.
2. If you want to allow viewing access a specific timeframe, select the appropriate Display After and Display Until options.
3. Select the View Comments checkbox if applicable.
   If this option has been assigned, select the Write Comments checkbox to allow non-members to add comments.
4. Click the OK button to finish.
5. Click the OK button to continue.