Wikis

Overview

A wiki is a collection of pages that more than one person can edit, including instructors, teachers, and learners. Wikis are a great way to collaborate within a course or group and foster a sense of community.

One benefit of wikis is that each page keeps a history of edits, allowing you to see what changes were made and who made them. You can also restore a page to one of its previous versions.

The platform supports course/class wikis and group wikis.

Installing the Wikis app

To use Wikis, they must be installed by an administrator. To install wikis, administrators:

1. Click Admin from the main navigation menu.
   
2. Click App center from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Install the Wikis app from the Collaboration section.
   

Enabling Wikis

Wikis can be enabled as a feature for courses, classes, and groups. To enable Wikis:

1. Access a course, class, or group.
   
2. Click Admin from the secondary navigation menu.
   
3. Click Features from the fly-out menu.
   
4. Select the Wiki checkbox.
   

Please note you must be an instructor or teacher for the course to add the Wiki feature. To add Wikis to a group, you must be a group administrator. 

After enabling Wikis for a course, class, or group, you can add a Wiki:

1. Click Wiki from the course, class, or group navigation menu.
   
2. Click + Add.
   

The Add wiki page pop-up displays.

1. Enter a title.
   
2. Use the editor to add content.
   
3. Click Save.
   

To see the latest version of a particular Wiki page:

1. Click the Wiki page title.
   

The current Wiki page displays.

1. Click Edit to edit the latest page version.
   
2. Click Delete to delete the latest page version.
   
3. Click Lock to lock the page from future edits.
   
4. Click the < button in the top right to see previous versions of the page.
   
5. Click the History tab to view the entire history of the page.

If you click the History tab, the Wiki page's history displays. To view previous versions of the page:

1. Click the Version number.
   

If you want to make a previous page version the current version:

1. Click Revert to this version.
   

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