Wikis can be used for collaborative online document creation by all Moodle course participants, by groups, or by an individual student and the teacher.

In a typical wiki set up students will have access to read and edit all wiki documents. For classes using Groups, Moodle wikis can be configured to restrict viewing of and/or interacting with the wikis of other groups.

Applying Basic Wiki Settings

1. Insert a wiki activity into the appropriate week/topic.
2. Provide a name for the wiki and a summary.
3. If you're using Groups in your class you may want to set "Group mode" to either:
   • No groups - students from all groups will be able to view and edit the wiki, though this also depends on the type of wiki you create.
   • Separate groups - each group will have its own wiki and only group members will be able to view and edit the wiki.
   • Visible groups - each group will have its own wiki and only group members will be able to edit the wiki. However, all other groups will be able to read the wiki.
   • Moodle Wiki Types and Groups are explained in this matrix.

Applying Advanced Wiki Settings

Click the [Show Advanced] button to reveal more wiki settings.

1. Determine the type of wiki you want to create:
   • Groups - this is the default and most commonly used type. It allows students and teachers to view and edit the wiki.
   • Student - allows each student to maintain a wiki that only the teacher and the student are able to view and edit.
   • Teacher - a wiki that only the teacher can edit, but all students can view.
   • Moodle Wiki Types and Groups are explained in this matrix.
2. If you want students to be able to include images in their wiki entries then you need to set "Allow binary files" to Yes.
3. You may want to place a check beside "Disable CamelCase linking" otherwise "CamelCase" words will be treated as links to new wiki pages.

Editing a Wiki Page

Most of the content formatting can be done through the inline Web editor. However, there are some tasks that require specific wiki formatting:

Creating a new page

New pages are created by linking to them from another wiki page.

1. In the [Edit] tab screen of an existing wiki page type the name of the new wiki page either inside square brackets (e.g., [My Life Story]) or in CamelCase (e.g., MyLifeStory). However, if you disabled CamelCase when creating the wiki, new pages will need to be created using the square brackets method.
2. After saving the page, a question mark will appear after the name of the new page.
3. Click the question mark link. This will take you to the edit screen of the new page.
4. Enter content for the new page and click [Save].

Linking to an existing wiki page

1. In the [Edit] tab screen of an existing wiki page enter the name of the wiki page you want to link to within square brackets (e.g., [My Life Story]).
2. Click [Save] when finished.

Uploading and inserting images

For Student and Member roles

Students and Members are able to upload picture files to a wiki only if the wiki is set to allow binary files. (See step 2 of the Advanced Settings section above). Only .jpg, .gif, and .png files are supported.

1. In the [Edit] tab screen click the [Browse] button to locate the image file on your computer.
2. With the file path listed in the upload box, click the [Upload] button.
3. A window will pop up listing the URL to the image (e.g., [internal://filename.jpg]. Copy and paste it into the inline Web editor.
4. Click the [Save] button.

For Teacher and Leader roles

Teachers and Leaders can use any picture files from their Files directory or can upload a file from a local computer.

1. Place the cursor where you want the picture to appear and click on the insert image button .
2. To use an existing file, click on it from within the "File Browser" section.
3. Provide "Alternate text" and, if you wish, other custom image settings within the "Layout", "Spacing", and "Size" sections.
4. Click the [OK] button to insert the image.