Moodle Wiki

The Wiki allows academics to create a collaborative authoring activity within your Moodle course.

Wikis are particularly useful as part of a group work activity. They are places where students can present the fruits of their research, or the drafts of their group reports, for comment and input from the other members of the group. The reporting features enable instructors to more fairly assess the individual input of team members, and to view the project within the course site.

What is a Wiki?

Wiki's are a collaborative platform that allows users to create, edit, and share content within an organized framework. It provides a user-friendly interface to collaboratively build knowledge bases, create documentation, and facilitate information sharing among teams or communities. You can create wikis at course, group and individual level.

  • A course wiki might be useful for knowledge building around threshold concepts.
  • Wikis could be used for a group project where evidence of planning, knowledge construction and team work are integral to the final mark.
  • Individual wikis can be useful when students are to evidence planning and show drafts of an assignment.

Create an OU Wiki

The wiki can be created by selecting the "Wiki" or "OU Wiki" option in the activity chooser.

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OU Wiki Settings

Understanding the OU Wiki settings is important in building an effective Wiki. Staff may want to customize the settings in order to tailor the platform to their needs.

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Create a Start page for a new OU Wiki

The start page is the first page Wiki's must have. It is beneficial to have a well-organized and informative start page that serves as the entry point for your wiki. 

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Editing an OU Wiki page 

With OU Wiki, teaching staff can easily create new pages and edit existing ones.

Teaching staff cannot change a wiki page's name. If a page has to be renamed, a new page with that name needs to be created, and contents copy and pasted from the old page to the new. The old page then needs to be deleted/unlinked.
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View OU Wiki index, changes and usage

OU Wiki keeps track of the changes made to each page, providing a version history that allows staff to revert to previous versions if needed. Staff can use this feature to ensure that the content is always up to date, providing a reliable record of the changes made over time.

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Link an unlinked OU wiki page

OU Wiki allows teaching staff to create links between pages, making it easy to navigate through related content. Sometimes pages can become unlinked when all URL's pointing to the page are removed. Staff can link existing pages to each other or create new pages on the go allowing a logical flow of information.

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Delete an OU wiki page

Staff can delete a page or page version to remove it from the wiki, this will not leave the page as an unlinked page in the wiki.

Pages will be permanently removed if all versions of the page are deleted.

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FAQ

Wiki vs OU Wiki

A Moodle Wiki activity is also currently available in UNSW Moodle. However, we encourage you to use the OU Wiki tool, as it is more flexible than the core Moodle Wiki in the following ways:

  • The OU wiki can be marked and the marks sent to the Moodle Gradebook.
  • You can set time limits on users editing wiki pages, so that they don't lock out other users indefinitely.
  • You can create reusable wiki templates, predefining content pages to make it easier for students to contribute.
  • An annotation system allows you to use comment bubbles to provide feedback on students'  contributions.
  • The OU blog has better comparison of page versions than does the core Moodle Wiki.
  • It also has an extended page history management tool (per page and activity-wide).

How to grade wiki?

The OU Wiki activity provides its own inbuilt page to grade individual students. This page provides details towards how much each student has participated and the number of words they have added. To view this page:

1. In the wiki, click 'Participation by user' on the top right

2. Grade students in the 'Grades' column, the grading method can be adjusted in the 'Grade' section of the wiki's settings

3. Select a different group in the top left 'Separate groups' dropdown to view a different group (if you are using groups)

How to set wikis for different groups?

You can enable groups in OU wiki by:

1. In the 'Wiki settings' section, set 'Sub-wikis' to 'One wiki per group'

2. In the 'Common module settings' section, set 'Group mode' to 'Separate groups'

3. Set 'Grouping' to your desired grouping

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