Wiki
The Wiki enables a class or group to create and work on collaborative documents. A full history of changes is kept, and the Wiki can be easily published to the web in HTML format.
Creating a Wiki
- To create a Wiki, simply select Wiki from the left-hand-side course menu bar and choose the option to Create Wiki.
- The Create Wiki interface will appear, prompting you to enter the Wiki Title, Description, Content, and options to restrict editing to the Wiki.
After entering the Title, Description, and Content for the Wiki, select Create Wiki to save your Wiki and create it.
Creating a Wiki document
- Title
- The title field is the name of the Wiki. For example, “Collaborative Annotated Bibliography”
- Description
- The description is the a brief summary of the purpose and content with in the Wiki
- Disable editing on a certain date
- This feature provides the faculty member with the option to restrict editing to the Wiki after a specific date.
- Allow all course members to edit this Wiki document
- This feature can either enable or disable editing to the Wiki by all course members.
- Content
- The content area is the place where you develop the content for the wiki. The content area has a rich editing toolbar. See below.
The editing toolbar provides a number of options that are clearly outlined in the Epsilen User Guide. To see those specific features and explanations of use go here.
Viewing a Wiki
- To view a Wiki select Wiki from the course menu tool bar. Next, select the Wiki Title or the magnifying glass icon next to the Wiki.
- This will bring up the Wiki content, with options to edit, export, view the history, or to go back.
A Wiki Document
Editing a Wiki
When editing a existing Wiki, it is important to keep in mind that you are working a collaborative document and simply adding content to the document or modifying existing content.
- To select an existing Wiki to edit select the Wiki tool from the course menu. This will bring up a list of current Wikis along with the current status of the Wiki.
- If the Wiki’s current status is Ready for Editing, you will have the ability to modify the contents of the Wiki.
- Select the pencil icon to edit the wiki.
- This will launch the Edit Wiki interface in which the Title, Description, and content can be edited by course members.
Making changes to a Wiki
Viewing the History of Edits to a Wiki
Since the Wiki is a document that can be edited by many course/group members, viewing the history of edits may be important to see who has made a contribution to the document and the nature of that contribution.
- To view the history of a Wiki document, view the Wiki and select the View History button.
- This will list each version of the Wiki (a new version is created after each edit), course member it was edited by, and the data and time it was edited.
- To view a particular version of a Wiki, select the magnifying glass icon or the version number next to the Wiki entry for a particular date/time.
A Wiki’s edit history
Exporting a Wiki
The Wiki can be exported to HTML format to enable faculty and students to create a free standing web page from the collaborative Wiki document. To do this, simply view the Wiki and select the Export to HTML button. This will save the contents of the Wiki to an HTML file on your computer.
Note the HTML Export button