Oncourse Wiki: Overview
What it does
The Wiki tool gives site participants the ability to create and update wiki pages within a site. For a complete definition of wikis, see Wikipedia (itself a wiki).
Key concepts
Adding the Wiki tool: Site owners can add the Wiki tool using Site Setup. For instructions, see Adding, removing, hiding, or reordering tools.
Setting permissions: Adding the tool to a site
creates an access-controlled Home page that only site participants can
reach. Site owners can configure permissions to allow public access,
and to control who can read and update pages.
Adding pages: Participants with permission to
update can edit existing pages or create new ones. To create a new
page, add a wiki link (e.g., [Final Report]) to an
existing page. Clicking that link creates a new page, which is then
available for site participants to edit.
Images: Participants can add files (such as images) from Resources to wiki pages.
Versioning: Wiki pages are versioned automatically, and site owners can view the history of edits to a page and the differences between them. The wiki informs editors if they are about to overwrite unseen changes.
Things to consider
- Avoid using unsupported characters when naming your wiki pages;
see Unsupported characters.
- The Wiki tool uses Adobe Flash to automatically save pages you are actively editing. If you do not have Flash enabled or use a browser add-on such as Flashblock for Mozilla Firefox, the auto-save feature will not work.
Help documentation
For help documentation about the Wiki tool, see Wiki.
Last modified on November 07, 2011.
