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Blackboard’sWikisTool
WikisareusedtocreateacollaborativespacewithinaCoursewhereallstudentscanview,contribute,andeditcontent.ThemostcommonexampleisWikipedia,theonlineencyclopediathatallowsanyoneintheworldtocontributecontenttoit.
AboutCourseWikisAnyCoursemembercanaddpagesunlesstheInstructorintendstobethesoleauthorandusetheWikiascoursecontent.
AboutGroupWikisAnyCoursemembercanreadtheGroupWiki,buttheusermustbeamemberoftheGrouptoeditapageormakeacommentonaGroupWikipage.
HowtoCreateaWikiOnlytheinstructorcancreateWikitopics.
1. AccesstheCourse.EnsureEditModeisON.2. IntheControlPanel,expandtheCourseToolssection.SelectWikis.3. OntheWikislistingpage,clickCreateWikiontheActionBar.
4. OntheCreateWikipage,typeaWikiName.5. TypeoptionalInstructionsfortheWiki.Formatthetextandadd
images,links,multimedia,Mashups,andattachmentsusingthefunctionsintheTextEditor,ifneeded.AttachmentsaddedusingtheTextEditorcanhavealternatetextaddedtodescribetheattachment.
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6. SelecttheYesoptiontomaketheWikiavailabletousers.7. UsetheDisplayAfterandDisplayUntildateandtimefieldstolimitavailabilityofthe
Wiki.SelecttheDisplayAfterandDisplayUntilcheckboxesinordertoenablethedateandtimeselections.DisplayrestrictionsdonotaffectthecontentintheWiki,onlytheappearanceoftheWiki.
8. SelecttheStudentAccessoption.StudentAccesscanbechangedatanytime.a. ClosedtoEditing:SelectthisoptionwhentheInstructorwillbetheonlyone
contributingpagesortodisallowfurtherpageeditingbyusers,suchaswhentheWikipagesaresettobegraded.WikiscanstillbeviewedwhenClosedtoEditingisselected.
b. OpentoEditing:AllowsuserstomodifyanyWikipage.InaGroupWiki,ausermustbeamemberoftheGrouptoeditaWikipage.
9. SelectNogradingortheGradeoptionandtypethenumberofPointspossible.Pointspossiblewillapplytooneormorepagesaddedandalleditsbytheuser.OnceaWikiissettobegraded,acolumniscreatedforitintheGradeCenter.ItispermanentlygradableandcannotbesettoNograding.
TheWikitopicsappearinalphabeticalorderontheWikislistingpage.Columnscanbesortedbyclickingthecolumntitleorcaret.
AddingaCourseMenuButtonforaWikiTomaketheWikisyouhavecreatedeasilyaccessibletoyourstudentsyoucanaddaCourseMenubuttonorlinknamed“CourseWikis”orsomethingsimilar.
1. SelecttheplussignatthetopofyourcoursemenuandselectCreateToolLink.
2. GiveButtonaName.3. UnderType,selectWikis4. Select“AvailabletoUsers.”
ClickSubmit.Thiswilllinktoallcourseblogs.
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HowtoCreateaWikiPageEachnewlycreatedCourseorGroupWikirequiresafirstpage,whichisthehomepage.TheInstructororanyCourseorGroupmembercancreatethehomepage.Thehomepagecannotbedeleted,butiftheWikiisopentoediting,itcanbeeditedbyanyCourseorGroupmember.Thehomepageandallsubsequentpagesarecreatedfollowingthesamesteps.
1. OntheWikislistingpage,selectaWikititle.2. OntheWiki’stopicpage,clickCreateWikiPageontheActionBar.3. OntheCreateWikiPage,typeaNamefortheWikipage.4. TypetextintheContenttextbox.Formatthetextandaddimages,links,multimedia,
Mashups,andattachmentsusingthefunctionsintheTextEditor.AttachmentsaddedusingtheTextEditorcanhavealternatetextaddedtodescribetheattachment.
5. ClickSubmit.HowtoEditWikiContentAnyCoursemembercaneditaCourseWikipageandanyGroupmembercaneditaGroupWikipage,unlesstheInstructorhasdisabledthisfunction.WhenaWikipageisbeingeditedbyoneuser,itislockedtopreventothersfromeditingthesamepage.Ifausertriestoeditapagesomeoneelseisediting,heorsheisinformedthatthepageiscurrentlybeingeditedbyanotheruser.
Note:StudentsdonothavetheabilitytodeleteWikipages.
1. AccesstheWiki.TheWikitopicpageappears.2. Selectthepagetoreviewandedit.TheWikipage
opensinthecontentframe.3. Inthesidepanel,clickthepage’sActionLinkto
accessthecontextualmenuandselectEdit.
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4. OntheEditWikiPage,changescanbemadetothenameandcontentofthepage.Additionalcontentcanbeaddedalso.UsethefunctionsintheTextEditortoformatexistingtextoraddlinks,images,multimedia,Mashups,attachments,andlinktootherWikipages.
5. ClickSubmit.Note:SelectHistoryfromapage’scontextualmenutoseehowthepagehasbeenmodified,viewanyversion,andcomparetwoversionssidebyside.ThePageHistorypageallowstheInstructortoretrieveinformationaboutthedevelopmentofanypageandseewhocontributedcontent.
HowtoLinktoOtherWikiPagesWhencreatingoreditingaWikipage,userscanusetheLinktoWikipagefunctionintheTextEditortolinktoanotherWikipagewithinthecurrentWiki.
LinkstootherWikipagescanbecreatedwhenatleasttwopagesexist.
1. AccesstheWiki.OntheWikitopicpage,clickCreateWikiPage.2. OntheCreateWikiPage,typeaWikiNameandContent.3. IntheContenttextbox,positionthemousepointerwherealinkwillbeaddedto
anotherWikipage.
4. ClicktheLinktoWikipagefunctionintheTextEditor,representedbyseveralsheetsofpaper.IfthereisonlyonepageintheWiki,thisfunctionisdisabled.
5. Inthepop-upwindow,selecttheWikipagetolinktofromthedrop-downlist.
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6. Optionally,typeanameforthelinkintheRenameWikiPageLinktextbox.Ifthelinkisnotrenamed,theoriginalpagetitleisusedasthelink.ClickSubmit.ThelinkappearsintheTextEditor.
7. ClickSubmit.ThenewpagewiththelinktotheotherpageisaddedtotheWiki.HowtoAddaCommenttoaWikiPageAnyCoursemembercanaddacommenttoaCourseWikipageratherthanaddtooreditapage.Bydefault,GroupWikiscanbereadbyallCoursemembers,butausermustbeamemberoftheGrouptomakeacommentonaGroupWikipage.TheInstructorcanchangethedefaultsettingtoallowonlyGroupmemberstoviewaGroupWiki.
1. AccesstheWiki.2. OntheWikitopicpage,selectthepagetoviewinthesidepanel.TheWikipageopensin
thecontentframe.3. ClickCommentfollowingtheuser’scontribution.TheCommenttextboxappears.4. TypeacommentintheCommenttextbox.
5. ClickSpellCheckatthebottomoftheCommenttextboxtocheckthespellingofthe
contentbeforecontinuing.6. ClickAdd.ClicktheCommentslinkbelowthecontributiontoviewthecomment.
HowtoViewtheParticipationSummaryOntheParticipationSummarypage,InstructorsareabletoviewalistofallStudentparticipationforthecurrentWikibeingviewed.
1. AccesstheWiki.2. OntheWikitopicpage’sActionBar,clickParticipationandGradingforgradedWikisor
ParticipationSummaryforWikiswithnograding.
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3. OntheParticipationSummarypage,viewparticipationfortheStudentswhohavecontributedtotheWiki.
4. Inthesidepanel,viewinformationabouttheWikiandselectausertoviewhisorherParticipant'sContributionpage.
• PageVersions:ThePageVersioncolumndisplaysallpagescreatedandeditedbytheuser.ThisallowstheInstructortoseepreciselyhowandwhatcontenttheusercontributedandedited.
• WordsModified:Tallyofanywordsadded,deleted,oreditedinallpagesandeachpage’sversionoftheWiki.
• PageSaves:TallyofanytimeSubmitisclickedontheEditWikiPageintheWiki,regardlessofwhetherornotcontenthasbeenchanged.
HowtoGradeaCourseWikiAfteraWikiissettobegraded,acolumnisautomaticallycreatedintheGradeCenter.Then,individualStudentcontributionscanbeaccessedfromtheWiki’sParticipationSummarypage.
AgradedWikicannotbesettoungraded.DeletethegradedWikifromtheWikislistingpageandtheGradeCenter,andcreateanewungradedWiki.Alternatively,donotincludethegradedWikicolumninGradeCentercalculations,iftheWikipagesneedtoberetained.
1. AccesstheWikitobegraded.2. OntheWikitopicpage,clickParticipationandGradingontheActionBar.
3. OntheParticipationSummarypage,selectauser’snameinthesidepanel.Userswithcontributionsreadyforgradingappearwiththeexclamationmark,theneedsgradingicon.
4. OntheParticipant’sContributionpage,alistoftheuser’spagesandpageversionsopeninthecontentframe.Youcanalsoviewinformationaboutthecontributions.InthePageVersioncolumn,clickapage’stitletoreviewit.
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5. Whenreadytograde,enteragradeintheGradewindow.Note:IfaRubrichasbeencreatedforthisgradedWiki,clickViewRubric.TheRubricmustbecreatedandaddedtotheappropriateGradeCentercolumninadvance.
6. Optionally,typeFeedbackfortheuserandGradingNotes,whichappeartotheInstructorandGraderonly.Optionally,usetheSpellCheckfunctioninthebottomofeachtextbox.ClickTextEditortoaccessalltheTextEditorfunctionsforformattingtextandaddingURLs,attachments,images,Mashups,andmultimedia.
7. ClickSubmittoaddtheGrade,Feedback,andGradingNotestotheGradesectionandtotheGradeCenter.
8. TheGrade,Feedback,orGradingNotescanbeeditedagainatanytime.ThechangesappearintheGradesectionandintheGradeCenter.ThechangesaredocumentedintheGradeCenterintheGradeHistorytabontheuser'sGradeDetailspage.
UsethePreviousUserandNextUserarrowsinthesidepaneltoquicklyaccessotherusers’contributionstograde.