Make a Wiki page

Q.

How do I create a new wiki page? Can I create a table of contents for my wiki?

A. 

A wiki is a collection of collaboratively authored web documents. Basically, a wiki page is a web page everyone in your class can create together, right in the browser, without needing to know HTML. A wiki starts with one front page. Each author can add other pages to the wiki by simply creating a link to a page that doesn't exist yet. To create a new page, either type the page name between double square brackets [[page name]] OR you can select New from the Wiki menu in the Navigation block. Continue reading to learn how to make a new wiki page.


1. Click on your wiki from the course homepage.

2.  Click the Edit tab to add content to your wiki page.

3. To make a new page put double brackets around the word or phrase you want to call your new page. Ex. [[ Page 1]]. Then click Save button. Now click the bright red link to access the new page.

If your wiki page becomes long you can add a Table of Contents to easily get to a certain section of the page. Create and highlight the section title name. Then click the Format drop down menu and select Heading 1. Heading 2 or 3 will create a subsection in the Table of contents. Click Save.

* I recommend keeping page names short and easy to remember. Linking pages to go back and forth through the wiki will require you to double bracket the page name so you can navigate in the wiki.

4. You can also create a new page by clicking New in the Navigation block. Enter a page name in the New page title box and click Create page.  to create a new page.

This will create an orphan page. An orphan page is a page that is not linked anywhere. Again keep the page name short and easy to remember.

5. Enter content and double bracket the page you want this orphan page to go back to. Ex. [[Page 1]] or [[ Homepage]]. Click Save.

Wiki General Features
The option for editing, commenting viewing history, map and files may all be accessed both from the tabs at the top and links in the Navigation block (see step 4).  

View - The View tab or link allows users to display and view the wiki page.
Edit - The Edit tab or link allows users to edit the wiki page.
Comments - The Comments tab or link allows users to see and add comments about the wiki.
History - The History tab or link allows users to see what has been altered in the wiki. Compare edits by clicking the Compare Selected button. Click the Restore button of the version you wish to restore if the latest edit is unsuitable. 

Map - The Map tab or link allows users to view areas of the wiki such as a list of pages, updated or orphaned pages etc.
Files - The Files tab or link allows users to access any files which have been added to the wiki. Teacher can only add files.
Administration - The Administration tab or link is available to editing teachers in the course so they can delete page versions or selected pages. Clicking the list all button will list available pages to delete. The first page of the wiki cannot be deleted.

Things To Note
It's recommended that one user edit the page at a time. If two users are working on a page and one user clicks Save the other user might lose their entry. It's a good idea to jot down your thoughts on a word processor program and then paste to your wiki page.

If you make a change to a wiki page name make sure you change the wiki page name anywhere else you added that wiki page. A change in one location will not automatically update the other pages with that wiki page name.