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Collaborate with OU wiki

An overview of how to use an OU wiki to provide students with collaboration, production, discussion or investigation activities.

Monitor student participation on a group wiki

visible groups; group a is selected from dropdown

  1. Select the wiki from the module homepage.
  2. Choose the group wiki you want to view from the Visible or Separate groups drop-down menu.
  3. Select Wiki index to view the wiki alphabetically or structurally.
  4. Select the page you want to view.
  5. Select wiki changes to see the change history of the wiki.

table shows changes by date, time, page, words,

  1. You can compare different versions  to see what work has been contributed by different group members by selecting History. The changes to the current page will be listed.
  2. Choose the versions you want to compare, Select Compare selected.
  3. The older version of the page will display on the left under the heading Older version, where deleted text is highlighted.
  4. Added text is indicated in the newer version on the right under the heading Newer version. 

side by side changes to text shown in red

  1. Select Participation by user to get an overview of the number of pages created and edited and words added and deleted for each user.
  2. You can also use the Grades drop-down menu to assign a grade for each student.

table shows user name, pages created, words added

  1. To manage large groups working on a wiki you could ask students to leave their initials after contributions. Alternatively you might ask students to work on a different section and then take on a whole wiki role (i.e. discussion starter, formatter, etc) which you can then assess.
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