Using the Course Wiki

Some courses include a wiki, which provides a public forum for both learners and the course team to access, share, and collaboratively edit information relating to the course.

If your course includes a wiki, you access it by selecting the Wiki tab at the top of any page. (If your course does not include a wiki, this tab is not present.)

Your course team might use the wiki for many reasons, including these:

• Sharing answers to course FAQs and collecting new FAQs.
• Sharing editable course information, such as download and installation instructions for software required for the course.
• Allowing learners to create and share resources, perhaps as part of a collaborative exercise.
• Sharing errors and corrections for the course.
• Collecting suggestions for future runs of the course. 

As a learner, you can perform the following tasks, depending on the permissions that are set for the wiki.

• Add a wiki article
• Edit a wiki article: If the course team has allowed learners to edit an article, you see an Edit option for that article on the right side of the page. Only course team members can delete articles.
• Search for wiki articles
• Manage versions of a wiki article

When you add an article to the course wiki, be aware of what level you are currently viewing, to make sure that you add your new article to the correct level in the wiki.

To move down a level in the wiki, select See all children; to move up, select the appropriate level in the wiki breadcrumb trail links at the top of the page.

To Add Articles at the Same Level

1. In your course, select the Wiki tab at the top of the page.
2. Navigate to the level where you want to add a new article.
3. Select the Add Article button near the top right of the page.
4. On the new article page, add a title for the page, and optionally a few keywords to create a “slug” that provides a more specific location identifier for your article.
5. Add contents to the article. You can enter plain text and use Markdown syntax to add formatting. For help with Markdown syntax, select the link to the cheat sheet at the upper right corner of the Contents field.
6. When you have finished entering content for your wiki article, select Create Article.

To Add Articles Below the Current Level

1. In your course, select the Wiki tab at the top of the page.
2. Navigate to the level above where you want to add the new child article.
3. Select See all children.
4. Select the Add Article button under the wiki title.
5. On the new article page, add a title for the page, and optionally a few keywords to create a “slug” that provides a more specific location identifier for your article.
6. Add contents to the article. You can enter plain text and use Markdown syntax to add formatting. For help with Markdown syntax, select the link to the cheat sheet at the upper right corner of the Contents field.

When you have finished entering content for your wiki article, select Create Article.

If you have permissions to edit an article in the course wiki, you see an Edit button and icon to the right of the article content.

To Make Changes to a Wiki Article

1. In your course, select the Wiki tab at the top of the page.
2. Navigate to the article you want to edit.
3. Select Edit.
4. Make your changes. For help with Markdown syntax, select the link to the cheat sheet at the upper right corner of the Contents field.
5. In the Summary field at the bottom left, below the Contents field, enter a short description of the changes you made. This description appears in the Changes list, and helps other users of the wiki understand what changes you made to the article.
6. When you have finished making edits, select Save changes.