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Quercus Course Page as a Wiki

What Can I Use It For?

Students working collaborative on laptops together

A wiki page allows a group of people to capture and share ideas. It can be used for small group or whole class collaboration per an instructor’s criteria.

An instructor can set up the desired structure ahead of time, as a table or document with headings, and post a link to the page on their Quercus course.

Some considerations are:
Do you want posts to be anonymous or attributed?
Do you want students to be able to add and edit content continuously or within a specific time period?

Special Notes

Note: Real-time editing is not supported in Quercus editable Pages (i.e., if two or more users are editing the page simultaneously, the first user to click Save will overwrite the other users’ edits. We recommend that you write your text first outside of Quercus (e.g., using MS Word) and then copy and paste the text to the wiki page.

This Academic Toolbox tool helps you...
Connect & communicate
Typical course activity format:
Synchronous or asynchronous
Quercus integration
Built-in tool

Where can I get more support?

Cost
Centrally funded

How to Get Started

A wiki page is a collaborative page that allows people to contribute, edit, and share materials. Page settings can be adjusted to course participants to access, create, and edit material on any topic.

Instructions

  • Create a Wiki Page

    Create a Page:

    1. In Course Navigation, click the Pages link.  
    2. Pages is designed to open to the front page for the course, if there is a front page selected. To select a page from the Pages Index, click the View All Pages button.
    3. Click the Add Page button. 
    4. Type a name for your page.
    5. Use the Rich Content Editor to create content for your page, including links, files, and images.
      The Microsoft 365 OneDrive integration displays the OneDrive icon in the Rich Content Editor in Pages and allows users to create a hyperlink to OneDrive files directly in the Rich Content Editor.

    Enable Wiki Option:

    1. Enable Students to Edit the Page as a Wiki: From the Users allowed to edit this page drop-down menu select Teachers and Students or select Anyone (applied to all users enrolled in the course) to enable editing permissions for the page. You can also add the page to student To Do list. Quercus Wiki Page Options
    2. Delay Publishing the Page: Optionally, enter a date and time in the Publish At field to schedule when the page will be published.
    3. Manage Page Assignment and Availability: Use the Assign Access features if you wish to assign the page to specific students or sections in your course, or set the availability window for the page.
    4. Notify Users of Content Change: You can notify users that content has changed by selecting the related checkbox.
      • Note: If a users Course Content notification is turned off they are not notified of page updates.
    5. Save and Publish: If you are ready to publish your page, click the Save & Publish button. If you want to create a draft of your page, click Save.
      • Note: If you try to navigate away from a page without saving, you will see a pop-up warning.

Last Modified:

27 August, 2024

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