Buzz in Practice

An easy way to ensure that student edits are not overwritten by another student making edits at the same time, is to create a schedule giving each student or group time-slots during which they alone are making edits. If you give a timeslot to a group, they will need to coordinate which group member will make the edits for their group.

For classes using a blended learning model, where students might be completing the activity in the classroom, you could create a "check-out" system, so everyone knows when someone is editing the Wiki. This could be as simple as posting it on a white board.

You can create multiple pages within a Wiki activity. Separate pages within the Wiki can be edited simultaneously without overwriting content, so you can create a separate page for each student or group.

To create separate pages:

1. Add a Wiki activity to your course.
2. In the Activity tab, click Edit on the Content card to create the initial content students will see in the Wiki activity.
3. Place the cursor where you want to link to the new page and click New page in the toolbar.

4. Create a Page title. This will be inserted as a link where you've placed your cursor. This example uses a student's name: Cassandra Williams.
5. Click Insert page link.

6. Repeat this process for each page you want to create.
7. Save.

Finish setting up the rest of the activity as you would any other, adding Instructions, etc.

When a student opens the activity, they see the content you created. They can:

1. Click the Refresh button to make sure they're looking at the most current version.
2. Click Edit to make changes to the current page.
3. Click on any of the New page links you created above to open and edit that page. In this example, James would click his name.

4. The student can enter content in the rich text editor.
5. Save their content.
6. Click the Home icon to return to the homepage of the Wiki.