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21 June 2012, 14:08

I would like groups of about 10 students (in a year of 80) to work together on a wiki throughout the module I am running so that it develops as their learning does and results in a wiki that can be assessed.

I have split the module into topics. Now, if I understand the way this works correctly, if I were to create a wiki as a task this wouldn't be group-specific. Should I instead have students create wikis within Mahara that is then shared with me?

25 June 2012, 9:16

Hi Dominic,

When you create the wiki, or update the settings, look for the "Groups Mode" towards the bottom of the screen.  The default setting is "no groups", but for what you want to do you should choose between "Separate Groups" of "Visible Groups".

Separate Groups means that students will only be able to contribute to their own group's wiki and can't see what the other groups are doing.
Visible Groups means that student can only contribute to their own group's wiki but can see the activity of the other wikis from the class.

Do you have some dummy students registered on your QMplus area?  You will need some to set up groups and try out this functionality.

09 July 2012, 14:51

Hi Stella,

sorry not to have responded sooner. Can I set up these dummy students myself?

Cheers,

Dominic

09 July 2012, 18:06

Hi Dominic, I have enrolled some Xmen 'dummy' students to the 'evidence based dentistry course'.  Hope this help with what you need.  Thanks, Adele

12 July 2012, 10:07

thanks Adele.