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Alternative wiki module for Moodle 2 (designed for use in teaching and learning)
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OU wiki

Copyright 2012 The Open University

This is an alternative wiki that you can install into standard Moodle.

It does not replace the standard wiki, and operates alongside it. The key intention of this wiki is to provide a simple teaching tool suitable for student use with minimal required training. It is in no way intended to be a full-fledged wiki like MediaWiki. For example, there is no wiki syntax except [[links]].

Branch:

This is the development branch including latest, untested code. If you would like a tested version equivalent to an OU live release, please switch to a branch that matches your Moodle version (e.g. MOODLE_22_STABLE) using the above dropdown.

Support:

We cannot offer direct support. Please do not contact me directly. If you need assistance, try the wiki forum on moodle.org. (Remember to make clear that you are using OU wiki and not the standard forum.)

Documentation:

We don't provide any documentation, but Steve Wright of Lancaster University has written some, under a Creative Commons license:

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/wrightst/

Please feel free to also contribute documentation to the relevant areas of the MoodleDocs wiki.

Bug reports:

Please report bugs using the GitHub 'Issues' tab (experimental). Before reporting a bug, please try the latest version to verify that the problem hasn't already been fixed. In each bug, please remember to give:

  1. Exact steps to reproduce your problem, starting from creating a new wiki with default or specified settings.
  2. The ouwiki version you are using (from version.php or Modules admin screen).

Reliability:

Please note that this code is tested on OU systems but we rely on the community for testing on other systems.

Requires:

Moodle 2.2+ Postgres / MySQL

Install:

Place the contents of this source tree into your Moodle installation so that within your Moodle root, this file is mod/ouwiki/README. Then visit the Moodle notifications page to install.

If you want the forums to be searchable, you also need to install the local_ousearch plugin. (It is best to do this before using the wiki much, otherwise it takes ages to install as it builds indexes for everything.) When you install the ousearch plugin, a search box will automatically appear.