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User roles and wikis

Glow Wikis have to be created in a Glow group or school site, they cannot be placed on role based sites (e.g. Staff Home, Pupil Home)

The role a user has in a wiki is defined by their role in the area of Glow that is hosting the wiki, most commonly their role in the Glow group to which the wiki web part was added.

Glow Group Role Wiki Rights
Administrator Edit existing pages, add new pages, delete pages, rename pages, view page history
Web Designer Edit existing pages, add new pages, rename pages
Contributor Edit existing pages, add new pages, rename pages
Reader with Discussions Read only access
Reader Read only access

Just 2 Easy

J2E offers a whole set of online software tools just for schools and it’s all available for FREE through Glow. This is just the kind of addition to Glow that you are missing out on if you do not use your Glow account.

Here’s a nice video introduction to ONE of the many tools J2E offers through Glow: