Tag Archives: Wikis

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

Glow wikis support wiki

Getting started with wikis: try one!

Glow wikis use a very popular open source platform called Mindtouch and a web search for ‘mindtouch wikis’ will reveal lots of help articles.

The best way to learn about wikis is actually to use one and, to this end, a sample Glow Wiki has been created.

You can access this here.

It covers areas such as:

Creating a page

Navigating around wikis

Levels of Access

Adding images and videos to wikis

Adding further content to a wiki page

How wikis link to Glow groups

Viewing a wiki page history