A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

Ivan Ferrero -
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Hi all

I'm starting a new Project and I'd like to evaluate whether Moodle is the right platform or not.

This is the structure:

1) a unique public Wiki that is the knowledge hub for the whole Project: everybody in the Web is able to read it and people are allowed to subscribe and contribute

2) multiple Courses, some public, some private

I start with a personal public Wiki, but I'd like to stay open to online courses when (if ever) the Project attracts other contributors.

Is Moodle for me? Can I do this with this tool?

I know I could use Wikimedia, but I evaluating Moodle because it offers more opportunity to expand and improve the site.

Furthermore Moodle has more beautiful and friendly themes, sharing tools, etc...

TNX!!!

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回复Ivan Ferrero

Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

john Simpson -

To me the great thing about moodle is that it is like a classroom where students can study with courses etc in privacy behind closed doors. However it is highly flexible with numerous plugins. The only way you can satisfy yourself is to download it, install it and explore it. It's free by the way. Try here for how to install, and all the info you need.

https://docs.moodle.org/28/en/Main_page

There's nothing stopping you having your own website, designed with a public wik, and by the sounds of things you also want a separate forum that the public can read linked to your website. Then simply link moodle with your site for those who want to enrol and study in privacy.

Of course moodle does have an open guest and news section. But I,m not so sure about an open wiki or forum in full view of all and sundry who happen to click on your moodle site.

You might want to try a cms first, and then link moodle as the learning management system (LMS)

Top 3 CMS software

http://www.joomla.org/

https://www.drupal.org/

https://wordpress.com/

I don't know anything about managing wikimedia as an admin, but it might also be a good option to link separately with moodle as the LMS.

 

 

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回复john Simpson

Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

Ivan Ferrero -

Thank you for your kind and useful reply!

I see what you say, and I realize I should best start with an usual wiki (i.e.: Wikimedia), then I may add a subdomain for the Moodle courses if things go on.

My only concern is Wikimedia is grey, sad, and lacks of colorful and friendly layout.

Thank you again!

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回复Ivan Ferrero

Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

john Simpson -

Hopefully there will be others who can suggest how you can brighten up a wiki for example.

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Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

dawn alderson -

This is a nice idea.  Why look for frills now, at this stage of innovation...try first then add some colour later-there will be a way.....message first and foremost, in my view-public wiki,like that,really nice...when can we see it in action?

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Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

Marcus Green -
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But Wikimedia is powerful well known and a standard (And I have never noticed the Moodle Wiki being particularly glamorous)

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Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi

When you say "public" you mean anybody in the Internet, not necessarily those with an account on your site, right? Then to my knowledge Moodle can not hande that. The basic unit of Moodle is the course, everything else, called activities, are inside courses. To actively participate, you need a login! (Well, there are a few exceptions. Don't ask me, things change fast.)

On the other hand, if your site allows https://docs.moodle.org/en/Email-based_self-registration, anybody with a functioning e-mail can grab an account and actively participate. Keep the Wiki in a course of its own, to which https://docs.moodle.org/en/Self_enrolment is possible without an enrollment key.
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回复Ivan Ferrero

Re: A unique public Wiki and multiple Courses: is it possible with Moodle?

john Simpson -

I'm curious about this unique public wiki. Am I to understand this would be your own wiki from scratch. developed with your projects in mind, and where visitors to your site will read it, and also contribute to its content.

Would this be some kind of special software? I'm aware of installing special software to build a forum, a shopping basket, or classified ads on your site. And  a cms such as wordpress and joomla can do a lot like this.

Perhaps you can enlighten us all, as it is an intriguing idea.

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