DFwiki (new wiki) and Groups

DFwiki (new wiki) and Groups

by Peter Ruthven-Stuart -
Number of replies: 2
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In the original wiki module it was possible to set up a wiki in 9 different ways according to who had read and write privilges. Will this be possible in DFWiki? The original wiki help file explains these 9 possible setups as follows:

Wiki types

There are three wiki types: Teacher, Groups, Student. In addition, like any activity, the wiki has the Moodle group modes: "No Groups" "Separate Groups" and "Visible Groups". This leads to the following matrix of nine possibilities:


No Groups Separate Groups Visible Groups
Teacher There is only one wiki which only the teacher can edit. Students can view the contents. There is one wiki for every group which just the teacher can edit. Students can view the wiki of their group only. There is one wiki for every group which just the teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis for all groups.
Groups There is only one wiki. The teacher and all students can view and edit this wiki. There is one wiki per group. Students can view and edit the wiki of their own group only. There is one wiki per group. Students can change the wiki of their own group only. They can view the wikis for all groups.
Student Every student has their own wiki which only they and their teacher can view and edit. Every student has their own wiki, which only they and their teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis of other students in their group. Every student has their own wiki, which only they and their teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis of all other students in the course.
Unless the group mode has been forced by the course settings, it can be set with the groups icons on the course home page after the wiki has been created.
  • A teacher can always edit every wiki in the course
The above was copied from the following help file:

I am particulary interested in being able to allow members of the same group to edit their own wiki pages, but only view the pages of other groups, without being able to edit them. In the old wiki version this would have been the 'Groups-VisibleGroups' setup.

In DFwiki (version 2006041201) this setup does not seem to be possible. Will future versions of DFwiki include the 'group' settings that existed in the original version?
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In reply to Peter Ruthven-Stuart

Re: DFwiki (new wiki) and Groups

by Dave Emsley -

I would echo this - it seems illogical to not follow the same, tried and tested, useful feature.

Cheers

Dave