Faculty and TAs can lock wikis to prevent students from editing wikis. This is useful if the wiki is used to collaborate on an assignment that has a due date. If the assignment due date has been extended then the wiki can be unlocked and students can continue to edit.
How does locking a wiki differ from marking a wiki as finished?
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Marked Finished |
Locked |
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Faculty and students can mark finished |
Only faculty can lock |
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Faculty and students can unmark finished |
Only faculty can unlock |
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Students can edit |
Students can't edit |
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Used to inform faculty that wiki is ready for review and/or grading |
Faculty locks to prevent further editing |
While only faculty members can lock a wiki, faculty or students may mark or unmark a wiki as finished. Also, faculty members can lock a wiki to keep it from being edited. Wikis are marked as finished when they are complete and ready to be submitted to faculty.
How to Lock a Wiki from Student Editing
- Click Wikis under Communication Tools on the main Faculty Tools page.
- Click the Lock Wiki link from the Faculty Actions column for the appropriate wiki.
- Click OK to confirm that you would like to lock the wiki.
Students will see the following message for the wiki: This wiki has been locked by the faculty to prevent further changes.
How to Unlock a Wiki for Student Editing
- Click Wikis under Communication Tools on the main Faculty Tools page.
- Click the Unlock Wiki link from the Faculty Actions column for the appropriate wiki.
- Click OK to confirm that you would like to unlock the wiki.
Students with write access will now be able to add/edit content.