How to Edit a Wiki Page

Note that to avoid confusion only one person may edit a wiki page at a time. When editing a page, make sure that you click Save to save your page often - at least every thirty minutes.

Edit

Edit

1. Access the wiki in your Blackboard course.

2. Navigate to the page you wish to edit. A list of pages appears on the right hand side of the screen under Site Navigation.

3. Click on Edit.

Already being edited?

Already being edited?

4. If someone else is currently editing a page you will see the above message.  Try again in a few minutes.

Entry

Entry

5. Type your entry into the textbox.

6. When you have finished you entry, click on Save.

Icons

Icons

7. Note that there are two icons for pasting text from the clipboard.

a. Paste Plain Text will paste text and remove any formatting.
b. Paste from Word is designed for pasting text from Microsoft Word.

More Icons

More Icons

8. These icons allow you add links, files and pictures to your wiki entry.