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Select Wiki from the dropdown menu and hit Go.

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Give your wiki a name and description. You may want to include here what the objective of the wiki is and what is expected of participants.
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Select the participants you want to give editing rights to the wiki. You can individually choose members or select all members of a group. Note: The Choose a Course Group option will only appear if you already have groups set up within your course.
- Select the options for the wiki. You can:
- Make the wiki visible
- Allow participants to comment on wiki pages
- Create a date range for group members to edit the wiki
- Create a date range for non-group members to view the wiki

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Decide if the wiki contents will be assessed. You can create a Gradebook entry for the wiki. Check the box and complete the details. Note: If you leave the ‘Entry Name’ blank the entry will not appear in the Gradebook.
Note: It’s preferable to leave public references to students as the “Person Name”.
The alternate language option – Primary Text direction is best left as “None”. - Select Save then OK to return to your course documents. You can then change the position of the folder using the numbering system.
Help sheets:
Managing Wikis in Blackboard – Instructors PDF 120k
Using Wikis in Blackboard – Students PDF 110k