Course Wiki Comparator Research
- Matthew Harrington
Analytics
Moodle
Offers a native wiki tool
Also offers a contributed tool from The Open University
Cited use cases: Tool for collaborative work such as an entire class editing a document together, creating a class project, and small group work
Canvas
Does not offer a native wiki tool
Many forum citations of a workaround using Page feature and group settings, which demonstrates some level of demand for this type of feature
Cited use cases: Collaborative writing assignments; collaborative note-taking
Coursera
Does not offer a native wiki tool
Skilljar
Does not offer a native wiki tool.
General Landscape Overview
Wiki tools appear to be present in all traditional VLE contexts, but very few platforms outside of this include them out of the box or feature them as a core learning tool. Wikis are regularly found as optional plugins for platforms that focus on the academic market, such as Totara Learn.