The questions which follow provide a basic knowledge test of selected concepts covered in this learning pathway: Intermediate wiki skills.

The questions published at the end of each learning pathway are re-used for the knowledge test for learners interested in earning a digital badge or certificate of participation for the Empowered Digital Teacher for Online Learning (EDT4OL) micro-course. Please consult the Certify participation page for more information.

True-false questions

• In the WikiEducator community, the term “iDevices” is short for “interactive devices”.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Most of the pedagogical templates (called iDevices in WikiEducator) are not interactive.
  • False
    • Correct. The concept refers to “instructional Devices”
• The </ref> tag is inserted at the beginning of the wiki text for a footnote or reference.
  • True
    • Incorrect. The </ref> is inserted at the end of the wiki text for a footnote or reference.
  • False
    • Correct. Editors should use the <ref> tag at the beginning of the wiki text for a footnote or reference.
• The InstantCommons feature enables images from the Wikimedia Commons to be incorporated in WikiEducator automatically without entering licensing attribution information.
  • True
    • Correct.
  • False
    • Incorrect. This inter-wiki feature enables automatic transfer of copyright metadata.
• In WikiEducator tables, the exclamation mark (i.e. the “!” character) is used to indicate a table header row.
  • True
    • Correct. Each header row commences with a ! character.
  • False
    • Incorrect. You will need to review the markup elements for WikiEducator tables.
• Wiki-based quizzes track learner responses for allocating marks.
  • True
    • Incorrect. The wiki-quiz format does not track learner responses for allocating marks.
  • False
    • Correct.

Multiple choice questions

• In this course, which theme should be used in pedagogical templates?
  • line
    • Correct. This is the theme parameter that is used for the OER Foundation’s WordPress theme.
  • wikieducator
    • Incorrect. The wikieducator theme is not set up to work with the OER Foundation’s WordPress theme
  • dark blue
    • Incorrect. This is not a specified theme for the OER Foundation’s WordPress theme.
  • interactive
    • Incorrect. This is not a specified theme for the the OER Foundation’s WordPress theme.
• Which of the following image type parameters support mobile responsive image resizing using the OERu WordPress theme?
  • [[image:picture.jpg|400px|right]]
    • Correct.
  • [[image:picture.jpg|framed|400px|right]]
    • Incorrect. The framed parameter does not resize in the OERu WordPress theme for mobile devices.
  • [[image:picture.jpg|thumb|400px|right]]
    • Incorrect. The thumb parameter does not resize in the OERu WordPress theme for mobile devices.
  • [[image:picture.jpg|resize|400px|right]]
    • Incorrect. Resize is not a valid parameter recognised for WikiEducator images.
• Which of the following tags is used to insert the list of footnotes or references at the bottom of a WikiEducator page?
  • </references>
    • Incorrect. The forward slash (“/”) is in the wrong place.
  • <references/>
    • Correct.
  • <footnote/>
    • Incorrect. This is not a recognised WikiEducator tag.
  • </footnote>
    • Incorrect. This is not a recognised WikiEducator tag.
• Which wiki markup element is used to start a table?
  • <table>
    • Incorrect. This is the HTML tag for a table and not an example of wiki markup.
  • |-
    • Incorrect. This is the wiki element to signify a row in a table.
  • |
    • Incorrect. This is the wiki element to signify the beginning of a cell within a row in a table.
  • {|
    • Correct.
• Another name for a “Fill in the blanks” question type is …
  • Multiple choice question
    • Incorrect. This question is an example of a multiple choice question where the learner must select the correct answer from a list of options.
  • Multi-choice question
    • Incorrect. A multi-choice question is a multiple choice question where the correct answer requires more than one option to be selected.
  • Cloze question
    • Correct.
  • Open question
    • Incorrect. There are typically predefined answers for the “blanks”, so this can’t be an open question.
• Which of the following options will transclude the text saved on “Page_B” where Page B is not a wiki template?
  • {{Template:Page_B}}
    • Incorrect. This is for transcluding a wiki template saved in the Template namespace.
  • <transclusion:Page_B>
    • Incorrect. This is not the markup for transcluding the text of a wiki page in the main wiki namespace.
  • {{:Page_B}}
    • Correct.
  • [[Page_B]]
    • Incorrect. This is the wiki markup used for a link to an internal wiki page.