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Detailed step by step guidance on how to set up and use the glossary activity Glossary_settings@moodledocs
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Add a Glossary quick guide
- To add a glossary to your course, Turn editing on, then click on the Add an activity or resource link and select Glossary.
- Enter a Name and Description (which you can display if you wish).
- Leave all the option settings as they are, including:
- Automatically link glossary entries - This means if an instance of a term appears in your course it is highlighted with the option to click and see a pop-up definition).
Approved by default - This means student entries will appear immediately and don't need to be approved by a tutor first.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and display.
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The following example shows the pop-up entry, which appears after clicking on the term 'active learning' in a forum post.
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Questions & Answers
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Further information
Glossary entries can be searched or browsed within the Glossary activity as well as set to appear as pop-up definitions whenever the term appears in texts created within a given Moodle course e.g. emails in forums and Moodle web pages (not in uploaded PDFs or Word Docs).
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