Keywords: glossary, dictionary, terms and conditions, FAQ, jargon.
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- 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).
- Most of the time you can leave all the option settings as they are by default. However, you should consider these important settings :in Entries
- Automatically link glossary entries - 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 - 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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- Provide a 'Quote of the Day' or a random picture gallery that changes each time the page is refreshed, using the Random Glossary block. Guidance on the Random glossary entry block is available from moodledocs.
- A reference for common terminology contributed by staff and/or students.
- A way to display a searchable list of FAQs.
- Staff ask all students to submit their definition for a particular term and either marks the responses, or chooses the best to publish to the group.
- Note: This requires multiple instances of the same term to be enabled in the settings.
Questions & Answers
-Q. How do I print a friendly version?
A. Click on edit settings and under Appearance, Allow print view should be on Yes
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).