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About

Glossary is a tool that can be used to create lists of terms (definitions). Particapants can contirubute to the glossaries, rate and comment each other entries. Automatic links can be created to the glossary entries from throughout the course.
It is also possible to have multiple glossaries in one Moodle site. Instructors can later export entries from one glossary to another (the main one) within the same course.

View glossary example in the Moodle Features course

 

Add a glossary

• Click Turn Editing On button on the course homepage
• Select Glossary from the Add an activity drop down menu, and fill out the form:
  • Name
  • Description
  • Entries shown per page - If you have a large number of automatically-linked entries you should set this number lower to prevent long loading times
    
  • Glossary Type: Main or Secondary
    • Secondary glossaries may be imported into Main glossary. You can only have one main glossary per course.
      
  • Duplicated entries allowed: Yes/No
    • If Yes, then multiple entries can be added for same concept/definition
      
  • Allow comments on entries. If Yes, then particapants will be able to leave comments on glossary definitions
    
  • Allow print view - Instructors can choose whether print view of the glossary for particapants is enabled or disabled. Instructors can always see the print view.
    
  • Automatically link glossary entries - If set to Yes, then individual entries in this glossary can be later automatically linked whenever the concept words appear throughout the rest of the same course, e.g. in forum postings, internal resources, week summaries and so on. See example of the forum posting, then click on the words "dark chocolate", to review the corresponding glossary entry..
  • Approved by default:
    • If you wish to approve students' entries before they become visible to others, choose No
      
  • Display format - This setting specifies the way that each entry will be shown within the glossary.
    • Simple Dictionary: looks like a conventional dictionary with separate entries. No authors are displayed and attachments are shown as links.
    • Continuous: shows the entries one after other without any kind of separation but the editing icons.
    • Full with Author: A forum-like display format showing author's data. Attachments are shown as links.
    • Full without Author: A forum-like display format that does not show author's data. Attachments are shown as links.
    • Encyclopedia: Like 'Full with Author' but attached images are shown inline.
    • FAQ: Useful for displaying lists of Frequently Asked Questions. It automatically appends the words QUESTION and ANSWER in the concept and definition respectively.
      
  • Show 'Special' link - if you wish to have entries starting on symbols like #, &,and $ to have their own page
    
  • Show alphabet - If you wish to disable alphabetical browsing, set Show alphabet to No
    
  • Show 'ALL' link
    
  • Edit always - If you wish for entries to always be editable by particapants, set Edit Always to Yes
• Review the Grading Options
• Review the Common Module Settings
• Click on Save Changes