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What is the Glossary activity?

The Glossary activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary. While it can be set up and used only by the teacher, its main function is as a collaborative exercise. The Glossary auto-linking filter will highlight any word in the course which is located in the Glossary.

Overview of the Glossary activity

How is it set up?

In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'Glossary' from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if required, a description.
Expand the other sections to sections to define the settings you want, in particular:
1. Entries - decide if you want to allow editing of entries, duplicate entries, unmoderated entries etc.
2. Appearance - decide how you want the Glossary to be displayed. This affects the browsing options for students.
Click Save and display
Optionally, click the Add a new entry button so students see at least one example. 'Concept' is the word or phrase you are defining and 'Definition' is where you explain it.

How does it work?

Student view

Students access the Glossary by clicking the icon on the course page.

The Display format depends on the teacher's settings and also the administrator's settings, although students will see the Add a new entry button and a Search button.

Their entries may be approved by default and always editable, or the teacher may decide to approve them manually and not allow editing. Comments and ratings may or may not be enabled. Icons for editing, (if enabled), deleting and permalinking are shown bottom right of a student's entry.

Teacher view

Teachers additionally see icons in each entry for editing, deleting and permalinking.

More information

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+==What is the Glossary activity?==
+The Glossary activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary. While it can be set up and used only by the teacher, its main function is as a collaborative exercise. The [[Glossary auto-linking filter]]
+will highlight any word in the course which is located in the Glossary.
-The [[Teacher_documentation#Activity_modules|Glossary activity]] allows participants to [[Adding/editing a glossary entry|create and maintain]] a list of definitions, like a dictionary.
-==Overview==
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/09wLSBFnzNM?si=KfW6WxHiGNWNc19d | desc = Overview of the Glossary activity}}
-Glossary can be used in many ways.  The entries can be [[Viewing_a_glossary#Search_options|searched]] or [[Viewing a glossary#Browse_options|browsed]] in different formats. A glossary can be collaborative or entries only made by the teacher. Entries can be put in [[Editing glossary categories|categories]]. The [[Adding/editing_a_glossary#Automatically_link_glossary_entries|autolinking feature]], will highlight any word in the course which is located in the glossary.  Autolinking can be turned off in the quiz module. It is possible to import and export entries from one glossary to another.  Site wide (global) glossaries can be created that work in all courses. An entry can be linked to more than one key phrase.
-==Creative glossary practices==
+==How is it set up?==
+#In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'Glossary' from the activity chooser.
+#Give it a name and, if required, a description.
+# Expand the other sections to sections to define the settings you want, in particular:
+##Entries - decide if you want to allow editing of entries, duplicate entries, unmoderated entries etc.
+##Appearance - decide how you want the Glossary to be displayed. This affects the browsing options for students.
+#Click Save and display
+#Optionally, click the Add a new entry button so students see at least one example. 'Concept' is the word or phrase you are defining and 'Definition' is where you explain it.
-While a basic glossary is important, creatively applying the glossary can really make an impact on your class.
+==How does it work?==
+===Student view===
+Students access the Glossary by clicking the icon on the course page.
-===Collaborative glossaries===
+The Display format depends on the teacher's settings and also the administrator's settings, although students will see the Add a new entry button  and a Search button.
-Instead of creating a glossary on your own, why not have the students create them as they encounter unfamiliar terms? A collaborative glossary can serve as a focal point for collaboration in a course. Each member of the class could be assigned to contribute a term, a definition, or comments on submitted definitions. Multiple definitions can be rated by you and by the students, with the highest-rated definitions accepted for the final class glossary.
+Their entries may be approved by default and always editable, or the teacher may decide to approve them manually and not allow editing. Comments and ratings may or  may not be enabled. Icons for editing, (if enabled), deleting and permalinking are shown bottom right of a student's entry.
-When students are responsible for creating the definitions, they are much more likely to remember the word and the correct definition. Engaging in the process of learning, debating, and refining a glossary can go a long way toward helping students begin using new terms.
+===Teacher view===
-You can also structure multiple glossaries over the course of a semester. Break them up by unit, chapter, week, or any other organizational structure.
+Teachers additionally see icons in each entry for editing, deleting and permalinking.
-If you have a large class, assign student teams to come up with definitions and answers. One strategy for managing large courses is to make each team responsible for one week’s worth of definitions, while all the other teams must rate and comment. Alternatively, each team could be responsible for one definition per chapter and then rate and comment on the other teams’ work.
+==More information==
+* [[Glossary settings]]
+* [[Using Glossary]]
+* [[Glossary FAQ]]
-===Credit for word use===
+[[Category:Glossary]]
-This is a combination strategy using the forum and the auto-linking feature of the glossary. After you and your students have defined the glossary terms, it’s important for students to begin practising using the words in realistic contexts. Students, however, are usually reluctant to experiment with new terms. With the auto-linking feature, it’s easy to spot when a glossary word has been used in a forum or in a posting on the web site.
-To encourage word use, assign a portion of the credit students receive for their forum postings for correct use of glossary terms. As you or other students rate posts, you can quickly scan for highlighted glossary words and award points for usage. You may even want to break the score down further. Perhaps award one point for using the word and two points for using it correctly.
-==Links to glossary terms==
-* In places such as forum posts and quizzes, terms will be automatically highlighted and linked if they are in the glossary. Sometimes, this may be unwanted. To avoid this on a case-by-case basis:
-** In the HTML editor, select the term and press Ctrl-Alt-N. (You will see no visible change but the code below will appear in the HTML source.)
-** If not using the editor, you can type the tag manually. In Moodle 1.9+, use: <pre>&lt;span class="nolink">...term...&lt;/span></pre>In older versions of Moodle, use: <pre><nolink>...term...</nolink></pre>
-* See also: [[Quiz FAQ#How can I turn off glossary auto-linking in a quiz?]] for more ways to prevent auto-linking.
-== See also ==
-*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 8: Glossaries
-*[http://demo.moodle.org/course/view.php?id=604 Exchange Samples] in the Moodle Demo site for glossaries shared in the Moodle Exchange set up to look at.
-Using Moodle forum discussions:
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=54403 Any creative ideas/ stories for using glossaries]
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=145337 Glossary Generator]
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