MOODLE 2.0 GLOSSARY TUTORIALS

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1 BEGINNING TUTORIALS SECTION 1 TUTORIAL OVERVIEW MOODLE 2.0 GLOSSARY TUTORIALS The glossary activity module enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary, or to collect and organize resources or information. Section 1 o Tutorial 1.1 How to Create and Access a Glossary It covers the general setup of a Glossary and any initial options available. o Tutorial 1.2 How to Browse by Different Methods in a Glossary This includes alphabetical, categorical, date, and author. o Tutorial 1.3 How to Make a Category in a Glossary This includes any optional settings for categories. o Tutorial 1.4 How to Add a New Entry in a Glossary This includes options related to categories, keywords, and other optional settings. o Tutorial 1.5 How to Export from One Glossary to Another Glossary (Main vs. Secondary) o Tutorial 1.6 Allowing Students to Make Entries in a Glossary A collaborative bank of key terms A getting to know you space where new students add their name and personal details A handy tips resource of best practice in a practical subject A sharing area of useful videos, images or sound files A revision resource of facts to remember 1 Page

2 TUTORIAL 1.1 HOW TO CREATE AND ACCESS A GLOSSARY 1. We are going to Create a Glossary for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select Add an activity or resource. f. The Add an activity or resource window pops up. Select the Glossary module. Then press Add. Glossary 2. Here we will begin to setup the new Glossary for your course. This section will go over the basic settings you wish to set to this Glossary. 2 Page

3 a. A new window displays called Adding a new Glossary. Fill in the name of the Glossary you desire. Select the category for grade, if applicable. Change for required student submissions, if applicable. b. Select the Save and display button to continue. This will now take you to the home page for the Glossary your just created. 3 Page

4 TUTORIAL 1.2 HOW TO BROWSE BY DIFFERENT METHODS IN A GLOSSARY Summary: This includes alphabetical, categorical, date, and author. 1. We are going to modify the Glossary you created for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select your new Glossary. 2. This tutorial is about how to browse, or navigate the Glossary. a. From the home page of the Workshop, notice that there are (4) four browsing options. By selecting any one of these browsing categories, you can find a term, definition, of item of information quickly and easily. These options are: i. Browse by alphabet 4 Page

5 ii. Browse by category iii. Browse by date iv. Browse by Author b. If you cannot find exactly what you are looking for by browsing, you can always type the word into the search bar at the top of each page. 5 Page

6 TUTORIAL 1.3 HOW TO MAKE A CATEGORY IN A GLOSSARY Summary: This includes any optional settings for categories. 1. We are going to modify the Glossary you created for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select your new Glossary. 2. These categories make it easier to sort through a list of terms by the name or grouping of the category. a. From the home page of the Glossary, select the Browse by category button. b. On the Browse by category section, select the Edit Categories button just below, on the left hand side. 6 Page

7 c. On the next page, select Add Category. d. Enter the Name of the category and select whether you want the category terms to be automatically linked to this category. i. ***Auto linking a category means that when a category is selected, it will automatically pull the terms associated with that category up for the user.*** e. Select Save changes to continue. f. On the Categories page, you will now see the updated categories list that now includes the category we just created. Select Add Category to make more categories, or select Back to go back to the main Glossary home page. Firefox is the best browser to use when accessing Moodle 2. Free download: 7 Page

8 TUTORIAL 1.4 HOW TO ADD A NEW ENTRY IN A GLOSSARY Summary: This includes options related to categories, keywords, and other optional settings. 1. We are going to modify the Glossary you created for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select your new Glossary. 2. These entries make up the list of terms in the Glossary. a. From the home page of the Glossary, select the Add a new entry button right below the search bar. 8 Page

9 b. ***This takes you to another page where you input the desired name or Concept and the terms definition. The term may be anything from a word, to a phrase. Next you select the category it belongs to (if you are skipping ahead before creating a category in Tutorial 1.3, this option will not be available to you). Now you may input keywords so that it is easier to search for a term or phrase in the search bar.*** c. If you have any attachments for example, images, or resources pertaining to the term, upload them in the attachments box. i. For Mozilla Firefox users, the Drag n Drop method is available. d. You have the option of Auto Linking your term or phrase to words used throughout the course. Steps 4 and 5 show you how this is applied. e. Once you are finished creating your entry, select the Save button. This adds your entry into the Glossary. f. You should be returned to the home page of the Glossary where you can now see your entry. 9 Page

10 3. By selecting the Browse by category button, you can now see that your entry is accessible by category as well. 4. Also notice that any terms in the site, such as glossary here, have now been highlighted. 5. Select the term that is highlighted. A popup will present its self with the term and the definition. Click ok to close the popup. Firefox is the best browser to use when accessing Moodle 2. Free download: 10 Page

11 TUTORIAL 1.5 HOW TO EXPORT FROM ONE GLOSSARY TO ANOTHER GLOSSARY (MAIN VS. SECONDARY) Summary: For this tutorial, you will need (2) glossaries: (1) one secondary, and (1) one main glossary. A main or secondary glossary may be created during the setup process of creating a glossary (see Tutorial 1.1). At any time this setting can be modified in the update section of the glossary (located on the course home page in the editing icons next to the glossary). 1. We are going to modify the Glossary you created for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select your new Glossary. 2. This tutorial is about how to export an entry in the Glossary (a secondary glossary), to another Glossary in the same course (a main glossary). A main glossary is just that, the main glossary for the entire course. A secondary glossary is a child for the main glossary. The child may have everything pertaining to the subject but only those chosen terms will be exported to the main glossary. i. Cross course Glossary exports are not available with Moodle 2.0 for instructors. 3. Here are the settings for setting up a main glossary. 11 Page

12 a. From the home page of the Glossary, select the blue arrow in the white checkbox, next to the red X at the bottom of the term you wish to transfer. b. Another web page will come up asking if you wish to continue. Select Continue to continue. c. In the main glossary, the entry for the term will show up. This is now the editing space for this term or phrase. d. Here you can see that the category was also transferred over to the main glossary in order to keep things separate and organized. 12 Page

13 TUTORIAL 1.6 ALLOWING STUDENTS TO MAKE ENTRIES IN A GLOSSARY Summary: This tutorial covers how to change the settings of your Glossary to either make it available for students to add to or edit an entry or deny them this privilege. This includes any additional options that make the process easier. 1. We are going to modify the Glossary you created for your students to submit their work to. a. Access Moodle via the MyMtech webpage provided on the Montana Tech home page. b. Sign In to your account using your MyMtech login. c. Once you are signed in, select the course you want to view under Courses you are teaching located in the Navigation block on the left hand side. d. Go to the selected course home. e. Select your new Glossary. 2. This tutorial is about how to change the settings on allowing or denying student s access to make entries in a Glossary. a. Select Permissions under the Settings block on the left hand side. You may have to scroll down to see it. 13 Page

14 b. Now that you are on the Permissions page for this Glossary, scroll down. c. Keep scrolling till you arrive at Create new entries. As you can see, students is enabled by default. To take away this privilege of adding entries, select the X in red just after Students. If at any time you wish to enable this privilege, select the + in green just under each section of permitted accounts. Here you will be able to select who you want to add. Firefox is the best browser to use when accessing Moodle 2. Free download: 14 Page