The Glossary is a tool which has a lot of functionality available to you on the settings page.
You don’t need to be familiar with all of the available settings before you add a Glossary to your LEO unit, as you are able to go in and edit these later.
NOTE: We will explore these settings in more detail under the ‘Other settings’ section of this LEO Guide
To add a Glossary to your LEO unit you will need to:
Navigate to your unit from within LEO
Click 'Turn editing on'
Scroll down to the section in your LEO site you would like to add the Glossary to, then click on ‘Add an activity or resource’. From the options given under the ‘ACTIVITIES’ heading click 'Glossary'. In the new page that opens up you will be able to edit the settings for your Glossary.
You will need to give your Glossary a name. However it is also useful to enter text in the ‘Description’ text box, so that your students know what the Glossary is about, or the reason they are being asked to interact with it. Click on the box next to ‘Display description on unit page’ if you would like the description to be visible from the main page of your LEO unit.
NOTE: There are other settings you will need to select at this step. More information about these is available under 'Other settings' in this LEO Guide.
Once you have selected your settings as appropriate, click on ‘Save and return to unit’ to return to the main page of your LEO unit.
When you are inside the Glossary activity, you can click the Cog icon to access the Tool Administration menu. From here you can:
Backup the content of your Glossary activity
Import Glossary entries
Export Glossary entries
Add a new entry
Editing the settings for your Glossary will allow you to control how your Glossary functions, and how your students are able to interact with it. A brief explanation of the settings unique to the Glossary activity is included below. For full details, access the Moodle 3.9 documentation on Glossary settings.
As indicated, do not use this setting.
There are two types of Glossary: Main and Secondary. There can only be one Main Glossary in a LEO unit, but there can be multiple secondary Glossaries. Entries from secondary glossaries can be imported into a Main Glossary. Both main and scondary Glossaries function in the same way.
If you select 'Yes' from the dropdown, then a member of the teaching staff will need to 'approve' an entry before it is published in the Glossary.
Selecting 'Yes' from the dropdown means that you and your students will be able to edit their Glossary entries at any time. Selecting 'No' from the dropdown will mean that you can only edit a Glossary entry within a certain timeframe after publishing it.
If 'Yes' is selected from the dropdown, then multiple Glossary entries can have the same name.
If 'Yes' is selected from the dropdown, then all users within the LEO unit will be able to add comments to Glossary entries.
If site-wide auto-linking has been enabled, then every time you or your students add an entry to the Glossary, you will have the option to automatically link to the entry whenever the word or phrase appears throughout the rest of your unit.
There are seven display options available for you to select from in the dropdown menu. These include:
There are eight approval display format options available for you to select from the dropdown menu. These are the same as the options available under 'Display format'. You may like to select a different display format for when you approve Glossary entries, or you can select 'Default to same as display format'.
You can enter any number here, but it is recommended that you put a number less than 10. The number you enter will dictate how many entries are visible per page of your Glossary.
If you select 'Yes' from the dropdown menu, you and your students will be able to browse the Glossary by letters of the alphabet.
If you select 'Yes' from the dropdown menu, you and your students will be able to browse all entries at once.
If you select 'Yes' from the dropdown menu, you and your students will be able to search the Glossary by special charters such as # and @.
If you select 'Yes' from the dropdown menu, your students will be provided with a link to a printer-friendly version of the Glossary entry. This printer-friendly link is always available to unit coordinators and teaching staff, regardless of the option you select.
The aggregate type defines how ratings are combined to form the final grade which will appear in the Gradebook. In the dropdown menu your options are:
If "No ratings" is selected from the dropdown menu, then your Glossary will not appear in the gradebook.
Select the type of grading used for this activity. If 'scale' is chosen, you can then choose the type of scale from the dropdown menu. If you select 'Point' from the dropdown menu, then you can then enter the maximum points you want to assign to your Glossary activity.
LEO Guide: Glossary
LEO Guide: How to add an entry to a GlossaryLEO Guide: How to enable ratings in a Glossary
LEO Guide: How to use categories in a Glossary
LEO Guide: How to approve a Glossary entry
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