EdtechGuides: Moodle collaboration guide: Contribute to Glossary activity

About Glossary activity

A Glossary is a collection of terms and definitions that are compiled by lecturers and/or students.

Duplicate entries

Glossaries are often set up not to allow repeat entries, so you may want to search for the concept you intend to add before adding it. If you try to enter a concept that already exists, a warning will display: No duplicates allowed in this glossary.

Screenreader use

Nested tables are present within the Glossary and may result in some markup being confusing when announced by screenreaders.

Contribute to Glossary activity

In your Moodle module, locate and select the link to the Glossary activity that your lecturer has made available.
- You can also select the link to Glossaries from your Module Dashboard.
- On Grid format, open the Block drawer and navigate to the Activities block, select the link to Glossaries.
The name and description of the Glossary will display at the top of the screen with a search box to search the glossary, and an option to browse the glossary using the A-Z index. The example below shows the letter A selected, and the glossary entry for Activity displayed.

Select Add entry to add a new entry to the Glossary. The Add entry page will open.
Type the term in the Concept box and definition in the Definition box. You can include pictures or media files by selecting the appropriate icon on the text exitor.
Keywords (optional) will assist others to find your concept when searching the Glossary. Add any terms you think others might type into the search box.
Add an attachment, if required, by uploading a file in the Attachment field.
Change any settings under Auto-linking, as required.
Select Save changes to add your entry.

To spell check your entry, you must have spell checking enabled in your browser. Words with suspect spelling will be underlined in red. To see spelling hints, hold down the CONTROL key and right-click on the suspect word.