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Create a new Glossary
1. On the MOLE course home page, click Turn editing on at the upper right of the page.
2. In the relevant page section, click Add an activity and in the resulting pop-up, under activities, select Glossary. Click Add.
3. On the Adding a new Glossary page, enter the Name and Description for the glossary, and tick the check box if you want to Display description on course page.
Select the Glossary type. A Main glossary is a glossary into which entries from a Secondary glossary can be imported.
There can only be one main glossary in a course. If you will not be needing the glossary entry import function, you can make all the course glossaries secondary glossaries.
4. Under Entries, select whether you want:
entries to be Approved by default, that is, there will be no requirement for the instructor to approve them before users can view
to Always allow editing of entries, or to limit editing to a nominated editing time
Duplicate entries allowed, that is, multiple entries can have the same concept name
to Allow comments on entries by participants with the right permissions
to Automatically link glossary entries wherever the concept word/phrase is used throughout the course.
5. Under Appearance:
Select the most appropriate Display format.
At Approval display format, select the most appropriate display format for entries to be presented for approval.
Change the number of Entries show per page, if you want to.
Select Yes for Show alphabet links if you want users to be able to browse the glossary in alphabetical order.
Select Yes for Show 'ALL' link if you want users to be able to browse all glossary entries at once.
Select Yes for Show 'Special' link if you want users to be able to browse using special characters, such as @ or #
Select Yes for Allow print view if you want to provide students with a link to a printer-friendly version of the glossary—this is always provided for teachers, as shown below:
6. Under Grade, select a Grade category in which you want the glossary to be included.
7. Complete the remaining page sections as relevant and click Save and display.
8. The glossary displays, and you can now start adding entries.
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