Course glossary
In the glossary, you will find relevant terms, definitions and synonyms if necessary. When opening the glossary, you will be displayed all the terms contained in it in alphabetical order. You can search for content using the letter bar in the header area or the search field.
If you wish to provide the course users with central definitions, you may include a glossary in your course.
Whether or not this resource type is available, depends on the configuration of your learning platform.
Assign course glossary
Assign a glossary to your course as follows:
1 | Open the
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2 | Select the first entry Settings . | |
3 | The Course settings dialogue opens. Click the |
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4 | This opens a table with all available glossary resources. Select the desired glossary by clicking on the corresponding |
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5 | The selected glossary will be displayed in the course settings dialogue under Currently assigned together with its title, ID and creation date. |
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6 | You can edit the assignment at any time.
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More settings menu in the top right corner of the course.
Assign glossary button in the Course tools section under Glossary .
plus icon in the Actions column.
Remove assignment .With the release of OPAL 11.4, the function for embedding a glossary resource has become available in the new user interface. How to embed a glossary in the old user interface through the detailed view is explained in this section:
Embed glossary through detailed view ...
To use a glossary in a course, proceed as follows:
1 | Open the course and select the entry Details and settings from the menu. |
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2 | In the Learning resource area on the right, click on Change properties . |
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3 | A dialogue opens. Switch to the tab Glossary and click on Select glossary .
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4 | This opens an overview of all available glossaries. Click on Select . |
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