Glossary Tool for Instructors

 

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    faq iconGlossary FAQ

About the Glossary Tool

The Glossary allows you to provide students with the definitions of terms and/or acronyms that will be used throughout your course. Students cannot add to or edit the Glossary

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Accessing the Glossary Tool

To access the Glossary from your Course Home page, click the Glossary link on the course navigation bar located near the top of the screen.

glossary location on the navbar

The main Glossary window will open and and has three icons that run along the top of the screen: Glossary, Add Term , and Import Terms.

View of Glossary icons 

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Adding Terms

To add a new term to the Glossary:

  1. Click Add Term.
  2. Add Term screen 

  3. Type the term or acronym in the Term field.
  4. Type the definition in the Definition text box. Notice that like many D2L tools.
  5. If you ave already set up your course Content, you can create a link to a relevant topic using the Link to Content Topic drop down menu.
  6. Click Save to save your term. You can also click Save and New to continue adding terms.

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Importing Terms

To import terms to the Glossary:

  1. Click Import Terms.
  2. Click Download sample CSV file to download a sample of how the file needed for import should look.
  3. View of the Import Terms screen

  4. Enter your terms and their definitions into the CSV file and save the file as a CSV file.
  5. Click Browse to locate the file on your computer.
  6. Click Import Terms to add the terms to your Glossary.

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