Marian Online 2 Instructor Manual 12

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1 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 12 Glssary At first glance, the Glssary activity seems t be just a list f wrds and definitins that students can view. In fact, the Glssary activity is a pwerful tl fr activ e learning, mainly because yu can allw students t cntribute entries t a glssary. Glssary entries can be displayed, searched, r brwsed in many different frmats and can be linked frm ther places n yur curse site. There are als features that allw yu and yur students t develp shared vcabulary lists, add cmments t definitins, and even link every appearance f a wrd in yur curse t its glssary entry. Creating a Glssary With editing n, click n Add an Activity r resurce and chse Glssary. The Glssary settings page will pen. General Give yur glssary a descriptive name. Write a descriptin f the glssary and give instructins t students n hw t use it. Decide hw many entries shuld appear per page. Glssary type - Glssaries can be main r secndary. Entries can be mved frm secndary glssaries t the main ne, but nt frm the main glssary t the secndary glssaries. Furthermre, there can nly be ne main directry, and nly the prfessr can edit it. Any glssary that yu want students t build shuld be a secndary glssary.

2 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 13 NOTE: Duplicated entries allwed If set t Yes, yu are allwing mre than ne entry t have the same name. Set this t Yes if yu want students t be able t pst their wn definitins f the same term. Allw cmments n entries - If set t Yes, students can make cmments n ther students entries. (This setting refers t students nly - instructrs always have the ability t cmment n entries.) Allw print view Anther setting fr students - instructrs can always use the print view. Autmatically link glssary entries - Turning this feature n will allw individual entries in this glssary t be autmatically linked whenever the wrds and phrases appear thrughut the rest f the same curse. This includes frum pstings, internal resurces such as web pages, and tpic summaries. NOTE: Enabling linking fr the glssary des nt autmatically turn n linking fr each entry. Linking will need t be set fr each entry individually. Apprved by default - If set t N, each entry submitted by a student will have t be apprved by the prfessr befre it is visible t ther students. Otherwise, entries are autmatically apprved and appear t ther students immediately. Display frmat - This specifies the way that each entry will be shwn within the glssary. Simple, dictinary style - Lks like a cnventinal dictinary with separate entries. N authrs are displayed and attachments are shwn as links. Cntinuus withut authr - Shws the entries ne after ther withut any kind f separatin but the editing icns. Full with authr - A frum-like display frmat shwing authr's data. Attachments are shwn as links. Full withut authr - A frum-like display frmat that des nt shw authr's data. Attachments are shwn as links. Encyclpedia - Like 'Full with authr' but attached images are shwn inline. Entry list - This lists the cncepts as links.

3 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 14 FAQ - Useful fr displaying lists f Frequently Asked Questins. It autmatically appends the wrds QUESTION and ANSWER in the cncept and definitin respectively. Yu may have t experiement with the display frmats t chse the right ne fr a particular cllectin. Shw "Special" link/shw alphabet/shw "All" link - Yu can custmize the way a user can brwse a glssary. Brwsing and searching are always available, but yu can define three mre ptins. Shw Special - Enable r disable brwsing by special characters #, etc. Shw Alphabet - Enable r disable brwsing by alphabetic letters. Shw All - Enable r disable brwsing f all entries at nce. Edit always Set t Yes, this will allw students t edit their entries at any time. Using Glssaries The image belw shws the main view f the glssary. Under the Mdle navigatin bar yu will see the glssary descriptin, and directly belw that, the search bar. Checking the Search full text bx allws searching fr a given wrd in any psitin in the glssary text. Belw the search bx is the Add a new entry buttn and fur brwse tabs: Brwse by alphabet lk fr glssary entries by the first letter f a wrd Brwse by categry categries can be created and made available when searching Brwse by date view entries by the date they were last edited Brwse by authr If yu allw students t create entries, yu can keep track f which entries a student has cntributed.

4 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 15 In the upper right are the Update this glssary buttn (fr changing the glssary settings) and a set f links: Imprt entries use t imprt glssaries frm this curse r frm ther curses. Exprt entries use t exprt yur glssary t a file stred in the curse files area. Yu can dwnlad it and uplad it int anther curse. Waiting apprval If yu see this link, default apprval is set t n. The link will appear with the number f entries waiting yur apprval in brackets. Click n the link t shw the list f entries. Glssary Categries Categries may be created t help rganize yur glssary entries. If yu've enabled autlinking, the categry names can be linked alng with individual entries. T create a glssary categry: 1. Click the "Brwse by categry" tab in the main page f the glssary. 2. Click the "Edit categries" buttn n the left side f the page. 3. Click the "Add categry" buttn n the resulting Categries page. 4. Give the categry a name. 5. Chse whether yu want the categry name autlinked as well. 6. Click the "Save changes" buttn. Rating Glssary Entries Decide if yu wuld like t have ratable entries. If yu d, yu can decide whether yu want t allw students t rate each thers' entries, and hw t deal with grading. Additinally, yu can restrict rating t entries frm a certain time perid. If students will be rating each thers entries, the questin becmes, what d yu want students t rate? Clarity f writing and usefulness f the entry are just a few f the items yu might want students t cnsider. Yu can use an existing numeric r ther scale, r create a custm scale that supprts the rating.

5 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 16 T rate an entry, click the drp-dwn menu with the rating scale yu have chsen and select a rating fr the glssary entry. Yu can rate multiple entries, but be sure yu click the Send in my latest ratings buttn at the bttm f the glssary windw t save any ratings yu have assigned. Ideas fr Using the Glssary Activity Like many ther MO2 activities, yu re nly limited by yur imaginatin in hw yu can use the Glssary activity. Here are sme ideas t get yu thinking. Create a class directry where students can intrduce themselves. Use autlinking t integrate yur glssary with ther curse activities. Fr example, part f a frum grade culd be fr crrect use f glssary terms in a discussin. With the autlinking feature, it s easy t spt when a glssary wrd has been used in a frum psting. Language classes can create vcabulary r ther language glssaries cllabratively. Fr subjects that require memrizatin, add memry aids t a glssary; fr example, basic trignmetry functins and a nmemnic device fr remembering them. Create a cllectin f trignmetry functins and nmemnic devices fr learning them. Display a cllectin f student-generated exam questins. Set the glssary t require apprval, s the submitted questins are hidden frm ther students. Yu can review the questins and create a quiz frm student-created questins. Create a glssary f favrite r useful websites. Use a glssary t share bigraphies f peple in the field yu are studying. Create a glssary f terms students need t understand t write well fr assignments; e.g., the meaning f interpret r demnstrate yur understanding f, etc. A cllabrative glssary can be a fcal pint fr cllabratin in yur curse. A student assignment can be t cntribute a term, a definitin, r cmments n the definitins

6 Marian Online 2 Instructr Manual 17 submitted by ther students. Multiple definitins can be rated by yu and by the students, with the highest-rated definitins accepted fr the final class glssary. If yu nly want ne glssary in yur curse, and yu want students t be able t add t it, create a Secndary glssary. Even thugh Secndary implies there is als a Primary, yu can have any number f Secndary glssaries in yur curse withut a Main glssary. Yu can exprt any entries frm a secndary glssary int the main glssary. Yu might cnsider adding a main glssary t Tpic 0 at the tp f yur curse. Then yu can put small secndary glssaries int any tpic r week (fr students t create a chapter-based r weekly list f terms) and then exprt glssary entries frm the secndary glssaries t the main curse glssary. Use the Randm Glssary Entry Blck t mtivate students t submit high-quality entries. (They knw their entries might be displayed n yur curse page.) Remember that a glssary entry can be much mre than text. Because yu are using the HTML editr, yu can use graphics, embed multimedia files, create links, etc.