2.3.2 Collaborative writing using Glossary

4. Practice

Now go to your own practice area and try creating you own Glossary. (For help see the front page of this unit.)

If you need assistance using Moodle Demo please check out the instructions on this Unit front page

1. Click the Turn editing on button at the top right of the course page.

2. Click Add an activity or resource link, then in the activity chooser select Glossary and click the Add button.

3. Enter the name "Radar Glossary"  and write in the the description "Glossary about radar meteorology issues" then click box Display description on the course page. 

4. Change settings in Entry section: Always allow editing--> Yes, Allow comments on entries-->Yes and click Save and display.

5. Click Add a new entry button.

6. Enter the concept name "Attenuation" and the definition "Atmospheric attenuation is the loss of radar energy due to absorption and/or scattering as it passed through the atmosphere."

7. Add key words: "measurement", "radar", "absorption" (each keyword on a new line - use Enter button on your keyboard).

8. Change setting in Auto-linking section: This entry should be automatically linked--> Yes  and click Save changes button.

9. Go to you main course webpage and find block Add a block, then choose Random glossary entry.

10. Do to configuration this block using the edit icon.

11. In Block settings section change How a new entry is chosen-->last modified entry.

12. In On this page section change Region-->right and weight--> 0 and click Save changes button.