Use the Glossary Tool in myCourses

The Glossary tool in myCourses allows you to store and display course terms, expressions, concepts and definitions for your students.

In this article:

Access the Glossary Tool

To allow you and your students access to the Glossary tool, you need to add the link to your course Navigation Bar.

 

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Create a glossary term

1. Click the Glossary link on your Navigation Bar.

2. Click New Term.

3. Enter a Term.

4. Enter the Definition.

5. (Optional) If you want the glossary term to link to an existing content topic, select the topic from the Link to Content Topic drop-down list.

6. Click Save, or click Save and New to save and add another term.

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Edit a term

1. Click Glossary.

2. Click the the name of the glossary term you want to edit.

3. Make your changes.

4. Click Save.
   
   

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Delete a term

1. Click Glossary.

2. Click the arrow beside the glossary term and then click Delete.

3. In the Confirmation pop-up that appears, click Yes.
   
   

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Import glossary terms from a spreadsheet

1. On the main Glossary page, click Import Terms.

2. Click Download sample .csv file and save the file to your desktop.

3. Open the sample file, enter your terms in the Term column, and enter your definitions in the Definition column. Do not modify these headings or your file will not upload correctly.
   
   

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4. After you have entered your terms and definitions in the sample .csv file, click the Browse button and locate the file.

5. Click Import Terms. A preview page displays, showing all of the terms found in the .csv file.
   
   

6. Select the checkbox beside each term you want to import.

7. Correct any of the terms displayed and their definitions.

8. Click Import Selected Terms to import the terms to your glossary.

When you finish importing the terms, you and your students will find them listed in alphabetical order on the Glossary page.

 

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