Glossary of common terms
This glossary defines a number of words you will see used often in discussions about Moodle - you'll find them highlighted throughout this course.
If you wish to import this glossary to your Moodle site, you can download this file of exported entries: glossary_of_common_terms_20101214.xml.
Please feel free to add new words here!
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Moodle Partners | |||
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The Moodle Partners are a group of companies affiliated with moodle.com who:
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MoodleCloud | |||
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MoodleCloud is Moodle hosting from the people that make Moodle. See https://moodlecloud.com for details. | |||
MUA | ||
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nightly | ||
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A Moodle Nightly is built automatically every day from the most recent code, and is available from the Moodle.org download page. It can be useful if you don't have CVS, but you want to try the latest features. It can also contain bugs, since they may not have been well-tested yet. | ||
Outcomes | ||
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An Outcome is like any other grade except that it can be applied to multiple activities. When the activity is marked, a mark should be given for the submission itself and for the outcome. Outcomes are newly introduced in Moodle 1.9 basically implements a way to connect outcome statements with Scales. Scales themselves are connected to courses and their activities. Example ExampleOutcome: ‘Identityin social psychology’ Scales:{Refuser, Drifter, Searcher, Guardian, Resolver} | ||
permission | ||
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A permission is a part of a role which allows or denies a someone to use a feature or function of Moodle. There are over 450 different permissions settings in any Moodle role. Each permission has 1 of 4 states that can be assigned to it: "not set", "allow", "prevent", and "prohibit. Editing or creating new roles on the site level can be complicated. In part because of the hierarchical nature of contexts. In many contexts, roles or permissions can be overridden, and the permitted user will see a shortened list of permissions appropriate to the context. | ||
PMA | |||
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phpMyAdmin. A tool to manage your Moodle database with, if you have Admin access rights. Used with MySQL and MariaDB database servers. | |||
 | SCORM | ||
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Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment (commonly a function of a learning management system). SCORM also defines how content may be packaged into a transferrable ZIP file. | |||
sections | ||
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The areas within a course that hold activities are known as sections. This is a generic term that covers weeks and topics. | ||