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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MySQL | ||
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NZVLE Project | |||
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NZ Open Source VLE Project is a New Zealand-based project, hosted at Eduforge.org It is helping Moodle adoption as part of a greater project of developing OSS e-learning application software for deployment throughout New Zealands education sector. System integration of portal website framework, lcms, content creation tools and modular toolkit. | |||
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Short for Original Poster, in other words the person starting the discussion. | ||
OS or Operating System | ||
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Operating System in computing is defined as a system software that: i.controls hardware and serves as interface between user and hardware. ii.controls input and output of data or infomation iii.serves as a platform for managing general applications/software or customized software | ||
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A commercial database management system like MS SQL with an Open Source leg. | ||
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} | ||
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PEAR | ||
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An acronym for PHP Extension and Application Repository. PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. For more information see http://pear.php.net/. | ||
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Particularly helpful Moodlers "Particularly helpful Moodlers are people who have written a lot of useful posts in the forums recently, as determined by the Moodle community when they rate posts." | ||
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. | |||