Glossary of common terms
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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!
Browse the glossary using this index
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meta tag | |||
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Meta Data is data about data, describing the type of data under discussion. Meta tags in HTML are used to identify which version of HTML is in use, the language (both used by the browser to parse, or interpret the code) and other technical information. Two special meta tags of great interest to web weavers are the content and keyword tags. These provide special information that's often used by search engines to enhance retrieval of the page. | |||
MID | ||
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Moodle Installation Directory | ||
Migrate | ||
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The term used to describe moving a Moodle site from one server to another. | ||
MLP | |||
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Mindless Link Propagation | |||
Moodle | ||
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Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, but now it's just a name. It's also a verb: "I try and moodle every day!" | ||
Moodle App Plans | ||
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Moodle App Plans are functionality levels for the official mobile app. The available plans are Free, Pro and Premium. You can learn more about them at apps.moodle.com and join the discussion in the forum here. | ||
Moodle Docs | |||
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Moodle Docs is the Moodle Documentation wiki, where the Moodle community documents Moodle. There are separate wikis for each version of Moodle. | |||
Moodle Exchange | |||
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This area is for exchanging complete Moodle courses in Moodle Backup format, as well as other content like glossaries or quiz banks. All content in here is free to download and use, and you can add and update your own content whenever you like. The Moodle Exchange is at: http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=15 (This entry can be replaced with a Resource pointing to Moodle Exchange so that the link is more direct | |||
Moodle Partners | |||
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The Moodle Partners are a group of companies affiliated with moodle.com who:
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