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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MUA | ||
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Multiple Choice Question | |||
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A multiple-choice question (MCQ) is composed of two parts: a stem that identifies the question or problem, and a set of alternatives or possible answers that contain a key that is the best answer to the question, and a number of distractors that are plausible but incorrect answers to the question. It is one of the core question types in Moodle. More information:
Useful reading:
Related Moodle plugins: | |||
MySQL | ||
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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. | ||
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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 | Oodle-Moodle | |
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A symptom or psychoses prompted by too much Moodling. Oodle-Moodle often manifests itself in relationships that have been stunted while Moodling. Husbands, wives, and children may ask an oodled soul to "step away from the machine" and to communicate once again with hand gestures and verbal cues rather than emoticons. Might be contagious. | ||
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Short for Original Poster, in other words the person starting the discussion. | ||
 | Oracle | |
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A commercial database management system like MS SQL with an Open Source leg. | ||
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 | ||