Desire2Learn 8.3

Creating a Course Glossary

The Course Glossary allows you to create a reference tool for course-related terms. Terms can be posted at your discretion.

Creating a New Term
Importing Terms from Excel
Editing a Term
Deleting a Term

Creating a New Term

If you are adding many terms to your glossary, you should import the terms with Microsoft Excel. But if you are adding just a few terms or one term at a time, adding them in Desire2Learn will be faster.

From the My Home page, select the desired course
The Course Home page appears.
On the Navigation bar, click GLOSSARY
The Glossary dialog box appears.
NOTE: Glossary will only appear on the Navigation bar if it is a Current Active Link.
Click ADD TERM
The Add Term page appears.
In the Term text box, type the term you want to add
In the Definition scroll box, type the definition of your term
HINT: To use HTML coding, click HTML EDITOR
OPTIONAL: To link the term to a topic, from the Link to Content Topic pull-down menu, select the desired topic
Click SAVE
The term is added to the glossary.
OR
To save the term and create another term,
1. Click SAVE AND NEW
2. Repeat steps 4-6

Importing Terms from Excel

You can use Excel worksheets to create several glossary terms at one time and import them to Desire2Learn's Glossary. When creating a list of terms in an Excel worksheet, you must label the columns before typing the terms and definitions. Type term in cell A1 and definition in cell B1. Then type the terms in column A and their definitions in column B.
Microsoft Excel Example

Open Excel
In cell A1, type term
In cell B1, type definition
In column A and column B, type the terms and their definitions, respectively
To save the Excel file,
1. From the OFFICE button, select Save As » Other Formats
  The Save As dialog box appears.
2. Using the Save as type pull-down list, select CSV (Comma Delimited) (*.csv)
3. Using the Save in pull-down list, navigate to and select the desired save location
4. In the File name text box, type a name for your file
5. Click SAVE
  A dialog box appears.
6. Click OK
  A dialog box appears.
7. Click YES
From the Desire2Learn My Home page, select the desired course
The Course Home page appears.
On the Navigation bar, click GLOSSARY
The Glossary dialog box appears.
NOTE: Glossary will only appear on the Navigation bar if it is a Current Active Link.
Click IMPORT TERMS
The Import Terms page appears.
In the Import File text box, type the file location
OR
To browse for a file:
1. Click BROWSE...
  The Choose file dialog box appears.
2. Using the Look in pull-down menu, navigate to and select the desired file
3. Click OPEN
Click IMPORT TERMS
A confirmation page appears.
Click IMPORT SELECTED TERMS
The terms are imported into the glossary.

Editing a Term

Once terms are created, you can edit their names or definitions.

From the My Home page, select the desired course
The Course Home page appears.
On the Navigation bar, click GLOSSARY
The Glossary dialog box appears.
Next to the desired term, click EDIT TERM
The Edit Term options appear.
Make the desired changes
Click SAVE
The changes are complete.

Deleting a Term

You can permanently eliminate terms and definitions from the glossary.

From the My Home page, select the desired course
The Course Home page appears.
On the Navigation bar, click GLOSSARY
The Glossary dialog box appears.
Select the desired term(s)
NOTE: A checkmark appears when a term is selected.
From the top of the page, click DELETE
A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click OK
The term(s) are deleted.