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Custom Glossary Interactions in E-Learning #396

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4 years ago

Using Custom Glossary Interactions in E-Learning #396: Challenge | Recap

Glossaries are a common interaction in e-learning courses. Course designers use glossary interactions to define key terms, explain industry-specific jargon, and provide context and understanding of cultural phrases. 

By including a glossary in your e-learning course, you're providing learners with a valuable tool that they can use to enhance their understanding of the material. Not only does this help learners to better engage with the content, but it also allows them to interact with the course on a more meaningful level. 

If you're working in Storyline 360, you can easily add a glossary using the quick-and-easy glossary import/export feature. But you're not limited to the defaults. When you need your glossary to align visually with the rest of your course, you'll need to build it from the ground up. And that's what this week's challenge is all about!

Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to create a glossary interaction to show how they can be used in e-learning.

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Share Your E-Learning Work

  • Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
  • Forums: Start  your own thread and share a link to your published example..
  • Personal blog:  If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.
  • Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.

Last Week’s Challenge:

Before you get started building your custom glossary interactions, check out the certificate examples your fellow challengers shared over the past week:

E-Learning Certificate Examples & Templates RECAP #395: Challenge | Recap

New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article.

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142 Comments

    • MichelleMcCrory's avatar
      MichelleMcCrory
      Community Member
      Hey, I used Catawampus many a time as a visual arts teacher - caught their attention!
    • HillaSchlegel's avatar
      HillaSchlegel
      Community Member
      Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I really should learn these words, so funny. Another flawless presentation with a few clicks! Great job Jodi.
    • Kate_Golomshtok's avatar
      Kate_Golomshtok
      Community Member
      Jodi Thank you! I have a plan for thi evening) I should learn tsome new words)) ha-ha-ha
  • Hello!

    Here's a 'gamified' glossary. You can choose to take the quiz with or without the help of the definitions.

    RICK VAN PYKE'S INTRODUCTION TO COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
    https://bit.ly/elhc396

    Cor blimey!
      • Jonathan_Hill's avatar
        Jonathan_Hill
        Super Hero
        I really like it Sharon - interesting too see how you've adapted my game mechanic for a different topic. The monochrome layout is cool too.

        Have you posted your demo as its own thread, or just in the comments here? Want to make sure David highlights it in his recap.
    • NormaJohnson-4b's avatar
      NormaJohnson-4b
      Community Member
      LOL, I only got one right! Fun game and reminded me of some of the rhymes my mom used to try to teach us as kids from when she grew up in Liverpool.
  • Elisabeth_W's avatar
    Elisabeth_W
    Community Member
    Hi there, here's a glossary interaction I once created. I have replaced the content. Back then I wanted to try another one than the built-in glossary. I wanted to give learners the ability to stay in the same place in the content and use the highlight glossary for quick reference. https://bit.ly/3glHwve
    • OCW's avatar
      OCW
      Community Member

      What a highly functional design! Thank you so much for sharing. 

    • Kate_Golomshtok's avatar
      Kate_Golomshtok
      Community Member
      Hi Elizabeth. I liked the idea to use images in glossary. Nice example. Thanks.
    • RemaMerrick's avatar
      RemaMerrick
      Community Member
      Hi Elizabeth - The layout of the book and tab glossary is lovely! Definitely usable and practical. Great job!