Glossary: Basic
Follow these steps to create and manage a Glossary in Carmen. For a general overview of Glossary options, see Glossary: Overview.
To begin, log in to Carmen and go to a Course Home page.
Add Glossary to Navigation Bar
Glossary is not a default link for the Course Navigation Bar. To access Glossary, you must first add the Glossary button to the Navigation Bar.
To add Glossary:
1. Click Edit Course on Course Home page you want to add Glossary to.
2. Click NavBars from the Navigation Bar.
3. Select tab of the area in the Navigation Bar you want to put the Glossary button. The choices are: Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right.
4. Under Inactive Links is a list of buttons you can add to the your Course Home page. Select Glossary and click the > button. This will move Glossary from Inactive Links to Current Active Links.
5. Click Save.
You can add more than one option at a time by selecting which button you want to add and clicking > to move from Inactive Links to Current Active Links.
Add a Term
1. Click Glossary in the Navigation Bar on your Course Home page.
2. Click Add Term.
3. Type the Term you would like to define .
4. Type the Definition of the term.
Use the following to format and preview your definition:
5. Click 
HTML Editor to open an HTML Editor window for composing the message.
6. Click 
Spell Check to check spelling of definition text.
7. Click 
Preview to preview the message before saving.
8. Check In HTML if your Definition is in HTML.
9. Select Link to Content Topic from the drop down menu (if applicable).
You can only link to content topics that are already in your course. See Content: Basic for more information.
10. Click Save, or click Save and New to add another Term and Definition.
Import One or More Terms
You have the option to create all of the glossary terms for your course at one time in an Excel spreadsheet and then import them into Carmen.
The spreadsheet of glossary terms must be formatted as follows:
A template Excel file is also available on the Import Multiple Items page. Click Download sample CSV file and save the template, if you wish.
1. Click Glossary in the Navigation Bar on your Course Home page.
2. Click Import Terms.
3. Click Browse.
4. Locate and select the applicable Excel file.
5. Click Import Terms.
6. Review the terms to import.
- Click
Preview to review how a term will appear to students online.
- Check In HTML if you have used HTML in your definition.
- If there is a problem with the file or any updates you would like to make before you import the terms, click Cancel and update the file as necessary before beginning the import process again.
You can unselect terms that you do not wish to add by unchecking the box next to the unwanted term.
7. Click Import Selected Terms.
Edit a Term
1. Click Glossary in the Navigation Bar on your Course Home page.
2. Click 
Edit Term.
3. Update the term or definition.
4. Click Save.
Delete a Term
1. Click Glossary in the Navigation Bar on your Course Home page.
2. Select the term you want to delete.
3. Click 
Delete Term next to the term, or select multiple terms and click Delete Term at the top of the list.
4. Confirm you want to delete the selected terms.
5. Click Close to return to Course Home page.
To delete all terms, check next to the Delete Term in the upper left of the screen to select all and click the Delete Term. Confirm you want to delete all terms.
