OOHOO Pop-up Dictionary

OOHOO Pop-up Dictionary
Dictionary Filter
User Guide
02/07/2012
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Oohoo IT Services Inc.
oohoo.biz
Moodle Plug-in
1.0
2.X
Pop-up Dictionary
User Guide – OOHOO Pop-up Dictionary Dictionary Filter v. 1.0
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Technical Requirements................................................................................................................................ 3
Plug-in Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Enable the Pop-up Dictionary filter ...................................................................................................... 3
Using the Pop-up Dictionary ......................................................................................................................... 4
Interface ................................................................................................................................................ 4
Enabling the Pop-up Dictionary in a course .......................................................................................... 4
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Introduction
OOHOO Pop-up Dictionary is a Moodle package that gives the students the possibility to double
click on any word within a Moodle HTML resource and retrieve its definition from an online
dictionary chosen by the teacher.
It is developed and maintained by Oohoo IT Services Inc.
Technical Requirements
No particular technical requirements.
Please do not forget that the plugin is separated into two downloads: filter and block.
Plug-in Installation
1. Unzip the contents of the package into the appropriate folders of your Moodle server, i.e.
filter/dictionary into the moodle root folder/filter and the blocks/dictionary into the moodle root
folder/blocks.
2. Login to your Moodle server as an administrator. In the settings block, navigate to “Site
Administration” and click on “Notifications”. This will start the installation process. Click on the
“upgrade” button at the bottom of the page.
Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the Pop-up Dictionary Filter settings page.
Notice that there are four predefined dictionaries. You can replace these, giving you up to 8 dictionaries
for the teachers to choose from. Note that not all online dictionaries will work. Only those that have the
word being searched within the url will work. E.g. dictionary.com has such a system. If you go to
dictionary.com and search for the word Brave, notice the url in the address bar. It should look
something like http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Brave?s=t . Luckily, the “?s=t” is not needed. In
the settings, do the following:
1. In one of the “Dictionary Name” fields, enter the name of the dictionary that you would like
displayed in the selection menu for the teachers (e.g. Dictionary.com)
2. In the “Dictionary URL”, enter the URL for the dictionary search. For the example above, you
would enter http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
3. Save your changes by clicking on the “Save changes” at the bottom of the page.
Enable the Pop-up Dictionary filter
In order for the Pop-up Dictionary to work, you must first enable the filter.
1. In the settings block, navigate to Site Administration -> Plugins -> Filters -> Manage filters
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2. In the filter list, look for Pop-up Dictionary and in the active select menu, select “on”. If you want
to have the filter work in both content and the headings, also select “Content and Headings” in
the “Apply to” select menu.
Using the Pop-up Dictionary
Interface
Enabling the Pop-up Dictionary in a course
To enable Pop-up dictionary in a course do the following:
1. Turn editing on
2. In the “Add a block” menu, select “Dictionary”. This will add the Pop-up Dictionary block to your
course.
3. Click on the “Change dictionary” link to select a dictionary for your course. This will redirect to
the dictionary selection page.
4. From the select menu, choose the dictionary you would like to use for your course. Click on
submit to save and activate your choice.
5. Tell your students that they can double click on any word within an HTML resource to get the
definition.
Note that double clicking in a PDF or Word document will not work.
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Oohoo IT Services Inc.
Patrick Thibaudeau
Chief Technology Officer
3-01, McMahon Building
8406-91 St. NW
Edmonton, AB T6C 4G9
www.oohoo.biz
[email protected]
P: +001-780-492-0386
M: +001-780-722-4034
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