ITeC Jargon Glossary


A glossary of ITeC-speak -- all those technical terms and training jargon which you need to get used to.
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M

MB

Megabytes. A larger measure of storage capacity.

Megapixel

A measure of the amount of detail that can be recorded by a digital image.

Memory

A comuters temporary storage area.

Memory card

Small plastic cards used to store files or photos.

Memory Key

A generic term for small memory-storage devices that plug directly into a USB port.

Modern Apprenticeship

(Or MODA) The full, Level 3 apprenticeship programme. Learners will be employed, and working towards a Level 3 framework.

Most learners will do a Foundation Modern Apprenticeship first.

Moodle

If we tell you that Moodle is:
  • An abbreviation for the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment.
  • A Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
  • A Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.
  • An online learning site.
Would you really understand what it is we are trying to tell you? smile And, would you be able to tell your friends and family what is this "the great and amazing" Moodle is?

Some of you may ... some of you may not smile but, hey, we thought this may happen so! Therefore, we thought of the different way to tell you what Moodle is......

Every educational centre has a library of resources, where learners can access or rent out or read various educational books, magazines, manuals, tutorials - you name it!; some of the centres have video-rooms, where learners watch educational films and documentary; a few centres have "playgrounds", where learners can learn stuff through games or quizzes, for example; as well some centres have "communication" rooms, where learners are invited to complete various surveys, questionnaires and other "fun-fun" papers. Swansea ITeC is NO DIFFERENT - we have it too! We have it all in one place - it is online (because after all, we love all new, especially in IT and Technology) - and we call it Swansea ITeC Moodle or just Moodle!

You're looking at ITeC's Moodle right now. Moodle can contain lots of various resources, such as tutorials, worksheets, videos, games and interactive quizzes.

Moodle is your main learning resource while at ITeC.


Moodle Screenshot


Motherboard

The main circuit board inside every PC into which all other parts connect.

MP3

A method of compressing audio files, and the name for files created using this method. The sound quality of an MP3 is close to that of an audio CD track, but it needs less storage space.

Multimedia

Examples of individual content forms combined in multimedia:

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Praktica.jpg
Text
Audio
Still Images
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Scroll switch mouse.jpg
Animation
Video Footage
Interactivity

Source: Wikipedia