What is a "course vocabulary"?
A Mediathread course vocabulary is a set of concepts and associated terms chosen by a course instructor.
This is a more structured approach to using tags than the student-generated tag field for an item or selection.
Setting up a course vocabulary is a good way to designate metadata for students to apply to items they analyze in Mediathread. Each course can have up to three "course concepts" that constitute the course's vocabulary. Within a course concept, an instructor can add an unlimited number of associated terms.
For example, a course concept may be "Religion" and a term within that concept might be
"Buddhism",
"Hindusim", "Sikhism", etc. To get started, an instructor should open the "Manage" window in the top-left corner of Mediathread, and choose "Vocabulary."Setting up a course vocabulary is a good way to designate metadata for students to apply to items they analyze in Mediathread. Each course can have up to three "course concepts" that constitute the course's vocabulary. Within a course concept, an instructor can add an unlimited number of associated terms.
For example, a course concept may be "Religion" and a term within that concept might be
More information about how an instructor can create and edit a course vocabulary can be found here.