Moodle Markdown editing – hidden treasure Part 11

Part 11 of our using Markdown in Moodle, this time we look at Definition Lists and Footnotes.

Previous posts in this series

• Introduction to Markdown – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-No
• Editor preferences – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-Nx
• Text formatting with Markdown – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-NJ
• Creating headings with Markdown – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-NQ
• Markdown to create lists – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-O4
• Quoted paragraphs – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-O8
• Adding links with Markdown – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-Oc
• Markdown for images – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-Of
• Line breaks and rules – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-Ok
• Tables with Markdown – https://wp.me/p8KJp1-Om

In this post we will look at Markdown Definition Lists, and Footnotes.

Definition lists

Definition lists consist of specific terms, followed by their definitions, like a dictionary or glossary. A simple example is as follows:

Moodle
: A well-known online learning platform

PHP
: A scripting language.
Mainly used for developing interactive web applications.

This will display as:

Moodle
A well-known online learning platform
PHP
A scripting language. Mainly used for developing interactive web applications.

Footnotes

A footnote has two elements:

• A marker in the text which will become a superscript number
• A footnote definition that will appear at the end of the document.

Here is a simple example:

Read about it in my book.[^1]

…and at the bottom of the page:

[^1]: All about my book.

You can place the footnote definitions anywhere you like. Note however:

• They will be listed in the order that they are linked to in the text
• You cannot make more than one link to the same footnote

Watch out for the final article in this series 🙂

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Stuart is interested in all things e-learning, with specific interests in Moodle, e-learning strategy, and business development.His experience in education over 30 years, MBA in International Business, and knowledge of e-learning systems implementation, together with graphic design background, give him a unique skill set for e-learning projects.

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