Edit Moodle Terms

There are times when I'd like to change the standard terms displayed in Moodle. For example, my students are often unfamiliar with the term Surname which is used in the default language pack, English (en), rather than Last Name.

One easy way to change Moodle's standard terms is to edit the file called moodle.php located in: /moodleroot/lang/enutf8. The file contains a long list of string definitions like this:

$string['activity'] = 'Activity';
$string['activityclipboard'] = 'Moving this activity: $a';
$string['activityiscurrentlyhidden'] = 'Sorry, this activity is currently hidden';
$string['activitymodule'] = 'Activity module';
$string['activityreport'] = 'Activity report';
$string['activityreports'] = 'Activity reports';

To change the text displayed for any of these variables, edit the string following the equal (=) sign. For example, to change the string above called $string['activity'], change the text following the = sign and contained between the single quotation marks. We might change ='Activity' to ='Task'.

In the future, Moodle will display the word Task anywhere it displayed Activity in the past.

Hope this is useful. Keep Moodling!