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Adding a glossary entry

To add a glossary entry:

From the glossary page, click the "Add a new entry" button.
Enter the word you want to define in the Concept text field.
Add the definition of the word or concept.
If you've defined categories in the "Browse by category" tab, you can categorize your entry here.
If there are synonyms you want to include with the entry, add them to the Keyword(s) text area. Enter one word per line.
If you want to add an attachment, such as a picture or an article, you can attach it below the Keyword(s) text area.
Select the auto-linking options (see below).
Click the "Save changes" button to add your word to the glossary.

Auto-linking options

Note: To be able to turn on this feature, site-wide glossary auto-linking should be enabled by an administrator (see Filters for further details).

This entry should be automatically linked

Turning this feature on will allow the entry to be automatically linked, whenever the concept words and phrases appear throughout the rest of the same course. This includes forum postings, internal resources, week summaries and so on.

If you do not want particular text to be linked (in a forum posting, say) then you should add <nolink> and </nolink> tags around the text.

This entry is case sensitive

This setting specifies whether matching exact upper and lower case is necessary when performing automatic linking to these entries. For example, if this is turned on, then a word like "html" in a forum posting will NOT be linked to a glossary entry called "HTML".

Match whole words only

If automatic linking is enabled, then turning this setting on will force only whole words to be linked. For example, a glossary entry named "construct" will not create a link inside the word "constructivism".

Deleting an attachment

The easiest way to delete an attachment is to delete the glossary entry and add a new one.

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 {{Glossaries}}
-Adding a new entry, you have to fill in two fields. Others are obligatory.
+==Adding a glossary entry==
-==Concept (mandatory) ==
+[[Image:Glossary_5.png|thumb|Adding a glossary entry]]
+To add a glossary entry:
-Here you should insert the word/concept, the definition of which you wish to create.
+#From the glossary page, click the "Add a new entry" button.
+#Enter the word you want to define in the Concept text field.
+#Add the definition of the word or concept.
+#If you've defined categories in the [[Editing glossary categories|"Browse by category" tab]], you can categorize your entry here.
+#If there are synonyms you want to include with the entry, add them to the Keyword(s) text area. Enter one word per line.
+#If you want to add an attachment, such as a picture or an article, you can attach it below the Keyword(s) text area.
+#Select the auto-linking options (see below).
+#Click the "Save changes" button to add your word to the glossary.
-==Definition (mandatory) ==
+==Auto-linking options==
-As its name suggests, this field should contain the definition of the word/concept.
+Note: To be able to turn on this feature, site-wide glossary auto-linking should be enabled by an administrator (see [[Filters]] for further details).
-==Keywords==
+===This entry should be automatically linked===
-Each entry in the glossary can have an associated list of keywords (or aliases). Enter each alias on a new line (not separated by commas). The aliased words and phrases can be used as alternative ways to refer to the entry. For example, if you are using the glossary auto-linking filter then the aliases will be used (as well as the main name of the entry) when deciding what words to link to this entry.
-[[Image:Glossary_5.png|frame|left|just fill in the form to create the new glossary entry]]
-<br style="clear:both;">
-==Categories==
-The default setting is 'Not categorised'. However, if you do add new categories, they will display here giving the possibility of choice.
-==Enabling automatic linking in a entry==
 Turning this feature on will allow the entry to be automatically linked, whenever the concept words and phrases appear throughout the rest of the same course. This includes forum postings, internal resources, week summaries and so on.
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 If you do not want particular text to be linked (in a forum posting, say) then you should add <nolink> and </nolink> tags around the text.
-To be able to turn on this feature, auto linking must be enabled at glossary level.
+===This entry is case sensitive===
-==Case sensitive matching==
-This setting specifies whether matching exact upper and lower case is necessary when performing automatic linking to these entries.
-For example, if this is turned on, then a word like "html" in a forum posting will NOT be linked to a glossary entry called "HTML".
-==Whole words matching==
+This setting specifies whether matching exact upper and lower case is necessary when performing automatic linking to these entries. For example, if this is turned on, then a word like "html" in a forum posting will NOT be linked to a glossary entry called "HTML".
-If automatic linking is enabled, then turning this setting on will force only whole words to be linked.
+===Match whole words only===
-For example, a glossary entry named "construct" will not create a link inside the word "constructivism".
+If automatic linking is enabled, then turning this setting on will force only whole words to be linked. For example, a glossary entry named "construct" will not create a link inside the word "constructivism".
-==Attachment==
+==Deleting an attachment==
-You can choose to add an attachment file to the entry. This is useful if you are creating a photo gallery.
+The easiest way to delete an attachment is to delete the glossary entry and add a new one.
-To delete the attachment you need to go to the [[Files | files]] option of the [[Administration block | administration block]] and look in the directory called moddata and the sub-directory called glossary. The file for each entry will be stored in each individual sub-directory.
-[[Category:Teacher]]
 [[Category:Glossary]]

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