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Auto-linking is a feature by which words or phrases used within a Moodle site are automatically linked to glossary or database entries, or activity and resources within the course with the same name.
Autolinking is a feature of Moodle by which words or phrases used within a Moodle site are automatically linked (by highlighting in grey by default) to a glossary and database entries, and activity and resources within the course with the same name.


Autolinking can be managed at different levels in Moodle:
Auto-linking can be managed at different levels:


*Site wide: it can be switched on/off by going to  ''Settings > Site Administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage Filters.''
*Site wide: it can be switched on/off by going to  ''Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage Filters.''
*Moodle courses: it can be managed within individual courses from ''Course Administration > Filters''
*Resources & activities within a Moodle course: it can also be managed from within an activity or resource from ''Settings > [Activity name] Administration > Filters''. This is useful for turning off auto-linking to glossaries for example in a quiz, when you don't want the answer to be revealed to the student via an auto-linked glossary term being present in a question.
*Specific text : Within activities and resources certain text can have the auto-linking disabled by switching to HTML view and adding <nowiki>''<span class=nolink>...</span>''</nowiki> with the relevant content replacing the .... If you are using TinyMCE editor, there is a Prevent auto-linking button.


*Moodle courses: it can be managed within individual courses from ''Settings > Course Administration > Filters''
For more information on auto-linking, see
 
*Resources & Activities within a Moodle course: it can also be managed from within an activity or resource from ''Settings > [Activity name] Administration > Filters''. This is useful for turning off auto-linking to glossaries for example in a quiz, when you don't want the answer to be revealed to the student via an auto-linked glossary term being present in a question.
 
*Specific text : Within activities and resources certain text can have the auto-linking disabled by highlighting the text in question and clicking on the ''Prevent automatic linking'' button (chain with a red cross through it). Alternatively, if you are viewing the text in HTML markup mode, links can be prevented by adding <nowiki><nolink> ... </nolink></nowiki> tags around the relevant content.
Another way to force autolinking on/off in HTML markup mode is to use:
* <nowiki><span class="link">text</span></nowiki>
* <nowiki><span class="nolink">text</span></nowiki>
 
For more information on autolinking, see [[Filters|Filters]].
 


* [[Activity names auto-linking filter|Activity names auto-linking]]
* [[Database auto-linking filter|Database auto-linking]]
* [[Glossary auto-linking filter|Glossary auto-linking]]


==See also==
==See also==


*[[Managing filters]]
*[[Managing filters]]
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Latest revision as of 07:23, 2 November 2017

Auto-linking is a feature by which words or phrases used within a Moodle site are automatically linked to glossary or database entries, or activity and resources within the course with the same name.

Auto-linking can be managed at different levels:

  • Site wide: it can be switched on/off by going to Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage Filters.
  • Moodle courses: it can be managed within individual courses from Course Administration > Filters
  • Resources & activities within a Moodle course: it can also be managed from within an activity or resource from Settings > [Activity name] Administration > Filters. This is useful for turning off auto-linking to glossaries for example in a quiz, when you don't want the answer to be revealed to the student via an auto-linked glossary term being present in a question.
  • Specific text : Within activities and resources certain text can have the auto-linking disabled by switching to HTML view and adding ''<span class=nolink>...</span>'' with the relevant content replacing the .... If you are using TinyMCE editor, there is a Prevent auto-linking button.

For more information on auto-linking, see

See also