Glossary FAQ

How can I turn on glossary auto-linking?

The glossary auto-linking filter should be enabled by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters.
Each glossary entry should have the "This entry should be automatically linked" box checked.

Simply delete the glossary entry and add a new one.

In Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Common filter settings, set filteruploadedfiles to "All files" or "HTML files only".

If you don't want particular text to be linked (in a Forum post, say) then:

In Edit mode, locate and click the Toggle HTML Source button on the formatting toolbar (appears as '<>' symbol)
Locate the piece of text you want to exempt from autolinking
Before and after the text respectively, add <nolink> and </nolink>.
Save and check.

In Settings > Quiz administration > Filters turn the glossary auto-linking filter off
Click the 'Save changes' button

In Settings>Glossary administration>Permissions, set the Create new entries capability for Student to Prevent. (screenshot in forum thread thanks to Joseph Rézeau)

Here is a workaround, there has to be an easier way but

Create a webfolder that you can link to. For example call it "images"
Add images to that folder
Export your XML file and edit it
Change the src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/ to something line src="Mydomain.edu/images/ for every entry in the file.
Save the XML file with a different name
Import that new XML file into your new glossary

Now when you use the course import feature, your glossary will work in the new course.