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[[Glossary]] auto-linking is a filter that will create links to a glossary activity entry where the word or phrase of the glossary entry is used within the same course in which the glossary is located. This includes forum postings, pages, labels etc.
The Glossary auto-linking filter creates links to a glossary activity entry whenever the word or phrase is used elsewhere in course, such as in forum posts, labels or page resources.


==Site Administration settings==
==Enabling the Glossary auto-linking filter==
Glossary auto-linking must be enabled by an administrator via ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters''. This Filter can be enabled by selecting either '''On''' (where glossary entries will be by default auto-linked) or '''Off but available''' (where the option to use auto-linking is provided in the glossary activity settings).


Note: Enabling linking for the glossary does not automatically turn on linking for each entry - linking needs to be set for each entry individually.
# The Glossary auto-linking filter must be enabled by an administrator in ''Site administration > Plugins > Filters''. See [[Managing filters]] for more details.
# A teacher can then turn the filter on (or off) in the course or in a particular activity via the Filters link in the administration block.
 
Note: Enabling the Glossary auto-linking filter does not automatically turn on linking for each glossary entry.  In the glossary settings 'Automatically link glossary entries' should be set to Yes, and for each glossary entry the checkbox 'This entry should be automatically linked' should be ticked.
 
==See also==
 
* [[Glossary activity]]


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Revision as of 09:08, 7 April 2016

The Glossary auto-linking filter creates links to a glossary activity entry whenever the word or phrase is used elsewhere in course, such as in forum posts, labels or page resources.

Enabling the Glossary auto-linking filter

  1. The Glossary auto-linking filter must be enabled by an administrator in Site administration > Plugins > Filters. See Managing filters for more details.
  2. A teacher can then turn the filter on (or off) in the course or in a particular activity via the Filters link in the administration block.

Note: Enabling the Glossary auto-linking filter does not automatically turn on linking for each glossary entry. In the glossary settings 'Automatically link glossary entries' should be set to Yes, and for each glossary entry the checkbox 'This entry should be automatically linked' should be ticked.

See also