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==Auto-linking options== | ==Auto-linking options== | ||
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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". | 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". | ||
== | ==RSS in Glossaries== | ||
== | If [[RSS feeds]] are enabled, you will see two additional fields under the glossary setup page: | ||
===RSS feed for this activity=== | |||
This turns RSS on or off. When set to “None,” the RSS feed is disabled. When set to “Concepts with authors,” the RSS feed will send out the glossary entries with the name of the author. When set to “Concepts without authors,” the RSS feed sends out glossary entries without the name of the author. | |||
===Number of RSS recent articles=== | |||
This number sets the number of entries that go out via RSS. If this number is set to 5, then the 5 most recent articles will be sent to subscribers. As new entries get added, the oldest entry gets replaced on the RSS feed. If your glossary gets a lot of posts every day, you will want to set this number high. | |||
When RSS is enabled for your glossary, an orange RSS button appears on the main page (in the upper right-hand side). When a user clicks on the RSS button, they see the [[XML]] code displayed, needed by the news-reader. Once a user has the RSS news-feed link, adding it to a reader is simple and will then display Forum and Glossary aggregated information, along with other information they subscribe to. | |||
==Glossary permissions== | ==Glossary permissions== | ||
Revision as of 14:40, 12 October 2011
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. When you click on the word, a new window with the glossary entry will pop-up.
Note: 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".
RSS in Glossaries
If RSS feeds are enabled, you will see two additional fields under the glossary setup page:
RSS feed for this activity
This turns RSS on or off. When set to “None,” the RSS feed is disabled. When set to “Concepts with authors,” the RSS feed will send out the glossary entries with the name of the author. When set to “Concepts without authors,” the RSS feed sends out glossary entries without the name of the author.
Number of RSS recent articles
This number sets the number of entries that go out via RSS. If this number is set to 5, then the 5 most recent articles will be sent to subscribers. As new entries get added, the oldest entry gets replaced on the RSS feed. If your glossary gets a lot of posts every day, you will want to set this number high.
When RSS is enabled for your glossary, an orange RSS button appears on the main page (in the upper right-hand side). When a user clicks on the RSS button, they see the XML code displayed, needed by the news-reader. Once a user has the RSS news-feed link, adding it to a reader is simple and will then display Forum and Glossary aggregated information, along with other information they subscribe to.
Glossary permissions
Role permissions for the activity can be changed in Settings > Glossary administration > Permissions.
Site administration settings
The glossary module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Glossary.
Glossary level default settings
- glossary_entbypage - Number of Glossary entries shown per page. Default is set to 10.
- glossary_dupentries - Whether or not the Glossary will allow duplicate entries. Default is set to "No".
- glossary_allowcomments - Whether or not the Glossary will accept user comments on its entries. Default is set to "No".
- glossary_linkbydefault - Whether or not a glossary should be automatically linked. Default is set to "Yes".
- glossary_defaultapproval - Whether or not the Glossary will define the approval status of an entry posted by a student. Default is set to "Yes".
- glossary_enablerssfeeds - Enabling of RSS feeds for all glossaries. Default is set to "No". Note: feeds will still need to be turned on manually in the settings for each glossary.
Entry level default settings
- glossary_linkentries - Whether or not glossary entries should be automatically linked. Default is set to "No".
- glossary_casesensitive - Whether or not an entry is case sensitive when linked. Default is set to "No".
- glossary_fullmatch - Whether or not an entry should match the case in the target text by default when linked. Default is set to "No".
Display Formats Setup
To hide or show any of these entries, simply click on the "eye" icon next to the entry. Clicking on the "writing hand" icon will take you to the settings page for that entry.
