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How can I turn on glossary auto-linking?

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

How can I get my glossary to display on the Dashboard in the Course overview block?

Set an 'Expect completed by' date in the Activity completion section when editing your glossary.

How can I make glossary entries auto-link to the first instance on a page ONLY?

To stop the linking of every instance, an administrator can enable either 'Filter match once per page' or 'Filter match once per text' in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Common filter settings.

How can I delete a glossary entry attachment?

Simply delete the glossary entry and add a new one.

How can I enable glossary auto-linking in uploaded HTML files?

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

How can I exempt individual words from auto-linking to a Glossary entry?

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.

How can I prevent glossary auto-linking in a quiz?

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

How can I make a glossary "read only" for students?

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

How do I import entries from another glossary?

See Import glossary entries.

How can I make a glossary global?

See this forum thread on making a glossary global.

Does the glossary activity support group mode?

The glossary activity doesn't yet support group mode (see MDL-10728). However, you can restrict glossaries to groups using the Restrict access options.

Any further questions?

Please post in the Glossary forum on moodle.org

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 ==How can I turn on glossary auto-linking?==
-# The glossary auto-linking filter should be enabled by an administrator in ''Administration > Modules > [[Filters|Manage filters]]''.
+# The glossary auto-linking filter should be enabled by an administrator in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters''.
 # Each glossary entry should have the "This entry should be automatically linked" box checked.
+==How can I get my glossary to display on the Dashboard in the Course overview block?==
+Set an 'Expect completed by' date in the [[Activity completion]] section when editing your glossary.
+==How can I make glossary entries auto-link to the first instance on a page ONLY?==
+To stop the linking of every instance, an administrator can enable either 'Filter match once per page' or 'Filter match once per text' in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Common filter settings''.
 ==How can I delete a glossary entry attachment?==
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 ==How can I enable glossary auto-linking in uploaded HTML files?==
-In ''Administration > Modules > [[Filters|Manage filters]]'', set ''filteruploadedfiles'' to "All files" or "HTML files only".
+In ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Common filter settings'', set ''filteruploadedfiles'' to "All files" or "HTML files only".
+==How can I exempt individual words from auto-linking to a Glossary entry?==
-==How can I exempt individual words from auto-linking to a Glossary entry?==
 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)
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 # Before and after the text respectively, add <nolink> and </nolink>.
 # Save and check.
+==How can I prevent glossary auto-linking in a quiz?==
+# In ''Administration > Quiz administration > Filters'' turn the glossary auto-linking filter off
+# Click the 'Save changes' button
+==How can I make a glossary "read only" for students?==
+* In ''Administration > Glossary administration > Permissions'',  set the ''Create new entries'' capability for Student to ''Prevent''. ([http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=204674&parent=892580#p892618| screenshot in forum thread thanks to Joseph Rézeau])
 ==How do I import entries from another glossary?==
 See [[Import glossary entries]].
+==How can I make a glossary global?==
+[https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=222800&parent=968960#p969057 See this forum thread on making a glossary global.]
+==Does the glossary activity support group mode?==
+The glossary activity doesn't yet support group mode (see MDL-10728).  However, you can restrict glossaries to groups using the [[Restrict access]] options.
 ==See also==
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=126 Glossary module forum]
+* MDL-63178 for details of how to provide an alphabet in more than one language.
-* [[Import and export FAQ]]
-* [[XML FAQ]]
+==Any further questions?==
+Please post in the [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=126 Glossary forum] on moodle.org
+[[Category:FAQ]]
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+[[es:Glosario FAQ]]

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