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What do you want to do?

Use Glossary to create a fully-searchable glossary for your course. It can contain images as well as text, so that illustrative glossary definitions are possible.

• add new glossary entries, individually
• import glossary entries
• edit glossary entries
• delete glossary entries
• download glossary entries
• link glossary entries to course content pages
• link glossary definitions to other glossary entries

Adding glossary entries | Top

You can add entries to the glossary individually or by importing a file.

1. To add a glossary entry, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Add New Keyword to Glossary, select Add a keyword, and click Go. The Add Keyword screen appears.
3. In the Keyword text box, type the keyword of the glossary entry.
4. In the Definition text box, type the description of the glossary entry, and click Add. The Glossary screen appears with an updated list of Glossary keywords.

Importing glossary entries | Top

You can add entries to the glossary from a file that you have previously uploaded to your [My-Files]folder. See File Manager - uploading files for more information on how to upload a file.

If you import glossary entries from a file, the entries must be in a specific format:

• each glossary entry must be preceded by a colon (":") and is on a line on its own.
• the lines following the entry must contain the glossary entry description.

Note: the glossary entry or description may contain a colon. Only lines beginning with a colon will be interpreted as containing a new glossary entry.

This example illustrates how to add a new glossary entry.

:new entry

This is the new glossary definition for the glossary entry named "new entry".

 

Note: Ensure that you have uploaded the glossary file from your local computer to your WebCT [My-Files] folder before you begin.

1. To import glossary entries from a file, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Add New Keyword to Glossary, select Import a file, and click Go. The Import a file screen appears.
3. In the Filename text box, type the filename of the file to be imported, and click Import. The Import Confirmation screen appears. Note: You can browse your [My-Files] and select the import file, if you do not know the filename.
4. Click Continue to complete the glossary update. The Glossary screen appears with the updated keyword list.

Editing glossary entries | Top

You can change keywords and descriptions which have already been entered into the glossary.

1. To edit glossary entries, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Glossary keywords, select the glossary keyword that you want to edit.
3. Under Other Options, select Edit, and click Go. The Edit a keyword screen appears.
4. In the Keyword and Description text boxes, type the changes that you want to make, and click Update. The Glossary screen appears with an updated list of Glossary keywords.
5. Click Update. The Glossary screen appears.

Deleting glossary entries | Top

You can delete glossary entries individually or by deleting all of the entries.

1. To delete glossary entries, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Glossary keywords, select the glossary keyword that you want to delete.
3. Under Other Options, select Delete, and click Go. A warning message appears. Click OK. The Glossary screen appears with an updated list of Glossary keywords. Note: If you want to delete all of the glossary keywords, then select Delete all instead of Delete.

Downloading glossary entries | Top

If you have a number of glossary entries to edit, you may want to use a text editor of your choice, rather than edit each entry individually in WebCT. You can do this by downloading the glossary entries onto your own computer, making your changes, uploading the file into WebCT, and then importing the glossary entries. Note: The glossary is downloaded in plain text format (.txt).

1. To download the glossary entries, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Other Options, click Download. The Download File screen appears.
3. Click Download. A browser message appears. Save the file on your computer. You can now edit the file on your computer, upload it to WebCT and import it to the glossary when you have finished.

Linking glossary entries to course content pages | Top

You can create hyperlinks from words in a page of content to the corresponding glossary entries. If you do not create these links, students will be unaware of glossary definitions unless they search the glossary itself.

Note: Since this function only applies to content pages, you must link your glossary entries with the Glossary tool in Content Module.

1. To create links between content pages and glossary entries, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Other Options, click Page Links. The Manage keyword links screen appears. The words in the page that are glossary keywords are hyperlinked, with an option button next to them. These words are also listed at the bottom of the page, under Unlinked Keywords.
3. To create a hyperlink to the glossary from a word in the page, select the word in the page of content, and click Update.
4. To remove a hyperlink, under Unlinked keywords, select the word, and click Update. Note: To remove all links, click Clear All instead of Update.

Note: To make the glossary available to students, you must Update the Student View.

Linking glossary definitions to other glossary entries | Top

You can create hyperlinks from words within glossary definitions to corresponding glossary entries.

Note: Since this function only applies to content pages, you must link your glossary entries with the Glossary tool in Content Module.

1. To create links between glossary definitions and other glossary entries, under Main Options, select Glossary and click Go. The Glossary screen appears.
2. Under Glossary keywords, select the glossary keyword in which you want to create links.
3. Under Other Options, select Manage keyword links, and click Go. The Manage keyword links screen appears. The words in the definition that are glossary keywords are hyperlinked, with an option button next to them. These words are also listed at the bottom of the definition, under Unlinked Keywords.
4. To create a hyperlink to the glossary from a word in the definition, select the word in the definition, and click Update.
5. To remove a hyperlink, under Unlinked keywords, select the word, and click Update. Note: To remove all links, click Clear All instead of Update.

Notes:

• to make the glossary available to students, you must Update the Student View.
• iIf you decide to edit the glossary definition at a later time, all the Keyword Links will be removed; you must use Manage keyword links to recreate them.

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