Time for action – adding a glossary entry
Press the Add a new entry button.
The concept is the word or phrase that you want to explain.
Use the Definition box to give your explanation. Remember that you can use the skills you have learned so far to make a simple glossary entry a truly multimedia experience.
Do you want this particular glossary entry auto-linked, so that wherever it appears in your course a student can click on it to display your explanation? If so, then make sure This entry should be automatically linked is ticked.
When you are ready, scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the Save changes button. You now have a new entry added to your glossary:
What just happened?
We've just seen how easy it is to add an entry to the glossary. Try to keep glossary entries concise. If your glossary entries start to become more complex than just a few sentences, an image or two, and perhaps a little embedded multimedia, then think about using a wiki instead.
Glossary auto-linking
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