---
title: "Add glossary entries"
slug: "add-glossary-entries"
tags: ["Totara Learn", "Content Creator", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:31Z
canonical: "totara.help/add-glossary-entries"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add glossary entries

Once you have [added a glossary activity to a course](/19/docs/add-a-course-activity-or-resource), you can start adding entries, i.e. the content of your glossary.

To add an entry to your glossary, follow these steps:

1. From the Glossary page, click **Add a new entry**.
2. Enter the word you want to define in the **Concept** text field.
3. Add the definition of the word or concept.
4. If you’ve defined categories in the **Browse by category** tab, you can categorise your entry here.
5. If there are synonyms you want to include with the entry, add them to the **Keyword(s)** text area. Enter one word per line.
6. If you want to add an attachment, such as a picture or an article, you can attach it below the **Keyword(s)** text area.
7. If you want this particular entry to be linked automatically within the course, check the **This entry should be automatically linked** checkbox. If you select automatic linking, the checkboxes below determine whether the links are case sensitive and whether only whole words are linked.
8. Click **Save changes** to add your word to the glossary.

## Next steps

- [Create glossary categories](/19/docs/create-glossary-categories)
- [Import and export glossary entries](/19/docs/import-and-export-glossary-entries)

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_Glossary-wiki.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A36%3A03Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A36%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LcwuQ4dN06AdnQjlFmPDbSSP50IH4yeUh0GUd9iI%2FQw%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using the [Glossary and wiki](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=351) in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use these tools, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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