Uploading a Glossary is a quick method of adding many terms to the Glossary. Uploading a Glossary can either replace the existing Glossary or supplement it by adding the terms in the file to the existing Glossary.
Follow these steps to find the Upload Glossary page:
Click Glossary Manager from the Control Panel.
Click Download Glossary from the action bar on the Glossary Manager page.
The table below details the entry fields on the Upload Glossary page.
Field
Description
Specify Upload File
CSV File
Enter the full path to the Glossary file. The Glossary file must be a comma delimited data file (.CSV). Alternatively, click Browse to search your computer's files for a Glossary file.
Upload File Options
Add the items in the list to the existing Glossary
Select this option to supplement the existing Glossary with a list of new terms. If a term appears in both the existing Glossary and the file, the definition in the file will replace the definition in the existing Glossary. If the same term appears two or more times in the file, the last definition for the term will appear in the Glossary.
Delete all existing Glossary terms and replace with the terms in this list
Select this option to remove the existing Glossary and replace it with the terms in the upload file.
Within the CSV file, each entry is separated by a hard return and the term and the definition are separated by a comma. For example:
"Apple","A red fruit."
"Onion", "A vegetable."
Although it is not always necessary to enclose the term and the definition in quotes, Blackboard strongly recommends this practice to avoid processing errors.
Example:
"Apple","A delicious fruit, usually <b>red</b> in color. Apples are grown all over the world and are an important religious and mythical symbol to several cultures. The Pacific Northwest region of the United States, particularly Washington state, is famous for its apples.<br><br> However, most refined apple lovers agree that the best apples come from the Hudson River valley area of New York. Perhaps this is why New York City is nicknamed, ""The Big Apple."""
"Onion","Onions are a tasty vegetable with green stalks and a white, yellow, or red bulb. For the best-tasting Onions, visit the \"Onion Capital of the World\" Pine Island, New York."
Quotation marks that appear in a definition or a term must be escaped. This means that the quotation mark must be identified as part of the definition or the mark will be read as the end of the definition. Quotation marks may be escaped using a backslash (\") or another set of quotation marks ("").