Glossary Terms Generator

The AI Glossary Terms Generator helps you build your course glossary faster by automatically producing term definitions from a topic or subject area. You review each suggested term and definition before adding anything to the glossary.

Accessing the Glossary Terms Generator

The generator is available from the Glossary tool, provided that:

1. AI helpers are enabled at the platform level

2. At least one AI text provider is configured

Open the Glossary tool from the course homepage and look for the Generate with AI button in the toolbar.

How to Generate Terms

1. Click Generate with AI

2. Enter a topic or subject area — describe the domain you want terms for (e.g. "introductory organic chemistry" or "project management methodologies")

3. Optionally specify the number of terms to generate

4. Select an AI provider if more than one is configured

5. Click Generate

The AI produces a list of terms with definitions that you can then review.

Reviewing and Adding Terms

Generated terms are shown as suggestions. Before adding them to your glossary:

• Check accuracy — Verify that definitions are correct for your course level and context

• Edit wording — Adjust the definition to match your teaching style or course conventions

• Remove duplicates — Skip any terms already in your glossary or outside the scope of your course

• Select what to add — Choose which terms to import; you do not have to accept all of them

Once satisfied, confirm the selection and the terms are added to your glossary.

Tips

• Be specific with your topic — Broad topics produce general definitions; a narrower topic gives you more course-relevant terms

• Always review — AI definitions may be simplified or imprecise. Check each one before publishing to learners

• Edit after importing — You can always update a term's definition later from the glossary management view

• Combine with manual entries — Use the generator to get a starting set, then add discipline-specific terms manually