Using Leganto in Canvas

Benefits:

• Instructors search HamCAT from within Leganto and link directly to resources; no need to deal with off-campus access or link maintenance
• Course materials can be saved and reused in other courses or future semesters
• Course materials lists are added to the LMS course navigation so that students have easy access
• Simply tag items in your reading list as reserve items. Save yourself some time from otherwise having to fill out the Bush Library Reserves form.
• Maintain copyright compliance. Saving PDFs to your Google Drive and then pasting links into Canvas may open Hamline University to copyright infringement litigation. By using Reading Lists, you can enlist the help of librarians to help your course material meet copyright standards.

Sign in to Leganto Directly

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Access Leganto from Canvas  

From Courses on the global resources, choose a course and then click on Reading Lists to open Leganto.

If you aren’t seeing Reading Lists on your course menu, go to Settings > Navigation tab and drag Reading Lists up into your active course navigation section.

Create a Reading List

• Click on New List button.
• In the Title Field enter the course name and number. Description is optional. Click Create.
• Select preferred template.
• You will be asked to associate your list with a course. We will do this later. Skip it for now by selecting Not Now.
• Click on New Section button.
• Add a section Title, such as Week or Module One.
• Repeat as necessary for new sections.

• Add resources to sections by clicking the + button on the right.

• This will open a right sidebar (bottom of screen on mobile) where you can search library resources. To add a resource not held by the library, click the Create tab in the sidebar. Type in citation information, or you may also upload or drag and drop a file. For most cases, leaving the default (Simple Search in CLICsearch for Leganto) will be appropriate. Enter a search term in the text box, and hit Enter. You can also search by Title, Author, ISBN, and ISSN by selecting Advanced Search.

• Your results will appear in the dialog box below your search query.
• To add a resource from the search results to your reading list, just select the resource and click Add button. Or, simply drag it into the appropriate section in your list.

• You can edit the section information by clicking the 3 dots (•••) to the right of the section name and selecting Edit Section. This will allow you to change the title, dates, and description.
• Click save when you have made all of your changes.
• After you have more than one section you can reorder them by clicking on the section name and drag it to the preferred location.
• If you want to add additional citation information to the item or delete it, click the ••• beside the item title and select appropriate action.

Tags are useful

• Use Add tags to item to designate materials for library course reserves, checkout restrictions, or to create library copyright/ digitization requests. Save yourself time by using tags rather than submitting a library reserves request form.
• Tags can notify the library of your intent, or tells users where to locate specific items.

  Tags with a mortar board icon will be visible to the students
  Tags with a little Parthenon icon are visible only to you the instructor and librarians

• Click Save when you are done adding tags.

Inform students

• You can add a Due Date to the resource.
• You can add Public or Private Note.Your students will be able to see the Public Note. Only you can see the Private Note
• You can set dates during which the citation and item will be visible to students.

Inform librarians

After you have clicked on a specific List or a Reading List item, use Library Discussion link located on right side panel to ask the librarian questions.

Send List to Library

When you're finished with a list, send it to the library so the librarian can review it. This reading list service includes the library liaison confirming that all citations and links are working properly, taking actions to acquire needed content, digitizing items upon request, and determining when copyright compliance fees are necessary.

Reading lists are processed by the library in the order they are submitted. Please provide your liaison enough time to process your list(s).

Publish

When the librarian has finished reviewing a reading list and notified you that it is ready, Publish it by clicking the ••• icon in the upper left to open the menu. This ensures the reading list is visible to students.

Course students (recommended)

All students at the institution

Anyone (anyone with the permalink to your list)

• (Important) By default, your list is not shared with students. You need to publish it to make it visible to your students.
• When you publish your list, you can choose who can see your list. Your options are:
• Click Confirm to close the dialog box and publish your list.

Associate List with a Course

• Click the ••• and select Course association options> Associate this list with a course.
• A dialog box will appear for you to search Blackboard courses to which you can link your list.
• You can search by course code/ number.
• Once you have selected the course, click the blue Associate button to link the list to your course.