Connect to Brightspace

Getting Started with Leganto for Course Reading Lists

 

1. Connect Leganto to Your Brightspace Course: Using the instructions below, link Leganto with your Brightspace course as an external learning tool. This integration is the simplest way to provide students with reliable access to all their course readings.

2. Create and Manage Your Reading List: Once your course is connected, faculty can create, submit, and update their reading lists directly within Brightspace at any time. Students will have a single link for easy access to all course readings. You can also ask the library for help to create your list by submitting a list of citations as a word doc.
   
   NOTE: Avoid copying and pasting links from your browser’s address bar, as this can create broken links.

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Video Guide: 2 Ways to Connect Brightspace and Leganto

Connecting to Leganto from Brightspace via a Module

• Login to your Brightspace and go to your course site and navigate to “Content”.

• Leganto is an external learning tool which can be added to a module in your course. Create a new module by giving it a name like ‘Course Readings’ and hit enter.

• Within your new module, to add the Leganto as an external tool choose the ‘Existing Activities’ drop-down menu select “External Learning Tools”. Then choose “Course Resource List” from the options.

• You now have a link to Leganto and can create and submit a readings and reserves list.

First time Setup: Providing Course Information

When you launch Leganto for the first time after connecting to your course, you'll be asked about how you'd like to submit your list and provide some basic information about your course.

Choose how you'd like to add a reading list to your course:

1. Take control and create your reading list from scratch 
2. Reuse an existing reading list that you've used before
3. Ask the library to create the list by providing a list of citations

Once you've chosen, you'll provide some basic information about your course:

1. Don't change the course name. It is automatically filled out for you.
2. Select the course dates
3. Indicate the enrollment (optional)
4. Indicate your department

Connecting to Leganto from Brightspace via a Quick Link

You can also add the LTI connection to Leganto anywhere you can insert a link through the editor in Brightspace. In this example, I'm adding a quick link to Leganto as part of an assignment. 

• Highlight the text you want to add a link to

• Select External Learning Tools from the list

• Select Cours Resource List (Leganto) as the tool and add it. You should now have new link from your course site to Leganto.