Logging in and Creating a List

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For more information, watch Log In and Create a List.

Accessing Leganto

Students and instructors generally access an embedded version of Leganto from within an LMS. Login is automatic when your institution is configured for single sign-on.

In some cases, an instructor may see a Quick Start Welcome screen instead of the Login page or My Lists page; see The Quick Start Welcome Screens.

After logging in, you see a Welcome screen, unless you or Ex Libris has disabled this. After closing the Welcome screen, you see the Lists page.

Log out by selecting Log out in the user menu.

The Logout option.

Log out option

If you have lost your username or password, or require any assistance, contact your library.

Guests access Leganto from a shared link. Guest access is available for all published list that are shared with Anyone. The My lists/All lists toggle is disabled and only All lists is available.

For mobile access, see Logging in and List Structure.

Creating a List

You can create a new reading list from scratch from the Lists page.

To create a new reading list:

From the Lists page, select Create list.

Create list
Enter a Title, and if relevant, a Description.
Start typing the course code or name to see course options.
You can also create the list without associating the list with a course. If needed, you can associate the list with a course at a later point.

Create new list
Select Create list. The list is created. You can now start adding sections and items to the list. See Adding a Section to a List and Searching and Adding from a Library.

Newly created list

Your new list now appears on the Lists page with a Draft/Published status based on your library's publishing settings.

Preventing Instructors from Creating New Lists

For institutions whose librarians are the sole list creators, it is now possible to configure Leganto to prevent instructors from creating new lists. The following workflows are now supported:

Instructors can create new reading lists (no changes).
Instructors can create reading lists from the learning management system (LMS) but not from the standalone. This ensures all reading lists are linked to courses.
Instructors can create reading lists from the standalone but not from the LMS. This provides flexibility for instructors who create lists that are not linked to courses.
Instructors cannot create any new reading lists. This gives the library full control over all lists that are created.

To prevent instructors from creating reading lists in the standalone, set the parameter instructor_create_list (Configuration > Leganto > List Management > Settings) to false (default true). When set to false, the Create list menu does not appear to instructors.

To prevent instructors from creating reading lists when beginning in the LMS, the parameter cms_entry_actions (Configuration > Leganto > LTI > Settings) cannot contain the value all or the parameter value list.

All other parameters that enable list creation such as Duplicate and Rollover must be disabled separately.

The create list option is hidden.

No option to Create list

Uploading or Linking a Syllabus to a List

When enabled by your library, you can upload or link to a syllabus. See Enabling Reading List Syllabuses.

To upload or link a syllabus to a list:

From the list action (...), select Edit list.
Enter a URL for the syllabus or drag and drop or select a file.

Syllabus URL
Select Save. The link/file is added to the list.

Course syllabus link

Duplicating a List

Duplicating a list makes a copy of the list and all sections and items. As part of the duplicating workflow, you can decide whether other aspects of the list will be copied or reset.

To duplicate an existing list:

Select Duplicate list in the list menu. Out-of-the-box, the duplicated list has the old list's name with (Rolled Over) appended to it. This label configuration can be changed from Configuration > Leganto > General > Labels - New UI.

The reading list duplicate list option.

Duplicate list option

When duplicating a list, you can associate the list with a course. Optionally, you may want to review or change the Advanced Settings to confirm whether other aspects of the list are copied or reset.

Options for duplicating a list.

Duplicate list settings

Importing an Exported List

Lists can be created by importing an existing list.

To import a previously exported list:

From the Lists page, select Create list > Import list.

The option to import a list.

Import list

Select the File type lgn.

File type lgn
The list with your references are uploaded to Leganto.

Imported list from file
Select Create list to add the list with all its items. The list is created.

Create list

Deleting a List

Instructors can delete lists from the Lists menu in Leganto.

Delete list

Additionally, Instructors can filter Lists by recently deleted lists.

Deleted list filter

Deleted lists can be restored from Leganto. When restoring a deleted list, the list is restored with a Draft publication status.

Deleted list

Archiving Lists

When configured, instructors can filter Lists by by archived lists (archived_lists (Configuration > Leganto > Features > Leganto Features) is set to true).

Archived list filter

Archived lists can be unarchived from Leganto.

Archived list

When unarchiving a list, the list is restored with a Draft publication status.

Unarchive list

Managing Course Associations

You can associate a list with a course when creating a list or after a list is created.

To associate a list with a course when creating a list:

Enter text (Such as Course code or Course name) in the Look up course field and select the course. When you select Create list, the list is then associated with the selected course.

Look up course

Adding a Section to a List

You can create a new section from scratch or by duplicating an existing section. Lists created in Leganto include a default section. You can configure the default section name to appear when a reading list is created in Alma or imported into Leganto using the new defaultSection.title label in the Labels configuration table (Configuration > General > Labels). Whenever you import references into Leganto or create the list in Alma, the value of this label appears in Leganto as the section name. The label's default value is Resources. When creating a reading list in Alma or importing a reading list into Leganto, the description defaults to blank.

To add a new section:

Select Add > New section. The Add new section pane opens.

Add New section
Enter the section Title.
If relevant, enter a Description.
To make a section viewable during a specific date range, enter a Start date, End date, and check Display section during these dates only.
Select where in the list the section should appear.
Select Add.

Add new section

The section is added to the list.

New section

You can reorder a section at any time by collapsing the section and dragging the icon. For more information, see Collapsing or Expanding a Section.

Adding Sections from a Template

The templates give the library options for adding, updating, and removing or disabling templates. Leganto includes out-of-the box section templates (Configuration > Leganto > List Management > Templates). The Resources and Weeks templates are enabled by default.

Two types of templates are supported. The Numbered pattern type creates sections with the text of the Description field, followed by a number, up to the desired number of sections. For example, the out-of-the-box weekly template creates sections titled Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, etc. Alternatively, the Defined list templates create one section per section names defined in the Description field. For example, the out-of-the-box Priority template creates two sections, entitled Required and Optional.

When defining or customizing a template, you can set the Default number of sections to include for a Numbered pattern template. For a Defined list template, multiple section headings can be added to the Description field, separated by a semicolon (;). The library can disable or enable templates.

Templates are displayed in Leganto according to the order in Alma.

Section templates configuration.

Templates configuration

When adding sections to a new list, list creators can select a section template to help organize the list. For the Numbered pattern templates, they can adjust the number of sections if needed.

The Create new list wizard includes a Preview section to preview how the sections will be displayed on the list. The list creator can view different options before selecting Create list.

An example of a Defined list with multiple sections.

Example of a Defined list with multiple sections

An example of a Numbered pattern.

Example of a Numbered pattern

Duplicating a Section

You can create a copy of a section, including all the items in the section. Sections can be copied to the same list or to a different list.

To duplicate a section:

Select Copy section in the section menu of the section that you want to copy.

Copy section
Enter the new section's name.
Select the list into which to place the new section.
Select Copy.

Copy section pane

New sections created by duplicating a section always appear directly below the duplicated section.

Deleting a Section

Any section that is no longer required can be deleted.

To delete a section:

From the section, select the section menu icon and select Delete section. The Delete section confirmation window appears.

Delete section
Select Delete. The section and all its items are removed from the list.

Delete section confirmation

Editing a Section

You can edit a section to make any required updates to the section.

To edit a section:

From the section, select the section menu icon and select Edit section. The Edit section pane opens.

Edit section
Make the relevant edits and select Save. Your changes appear in the section.

Edit section

Viewing a List as a Student

You can preview the list to see a student's perspective.

To preview a list from a student view:

Select View list as a student in the list menu. The list is displayed only with options available to students and a banner indicating that you are viewing the list in Student View.

Viewing notifications or recent list changes in student mode displays the instructor’s notifications.

View list as a student option

Student View