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.

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.

1. From the Lists page, select Create list.
   
   Create list
2. Enter a Title, and if relevant, a Description.
3. 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
4. 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.

   For optimum loading speed, we recommend creating a maximum of 100-200 lists.

Deleting a List

When configured (see Deleting Lists), instructors can delete lists from the Lists menu in Leganto.

Additionally, Instructors can filter Lists by recently deleted lists.

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

Archiving Lists

When configured, instructors can filter Lists by by archived lists.

Archived lists can be unarchived from Leganto. 

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

Managing Course Associations

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

• 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. The default section name to appear when a reading list is created in Alma or imported into Leganto is configured by your institution. 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.

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

   

   Add New section
2. Enter the section Title.
3. If relevant, enter a Description.
4. To make a section viewable during a specific date range, enter a Start date, End date, and check Display section during these dates only.
5. Select where in the list the section should appear.
6. 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.

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.

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

   

   Copy section
2. Enter the new section's name.
3. Select the list into which to place the new section.
4. 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.

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

   

   Delete section
2. 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.

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

   

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

   

   Edit section

Indenting a Section

When configured by your library, the Indent/Outdent section action is available in the section action list. When selecting Indent section, the selected section is indented one level.

Viewing a List as a Student

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

• 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