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    Searching Lists and Items

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    Searching Lists

    The Lists page includes a dropdown option to navigate between All lists and My lists.

    The lists that you own or collaborate on are listed under My lists. My lists also include lists that you have accessed using the learning management system (LMS). All lists include all lists you have permission to view.

    All lists and My lists

    All lists/My lists

    You can execute basic and advanced searches from My lists and All lists.

    To execute a basic search:
    1. From the Lists page, enter the text you are searching for in the My lists/All lists search bar and press Enter.
      The My lists/All lists search bar.
      My list/All list search bar
    2. Any list containing your search text in the list name, course name, course code, or course instructor appears in the search results.
      A basic search results list.
      Basic search results
    3. Select Sort to customize the search results list.
      The option to sort your search results.
      Sort option
    4. Select Filter to narrow your results.
      The option to filter your search results.
      Filter option

      At any point, you can select Reset search to clear your search and return to the Lists page or select Advanced search to perform a more complex search and return to the default Lists page.

    To execute an advanced search for a specific list:
    1. From the Lists page, select Advanced search.
      The advanced search option.
      Advanced search
    2. Enter your search criteria and select Search.
      The option to enter advanced search criteria.
      Advanced search criteria
    3. Any list containing your multiple criteria search text appears with your search results.
      An advanced search results list.
      Advanced search results
    4. Select Sort to customize the search results list.
      The option to sort your search results.
      Sort option
    5. Select Filter to narrow your results.
      The option to filter your search results.
      Filter option

      At any point, you can select Reset search to clear your search and return to the Lists page or select Basic search to revert to a simple search and return to the default Lists page.

    Finding Lists by Course

    When accessing Leganto using a course shareable link or course LMS link (see Linking to a Course), Leganto presents the directory of lists associated with the course.

    A list of lists associated with a course.

    Lists associated with course

    You can also search by course code or name on the All lists basic search, or select the other filters to limit the searches to search by course code or name on the All lists basic or advanced search. For more information, see Searching Lists.

    The option to find a list by course.
    Find lists by course

    Filtering Lists By Course Dates

    When Course dates (Configuration > Leganto > Features > Find List Settings) is enabled (default disabled), the list view can be filtered by Past, Current, or Upcoming course dates.

    The option to filter lists by course dates.

    Filter lists by Course dates

    Lists without courses are excluded from the Course dates filter.

    Adding/Removing Lists from My Lists

    My lists are the lists for which you are:

    • an owner or collaborator
    • that you specifically added to My lists

    Lists that you own or collaborate on are added to My lists automatically when you create them or when you become their owner or collaborator.

    To add lists to My lists:
    1. View all lists or use the basic/advanced search to find a list.
    2. Navigate to the list you want to add to My lists and select Add. The list is added to My lists.
      The option to add a list.
      Add list

      You can sort and filter Lists using the filtering and sorting features at the top of Lists.

      You can view information about these lists, but you cannot edit or delete them. You can also copy items from these lists to Favorites. For more information, see Adding Items to Favorites.

    To remove lists from My lists:
    • From My lists, navigate to the list you want to remove select Remove from My lists. The list is removed from My lists.
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