Leganto is a simple and flexible tool to easily create, maintain, evaluate, and share course reading lists.
Easily assemble materials of all types to create a structured, comprehensive resource list.
You can build a resource list by yourself or collaborate with others, such as colleagues or librarians.
Leganto connects to your course site and makes it simple for students to access all of the materials you’ve selected.
Why use Leganto?
All Materials in One Place
Assemble materials of all types into one comprehensive reading list - easy for students to find right from your Vula course site!
physical books
online or digitized book chapters
scholarly articles
videos
newspaper articles
websites
and any other type of material
Easy to Create & Modify Lists
Search the library collection from Leganto, add from web content and upload your own files. Organize your list for structure & context.
Connect with Students
See where students are engaging with your choices and, if you like, enable discussions & let them suggest additional content.
Save Time in Managing Course Resources
Create your list now, then easily duplicate it next term making adjustments as you go.
Quickly add resources from the web, drag and drop library resources, or upload files
Easily add or edit resources at any point in the term
Flexibility to support your course, your resources, your workflows
Lists rollover, so you can easily reuse them in subsequent terms
Library Support & Collaboration
Build a reading list by yourself, collaborate with others or take advantage of Integrated Library Support.
The library can support access to course materials for students
Send lists to the library with a single click
Students can report broken links directly to the library
Benefit for Instructors
With Leganto, instructors can:
create dynamic lists of citations from a range of sources - print or electronic Library resources, streaming video, websites, textbooks, journals, and more
monitor student engagement through system analytics to understand how students are engaging with course materials, and which materials they utilise the most.
promote student engagement by enabling features that allows students to recommend resources and post comments
easily update content and reuse elements or duplicate whole lists for other courses
comply with applicable copyright policies
Benefits for Students
With Leganto, students can:
find all of their course readings in one place, recommend resources, and post comments for discussion
access resources directly from Vula – no separate log-in credentials needed, no broken links, mobile friendly
have direct access to articles via the Leganto citation link.
save money with reading lists that greatly leverage library and campus funded materials as well as open web content
