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Course Readings

Create course reading lists in Canvas Courses

Overview of Course Readings

Course Readings (also known as Leganto) is the UniSC reading list management system for creating, organising, and sharing course readings and resources. This platform helps you engage students more effectively and streamlines the management of course materials.

In Course Readings, you can organise items into sections and include a wide variety of resources, such as physical books, eBooks, digitised book chapters, open educational resources (OERs), journal articles, streaming videos, and websites. You have the flexibility to build your reading list independently or collaborate with tutors, learning advisers, and librarians. Once a list is published, students can easily access required and recommended materials directly through Canvas.

Infographic showing the seven steps to creating, editing, publishing and linking course readings lists to Canvas

Benefits for course coordinators:

  • Create structured, annotated reading lists that include resources of all types.
  • Reading lists are automatically rolled over each teaching period.
  • Easily update content during the teaching period.
  • Collaborate with tutors.
  • Monitor student engagement with resources through system analytics.

Benefits for students:

  • Access a comprehensive list of online, full-text resources from within Canvas.
  • Track progress by marking items as done.
  • Manage readings by adding to favourites.
  • Make private notes to boost retention and recall.

Ask for help with Course Readings

The Library can help you:

  • access your list;
  • set up a new list;
  • by providing advice on adding and editing items, sending and publishing your list;
  • with digitisation requests and copyright;
  • with technical questions.

Ask for help by emailing Course_Readings@usc.edu.au.

Alternatively, contact your Liaison Librarian to have a conversation about finding relevant, quality resources, including Open Educational Resources.

Access Course Readings

  1. In Canvas, navigate to your course.
  2. In the left hand navigation menu, select Course Readings.
  3. Your course reading list will launch in a new window.
  4. You may begin working on your reading list.

If your Course Readings does not launch in Canvas, you will see this screen:

Error message asking user to contact course_readings@usc.edu.au.

Reasons why you may see this message include:

  • You are not listed as an instructor, owner or moderator.
  • A reading list has not been created for an existing course.
  • The course is new.
  • The reading list has not been rolled over yet.  This action is performed by library staff approximately 8 weeks prior to the beginning of the teaching period.

For assistance accessing your list, email Course_Readings@usc.edu.au. Please include in your email:

  • your UniSC staff ID number;
  • the course code;
  • the relevant academic period.

Copyright and Course Readings

Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Guide for students

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