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Best Practices

One of the great benefits of Leganto is its robust analytics reporting. It can tell which of your resources is getting used and how often. To get the maximum benefit from these analytics, instructors can assist in several ways:

1. Include the maximum enrollment for the class. To do this, once you've created your list, click on the List Menu (three dots) at the top of the page and choose “Manage link to course.” Now click on the three dots to the right of your course and choose Edit. In the Number of participants box, enter the number of spots available in your class (not the number of people actually in the class). Click Save.

2. Arrange your Webcourse so that Leganto is the only way for students to access the reading list. Leganto will only collect data for resources accessed through Leganto. If you include more than one way to access your materials (such as listing them in a module somewhere), and your students use that alternative method of access, then the statistical data will not be collected. 

If you prefer to have your students see only part of the readings at a time (for example on a weekly basis or for a specific module), then you can create a link to only part of the greater Leganto list and include that link in your modules wherever you like. See "How to Link part of your list to a module."

Leganto Material Types

When filling out the Leganto Material Types, you can use this as your guideline:

Leganto Material Types  

3D Model—used for body parts or other tactile materials 

Article—used for all articles, whether print or electronic   

Book—used for print books  

Book Chapter—use for a specific chapter of a book—can be used for print or electronic  

Book Extract—used when specific pages from a book are needed, but it cannot be determined if that equates to a specific chapter(s)  

Case Study---a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time 

CDL-–Controlled Digital Lending. Used for digital copies of print books 

Class Notes—notes or other professor-created materials  

Conference—record(s) from any conference/congress/meeting of a society   

Database—use if students must do research in a specific library database  

Dissertation/Thesis—original research document submitted for an academic degree 

DVD—music on a physical disc  

E-book—online book  

Journal—use this if students must do research in a specific journal title  

LibGuides—library document to curate knowledge and share information 

Library Does not Own. Please seek out the bookstore.  

LibTech Items  

LibTech-CMC  

LibTech-Downtown  

Newspaper—use if students must do research in a specific newspaper title  

Newspaper Article—can be used for print or electronic newspaper article 

OER—Freely accessible and openly licensed materials  

Open Access—Freely accessible materials  

Other—for items that don’t fit anywhere else  

PDF—used for any item in PDF form, regardless of that the content/format might be (i.e. article or class notes) 

Podcast—used for electronic audio sources   

Presentation—used for PowerPoint presentations  

Research Dataset--a research dataset is a collection of structured and organized data points gathered and documented for the purpose of analysis, evidence, and insights to answer a specific research question or hypothesis. These datasets can come from original collection or existing sources and are often organized in formats like tables, spreadsheets, or databases, and are used in fields from machine learning to social sciences.  

Streaming Video—for online videos provided through library subscriptions  

Technical Report—a document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem  

Website—used for online resource that does not fall into another online category (e.g. E-book, YouTube video, blog, or podcast)  

YouTube/Vimeo/online videos—for free online videos