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Credo Info Lit - Core: Adding Credo Items to Canvas

Digital resources to develop students' information literacy

Adding Credo Content to Canvas

Overall Instructions

  • Select a Digital Asset in Credo InfoLit Modules
  • Copy the LTI Link for that Digital Asset that you wish to use in your course
  • Locate your Canvas Course
  • Add the Digital Asset to your Course Assignments or Modules (If you add the Digital Asset to an assignment, it will link to your Canvas Gradebook).

How to Add a Digital Asset to a Canvas Assignment

  • In course navigation, click on the Assignments link
  • Click the Add Assignment button
  • In the "Submission Type" drop-down menu, select the External Tool option
  • Paste the LTI link for the Digital Asset you selected
  • Click "Save and Publish."

How to Add a Digital Asset to a Canvas Module

  • In Course Navigation, click on the Modules link
  • Click the Add Item button
  • In the Add drop-down menu, select the External Tool option
  • Locate the configuration URL for the tool that you want to link to and type the URL int he URL Field
  • Give your External Tool a Page Name
  • To have the tool open in a new browser tab, click the Load this Tool in a New Browser Tab checkbox
  • Choose whether or not to indent the item in the module drop-down menu
  • Click the Add Item button