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Embedded Library Guides

Embedding Library Guides in Moodle

Embed Library supports directly into your Moodle courses! Add a our Library Guides to your courses so students can access supports at the point- and time-of-need, without leaving the Moodle environment. By providing Library resources within Moodle, students are seamlessly guided to relevant content when they need it most.

 

What guides can I embed?

You can embed any guide that is relevant to your students' coursework! Some examples are:

  • Assignment-specific guides created in consultation with faculty

How do I embed Library Guides content in Moodle?

  1. With editing turned on in your Moodle course, click Add an activity or resource
  2. Select External tool
  3. Name the activity - you can choose to name it the same as the guide you want to use, or something else entirely
  4. From the Automatic, based on tool URL dropdown menu, select Library Guides
  5. Click the Save and display button
  6. From the Content Type dropdown menu, choose what you'd like to embed in your course. You can embed an entire guide, a specific page from a guide, a specific content box (content on Library Guides pages are contained in content boxes), or databases.
  7. Click Embed Content

Success! You've added Library Guides content to your Moodle course!

When the resource link is opened, the content will display within the Moodle environment.