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You may have a specific article or two in mind that you wish to have your students access in a given course. You can establish a link in canvas that will take your learners directly to the article you reference. The most important element to success with this is utilizing an article's permanent link, or permalink (see box on right for additional information). A standard url is likely not to work, especially if the material is accessed off campus.
Note: The library asks that you not download an article and then place it directly into Canvas. We need to know how often our databases are accessed so that we have the usage data needed to make decisions related to these resources.
To add an article in Canvas, complete the following steps:
Step 1: Click on the Plus icon to the right of the title of your module.
Step 2: Click on the drop-down menu box on the screen that comes up. Select Add External URL.
Step 3: Enter the permalink of the article that you want to insert. Be sure to give the article a title in the Page Name field, one that makes it easily identifiable.
Step 4: Click on the Add Item green rectangle. Your screen should look like this.