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Reading Lists in Canvas

Information supporting the use of the Reading List app in Canvas.

Moving a citation within a Reading List

To move an item within your Reading List:

1. Hover over the citation so that you can see the vertical blue bar on the far right that says Drag citation.

2. Drag and drop the item into the new location within your list.

Moving a reading

Moving a section within a Reading List

To move an entire section of items:

1. Select the option Toggle section view at the top of the list. This collapses the sections so that only the section titles are visible and all other content is hidden.

Toggle section view in a Reading List

2. Hover the mouse over the section you wish to move until you can see the vertical blue bar on the far right that says Drag section.

Hover to reveal blue bar and the words drag sectio

3. Drag and drop the section into the new location.

4. Under the ellipsis, select Edit section to rename it if required.

Edit section to rename if required

Show or hide sections or items

You can decide to show or hide a section, or an individual item from view by entering Start and End dates.

To show/hide a section:

Select the ellipsis on the right-hand side of the section and select Edit Section. In the section title box enter Start and End dates and tick the Section visible only during these dates box.

To show/hide an item:

Select the item to open it. In the visibility box enter Start and End dates.