ExLibris Leganto Full February 2022 Release Notes User Guide

: October 27, 2023
: EXLIBRIS

Table of Contents

Main Features
Create Custom Material Types
Additional Enhancements
Resolved Issues
References
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Leganto Full February 2022 Release Notes
User Guide

March 2022 Sneak Preview

NERS: Add a file to the Broken Link Reports (part 2)
Create a reading list in the background when an instructor creates a Read & Respond assignment

Main Features

NERS: Enhanced Broken Link Reports – Part 1
February 2022 Leganto

NERS Enhancement (ID #7208)
When marking a link as broken, users now have the option to add a comment to provide more information about the link. Leganto now includes the parameter mark_as_broken_comment_mandatory (Configuration > Leganto > Features > Leganto Features) to require users to include a comment when reporting a broken link. When set to true, users must enter a comment when reporting a broken link. When set to false, comments are optional. The default for the parameter is false.

Add a comment
The Reporter column lists how many users reported the broken link.

Amount of reports
When the number of reporters is selected, Alma displays a table to show who reported the link as broken and when, as well as any comments they have added.

Leganto Broken Links Report
Note
The option to include a file when reporting a broken link will be added in a future release.

For more information, see Configuring Other Leganto UI Elements – Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com)

Create Custom Material Types

February 2022 Fulfillment – Course Reserves SF: 05318298
Customers can now add their own citation material types to Leganto (Configuration > Fulfillment > Courses > Citation Material Type). The new types are displayed as part of the Type drop-down menu. In the Type drop-down menu, the new material types are presented under the Others sub-category and are ordered alphabetically.

Note
Existing types cannot be removed, only customized.

Example drop-down list where a custom material type would appear
If no thumbnail is configured (Configuration > Leganto > UI > Citation default thumbnails) for a type, the default thumbnail is used.
If a new material type is added to Leganto, but not mapped in the field mapping or brief format, it is mapped as a book.
See Configuring Other Leganto UI Elements – Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com) and Configuring Other Leganto UI Elements – Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com)

Updated Cite It! Installation Instructions and Icon
February 2022 Leganto
We improved the Cite It! installation window to make it more clear that the Cite It! button can be dragged to the browser
toolbar. The process of installing Cite It! did not change, only the design of the window. Additionally, we added an icon for
Cite It!
For more information, see Working with Citations – Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com)

Cite It! installation window

Remove Assignments and Scores after a Designated Period
February 2022 Leganto
To clean up old course assignments and grades and enable institutions to comply with institutional privacy policies, we have added a new job under Activate/Deactivate Courses (Configuration > Fulfillment > General > Fulfillment Jobs Configuration). The new job enables you to configure when to Remove assignment submissions. The default value is 365 days after a course end date. If the field is set to 0, the submissions and scores are removed when the course ends.
If this field is left blank, the submissions and scores are not removed.

Remove assignment submissions configuration
The Job Report includes the Total submissions deleted.
The Job Events includes the Deleted Submissions. When selecting Deleted Submissions, the following information appears:
Course Code | Course Section | Reading list Name | Number of deleted submissions For more information, see Working with Assignments – Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com).

Additional Enhancements

February 2022 Leganto

For institutions that have not changed the default guided videos, the videos for
Adding_resources_from_the_library_video and Adding_your_own_resources_to_a_list_video (Configuration > Leganto > Features

Guided Videos) were updated.

February 2022 Leganto

For customers in Norway: Social reading on Bolk files and Bolk file downloads are now supported in Leganto. When a Bolk request is approved and the response contains a file, users can download the file, or view it in Leganto. As a result, the Social Reading features are now supported for Bolk files when users view them in Leganto.
For more information, see Integrating with Bolk.

Resolved Issues

February 2022 Leganto SF: 06221147
Links did not display correctly according to the on-campus configuration. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 06208962
When creating items from the clipboard, the public note was not saved. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 05300473
When adding items from Primo to a collection, the material type was wrong. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 05321885
Previously, long annotations did not display properly. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 06041923
Highlighted text in annotations now has a blue background color.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 05306533
When using the reading list API to update a list with notes of type Instructor (library discussion), the note created was of type Library. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 06048753
Previously, the Copyright Declaration did not appear in the sandbox environment. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 06234136
Previously, files Read & Respond Assignments were not uploaded or created via LTI 1.3 in Canvas. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto SF: 06053426
Previously, exporting a list with a special character in the file name caused the list to become corrupt. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto
Previously, the course instructor appeared in the Student’s tab. This was fixed.
February 2022 Leganto
Previously, when creating a new section, the new section did not work according to the section configuration. This was fixed.