Enable Reading List in Your Canvas Course
1. In Course Navigation, click the Settings link:
Enable Reading List in Your Canvas Course
2. Open Navigation
Enable Reading List in Your Canvas Course
3. Enable Reading List
- Click the vertical ellipsis for Reading List and click Enable.
Enable Reading List in Your Canvas Course
4. Save Navigation
- Click the Save button
After Saving the Navigation, Reading List will appear under Navigation
Create a Reading List
Once the reading list feature has been enabled, click the Reading List link from the left side navigational panel, where you will be brought to the Welcome to your course materials page. To create a new list, click the Create It button in the "Create a new reading list from scratch" section:
Add a New List
When creating a list for the first time for a course, a new reading list box will automatically pop up. Add a title and description.
Otherwise, to create a Reading List from the My Lists screen, click New List and add a Title to your Reading List. The title could be the same as your Course, but doesn’t have to be, and the Description field is optional. Click Create to move to the next step:
Choose a Template
Next, select a template, or choose Blank to create your own list structure:
Add Sections
If you selected a template when creating the Reading List, your list will already have Sections, which are used to structure the Reading List. To add a new Section, just click the “New Section” button:
It is possible to make a list available for specific dates.
