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Canvas: Embedding External Links

How to Find Permalinks

What are permalinks? 
Permalinks are permanent links, stable URLs or web addresses that provide consistent access to a webpage. It allows the reader to go directly to the source being shared. Permalinks therefore are suitable for citation and sharing articles or journals to a wider audience. If you use a permalink on the VLE (Canvas) to link to an article for students to read, this means the article link is stable - and won't change over time. 

How do you find or access permalinks?
You can generate a permalink for Library items via the Discovery Catalogue. On a bibliographic record, click the ‘Share’ button, and copy the link provided in the pink box. Most of the databases that the Library subscribes to provide access to permalinks to articles. On JSTOR you can find the permalink to the article under the title and publication details. If you see a link with DOI (Direct Object Identifier) at the beginning, this is also a permalink. If in doubt look out for the link symbol. 
 

Link to a LibGuide 

After navigating to the LibGuide you want to share, scroll to the bottom of the page where you will see a URL. Copy and paste this into Canvas for your students to enjoy! 

Copyright Considerations

ICLA Higher Education Licence 

Under the ICLA Higher Education Licence, HEI staff and visiting academics can:

  • make digital and print copies from digital and print books, periodicals and newspapers.
  • make digital and print copies of text and still images from websites and other sources legitimately available on the internet.
  • copy and distribute/make available up to 10% OR one chapter, one article, one short story or poem from an anthology – whichever is greater – per course of study.
  • copy and distribute/make available the equivalent amount from a digital/online publication organised in a non-traditional manner.
  • distribute digital copies to all students on a specific course of study by email or via a secure virtual learning environment (VLE) no matter where the student is; students may store copies to view at a future time.
  • store copies for the current academic year in a digital content store on a course-specific basis.
  • use copies with digital whiteboards and presentation software programmes.

The following types of publications are covered under the licence: 

  • Books (print and digital)
  • Journals and periodicals (print and digital)
  • Magazines (print and digital)
  • Newspapers published in Ireland and the UK (print and digital)
  • Websites and other sources legitimately available to your HEI on the internet

The works copied must be lawfully owned, held or accessed by the HEI and must not be infringing copies.

 A list of excluded works is available on the ICLA website.