Linking to Library Resources

How to Add the Library Resources Block to Moodle

	The Default Library Block provides you and your students with access to: library catalogue search box library website library hours research guides library help chat box
	The Customized Library Block provides you and your students with access to: default settings + Individual Research Guides Tutorial and Coaching Services link Databases Ebooks Streaming videos

1. Login to your Moodle course and "Turn editing on".
2. Scroll to the bottom of the left hand column and select "Add a block"
3. On the Block menu select "Library Resources Block"
4. The new Library Resources Block will appear in the right hand column.
5. You can leave it as the default block or you can click on the "gear icon" to edit the block.
6. Choose "Configure NorQuest Library Block" to add custom content from the Library.
7. Choose what elements you wish to display in the block by checking the box.
8. To add custom content, check off the "Show course resources"
9. Add any links you wish to appear in the HTML dialog box. i.e. Tutorial and Academic Coaching or APA research guide
10. Click on "Save changes" to complete configuration.

How to Add the Library Block to Moodle Video

How to Add Research Guides to Moodle

Instructors are able to use the Research Guides Moodle External Tool, to manually add:

• whole guide
• individual guide pages
• content boxes
• tutorial videos: Add the specific content box from the Library Tutorials guide

Contact the Liaison Librarian for your program (listed below) if you have questions regarding this tool or if you need help in selecting Research Guides content for your course.

NOTE: If you have backed up and restored your Moodle course and discover that the External Tool is opening to a blank page, you may have to reset the tool. See the instructions below.

How to Add Library Chat Box to Moodle

1. Turn on editing in your course
2. Click on Add a block (bottom left corner)
3. From the drop down menu select HTML as the type of box
4. Click on the gears image to edit the new block
5. In the block title box, type in Ask A Librarian
6. Click on Configure Ask A Librarian block
7. Click on the More buttons icon, in the Block settings Content area.
8. Click on the HTML icon <> 
9. Copy the code below and Paste it into the HTML Source Editor box
10. Click on Save Changes

When chat is not available a message should show requesting your students email the library instead.

Chat box code:

<!-- Place this div in your web page where you want your chat widget to appear. -->
<div class="needs-js">JavaScript disabled or chat unavailable.</div>

<!-- Place this script as near to the end of your BODY as possible. -->
<script type="text/javascript">
  (function() {
    var x = document.createElement("script"); x.type = "text/javascript"; x.async = true;
    x.src = (document.location.protocol === "https:" ? "https://" : "http://") + "ca.libraryh3lp.com/js/libraryh3lp.js?207";
    var y = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; y.parentNode.insertBefore(x, y);
  })();
</script>