You can reference e-journals in Canvas to display to students in two ways.

To find the permalink of a journal article/e-journal, complete the following.

  • When you have found your selected Journal article, click on the chain link icon in the toolbar on the right-hand side of the page to reveal the the Permalink. This will appear above the article title. Copy this link and then log into Canvas.


Once you have navigated to your chosen module in canvas, click Units in from the Module Navigation. From here you will have two ways in which you can link your article in canvas, one by using adding an External link and the second by adding the link to a page.

To create an external link to the e-journal, complete the following steps.

  1. Click the + icon at the top of the unit panel of the unit you want to add the link to.
  2. Select External URL from the Add list. Paste the permalink that you copied in the URL field. Enter a page name in the Page name field.
  3. For the sake of consistent functionality across all browser and devices, we encourage you select the Load in a new tab checkbox.
  4. Click Add item. If completed successfully you should see a link to the article within your unit.
Note: To ensure successful functionality for all users, we encourage that you to test the external link out using your view and the student view option located on the module home page.

To link to an e-journal inside a Canvas Module page, complete the following steps.

  1. In your selected Canvas Module, either create a new module page or select to edit an existing one.
  2. Navigate and open your chosen page and then click Edit.
  3. Click the link icon Image Placeholder.
  4. Enter text to display as the link in the Text field. Paste the permalink of the e-journal in the Link field. Click Done.
  5. Click Save on the page. The link now appears on the page.