Shareable link function in the Leganto file viewer
In the Leganto PDF viewer there is no option to create a shareable link to the citation.
Problem: The educator or another student wants to share a link direct to the viewer (e.g. Hi students, add your comments on this file), they can only get the URL from the browser address bar. This URL does not support SAML authentication. They do not understand the implications of doing this, and will not go back to the other tab to get a shareable link - indeed they may have closed the other tab.
- User may end up at the Leganto authentication page which is not for SSO users (when pasted into a private browser tab), or
- User may at first end up looking at Leganto "My Lists", but then not being passed to the file viewer, or its citation.
- User may experience item 2, then use the link again and see the file viewer, BUT, they are not shown the copyright statement which is presented from the citation/list "View PDF" link.
Suggestion: Provide a "create shareable link" feature in the file viewer page. The create shareable link should operate the same way as it does in the citation view - popping up a dialog box with the option to copy it, AND, it should use the citation URL (with SAML option in our case), not the file viewer URL.
See screenshot attached.
This is not foolproof but would at least result in a smoother experience for the user and would show the copyright statement.
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Peta Hopkins commented
The Leganto file viewer also has no "quick cite", copy to my collection, mark as done, and only limited citation details visible.
If force_PDF_viewer is set to true, then students are unlikely to be able to use those functions, or even create a sensible citation from visible metadata.