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Can I embed stories in my Learning Management Platform via Oliver V5?

Yes, if your school uses Oliver V5 as your school library management software, these are the steps for setting up an information box in Oliver to be embedded in a learning management platform:

 

  1. On the Oliver News page, create a new information box

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  1. Select the type of information box (e.g. Slider)

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  1. Select Slider type of ‘Custom’ and enter the desired search restriction (e.g. bibtype = SBV)

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  1. Complete further customisation of the information box
  2. Highlight and copy the Embed code from the field at the bottom of the page

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  1. Save the information box
  2. Use the Embed code in your learning management platform to embed the information box as an iframe

Another example you might be interested in creating in is a Search box. The difference to the steps above would be to select information box type of Search: 

This guide also shows how to embed an iframe in Canvas: https://www.howtocanvas.com/create-amazing-pages-in-canvas/embedding-content
If you need any assistance with Oliver V5 please contact the Softlink help team for assistance (or via phone at 1800 777 037).