Encyclopedia Britannica: Resources & Add-ons for Students

Encyclopedia Britannica Resources & Add-ons (through Canvas login)

The purpose of this tutorial is to show students and staff how to access Encyclopedia Britannica online through their Canvas course and save resources to their “My Britannica” account. This tutorial will also highlight some of the additional resources available to IUSD’s users.

Encyclopedia Britannica is still accessible at iusd.org/eb but users who are accessing this way will need their school generic user login if they are not on the district network.

Step 1: Log in to your Canvas Course

The link to Encyclopedia Britannica called Britannica School is visible in the left navigation bar.  

Step 2: My Content

Users can search and save results to "My Content".

Step 3: Search by Keyword or Subject

In the search bar, type in a term (e.g. dolphins) and click on the magnifying glass.

Step 4: Saving Results

To save the results to My Britannica, click on the star next to the article, image, or video title to add it to your favorites.  Save the resource and create a "resource pack" by name.  In the image below, the title of the resource pack is "dolphins" (red arrow).  Click on the "X" (orange arrow) to continue searching.

Step 5: Accessing Resource Pack

To view a resource pack, click on the "My Content" link on the top right.  Then click on the name of the resource pack in the left navigation bar to open the pack. To share the pack with a url, click on "Share pack". 

If you have further questions, please contact helpdesk@iusd.org.

 Latest update 8/10/22 [SI]