Can I add CitationEasy to an LMS course?

Yes. Use Embed Studio to generate an iframe for Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, LibGuides, or any HTML page, or link directly to locale-prefixed guides and tools. Dedicated /embed/widget URLs are allowed to be framed; the rest of the site still refuses framing. The educator toolkit and bibliography verifier are currently English-only.

Does CitationEasy require student accounts?

No. Citation generation, local bibliography projects, guides, and verification tools work without an account. Bibliography data is stored in the student's browser unless they explicitly create a share link.

Can a library or campus system call the API?

Yes. The public REST and MCP interfaces require no API key. They expose citation formatting, style search, guides, FAQ answers, glossary entries, and the public page catalog.

Is the verifier a grading or misconduct detector?

No. It reports citation-list mismatches, formatting findings, identifier resolution, and metadata disagreements. It does not judge misconduct, detect AI writing, or determine whether a source supports a student's claim.

Citation Literacy Toolkit

Ready-to-link resources for librarians, instructors, writing centers, and course designers. Everything works without student accounts, and the core learning workflow remains free.

Three teaching modules

Use the sequence as a short workshop series or select individual activities for an LMS module.

Module 1: Why and when to cite

Introduce attribution, plagiarism avoidance, paraphrasing, quotation, and choosing an appropriate citation style.

Module 2: Find and evaluate sources

Practice distinguishing scholarly, popular, primary, and secondary sources and evaluating credibility.

Module 3: Build and audit a bibliography

Generate citations, check reference-list consistency, inspect metadata provenance, and export a finished bibliography.

LMS and LibGuides

Add CitationEasy as an iframe from Embed Studio or as an external link using locale-prefixed canonical URLs. Widget routes allow framing; the rest of the site still sends X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN.

Embed a style-locked APA, MLA, or any CSL generator in a module.
Deep-link to a guide, checker, or cheat sheet.
Prefill the generator with the documented ?source= link.
Use oEmbed, the public API, or the MCP server for campus-owned interfaces.

Open Embed Studio →API and MCP documentation →

Privacy and accessibility checklist

No student account: core tools work immediately without identity or roster data.
Local projects: saved bibliographies remain in browser storage.
Keyboard and screen-reader support: interfaces use semantic controls, visible labels, focus states, and announced result regions; report barriers through the contact page.
Data disclosure: metadata lookups and advertising/analytics providers are documented in the privacy policy.

Frequently asked questions

Can I add CitationEasy to an LMS course?: Yes. Use Embed Studio to generate an iframe for Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, LibGuides, or any HTML page, or link directly to locale-prefixed guides and tools. Dedicated /embed/widget URLs are allowed to be framed; the rest of the site still refuses framing. The educator toolkit and bibliography verifier are currently English-only.
Does CitationEasy require student accounts?: No. Citation generation, local bibliography projects, guides, and verification tools work without an account. Bibliography data is stored in the student's browser unless they explicitly create a share link.
Can a library or campus system call the API?: Yes. The public REST and MCP interfaces require no API key. They expose citation formatting, style search, guides, FAQ answers, glossary entries, and the public page catalog.
Is the verifier a grading or misconduct detector?: No. It reports citation-list mismatches, formatting findings, identifier resolution, and metadata disagreements. It does not judge misconduct, detect AI writing, or determine whether a source supports a student's claim.