Perusall
Perusall is a social web annotation tool intended for use by students at schools and universities.[1] It allows users to annotate the margins of a text in a virtual group setting that is similar to social media—with upvoting, emojis, chat functionality, and notification. It also includes automatic AI grading.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Perusall began as a research project at Harvard University.[3] It later became an educational product for students and teachers.[4]
As of 2024, Perusall states more than 5 million students have used the tool at over 5,000 educational institutions in 112 countries."[1]
Functionality
[edit | edit source]Perusall integrates with learning management systems such as Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard to aid with collaborative annotation.[2]
The tool supports annotation of a range of media including text, images, equations, videos, PDFs and snapshots of webpages.[5][6]
References
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