Perusall - Canvas

Perusall is an e-book platform that allows students to be prepared for every class. Perusall increases student engagement, collaboration, and community with the only social annotation platform that works well with all types of content including books, articles, web pages, videos, podcasts, and images. By annotating digital text, students receive responses quicker, be able to assist others digitally, and assist instructors with structuring class time.

Perusall features include:

Peer-to-peer engagement: Perusall turns coursework into a social experience. Students can receive emails and can reply within the email and the comment will post within the Perusall course.
Assess student progress: Instructors are provided with actionable data.
- Student Confusion Report: Highlights general areas of questions and confusion where instructors can focus on within their class.
- Student Activity Report: Provide various statistics of student engagement with a particular assignment.
Mix and match content: Instructors can mix and match within a single assignment.
Encourage Learner Communities: Students can utilize the chat feature to discuss with one another or with the instructor.
Seamless syncing: Easily sync courses, rosters, grades, and assignments.
Think Critically: Perusall offers interactive note-taking, which does not just allow students to highlight; students can create notes, snip content, and jump back to the content within the assignment.
Accessibility: Designed with accessibility in mind to support diverse learners and promote an inclusive learning environment.
Data Best Practices: Adheres to established data privacy and security standards to help protect user information.

Note: Students will need to purchase an access code.

For any questions and technical assistance, please contact Perusall Support . For the latest updates within Perusall, please view the Perusall Changelog.

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