Perusall

Perusall^® is a free social learning platform for reading and annotating that helps motivate learners through active and collaborative methods.

What are the benefits?

• Perusall^® allows instructors to upload their teaching materials to one place for students to make annotations or ask questions.
• Perusall^® turns reading into an engaging and collective peer-to-peer learning experience.
• Perusall^® is committed to accessibility and has detailed information about accessibility and accessibility support.
• Perusall^® can be integrated into learning management systems.
• The Perusall^® website contains a blog and webinars so that users can acquire knowledge and share ideas.

What are the drawbacks?

• The platform collects user data, but only to improve user experience. A detailed privacy policy is provided for users.
• Instructors can only use materials that they have the rights to use.
• The paid version is required to purchase a text book from Perusall^® or to enter a code for a textbook purchased elsewhere.

How can it be used in education?

• Instructors can assign reading before the class meets and make annotations for items that are noteworthy.
• Students can use the annotations to ask a question. Other students may answer the questions to clarify.
• Instructors can track student engagement through questions and annotations.

Perusall^® dashboard (teacher version)

Resource

Introduction to Perusall^®