How To: Get Started with Perusall

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Perusall, which is an eLearning platform used for social annotation, is now available directly within your Canvas courses! Faculty can create assignments and/or upload PDFs of articles and other reading materials. Students can then read, highlight, annotate the text, respond to other students’ comments, and discuss the reading materials. This article will provide more information on how you can leverage Perusall within your courses.

 

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Enable Perusall in your Canvas courseCreate, edit, or delete a Perusall assignmentPerusall Support Resources
 


Enable Perusall in your Canvas course


To enable Perusall within your Canvas course, please follow the steps below:

Log into Canvas and navigate to your course.

"Courses" tab with a red box around it.

Then, click on the Settings link on the left-hand side.

"Settings" link with a red box around it.

Then, click on the Navigation tab at the top.

"Navigation" tab with a red box around it.

Scroll to the bottom list and find Perusall.

"Perusall" with a red box around it.

Then, (1) click the three vertical dots icon (Kabob) and (2) choose + Enable.

Red boxes around the three vertical dots and "+ Enable" button next to the "Perusall" option.

At the bottom of the page, press Save.

 

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Create, edit, or delete a Perusall assignment


For more information on how to create, edit, or delete a Perusall assignment, please visit the How do I create, edit, or delete an assignment? Perusall guide.

 

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Perusall Support Resources


For more in depth-information about Perusall Support options and guides for instructors, please visit the Perusall Support - Instructors website. For more in depth-information about Perusall Support options and guides for students, please visit the Perusall Support - Students website.

Enroll in the FSW Perusall Toolkit Canvas course for more information on how to use Perusall.

You can also view the informational Perusall 101 - Webinar.
 

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