Does Perusall have an app?

To connect Perusall to Canvas, set up Perusall as an LTI app under Settings > Apps (search for Perusall in the App Center), and add your key and secret. If you do not see Perusall listed in your App Center, you can set it up manually: Select View App Configurations, and then click + App.

What is Perusall app?

What is Perusall? Perusall is an e-reader platform that allows students and faculty to annotate the assigned readings and engage the reading material in a style akin to social media posting. Students can write full comments, “like” comments, use hashtags, link URLs to their comments and even use emoticons.

Is Perusall safe?

Security for Perusall Infrastructure. All student connections to Perusall servers are secured and encrypted with SSL.

How do I download Perusall?

Navigate to the Library panel on the course home page. Click to highlight a document, and then click the Edit button. Check the box to enable downloading of the file directly, then click Save.

Is Perusall free?

The Perusall platform is free for students, instructors, and educational institutions. Use Perusall with Open Educational Resources that you add from the web. Free. Use Perusall with books you adopt from our catalog of 400,000 titles from leading publishers.

How do I access Perusall?

To login to Perusall, type perusall.com into the address bar in your browser, and click Login. Create an account using your email address and password, or log in with your Facebook, Twitter, or Google accounts. The onboarding process will prompt you for a course code from your instructor.

How can students use Perusall?

What instructions can I provide to students?

1. Go to perusall.com, click Login, and then either log in using your Facebook, Twitter, or Google account, or create an account using your email address and password.
2. Select I am a student and enter the course code ____.

How can I get Perusall for free?

Perusall itself is free Readings you have rights to: drag and drop to perusall.com Books or articles for purchase: Perusall obtains content & permissions from publishers. Students usually pay less than for print version. What Happens When You’re Assigned Reading?

Does Perusall cost money?

How do I start a conversation on Perusall?

To start a conversation, highlight some text; once you finish highlighting, you will see a panel open on the right where you can type your comment. Press Enter or Return to submit the comment; your classmates will see it appear in real time. (If you are having trouble highlighting text, see this page.)

How do I get a Perusall access code?

When multiple purchase options are available, you can order access codes for any combination of options. To order, contact [email protected] and include the following information: Name, author, edition, and ISBN of book that the instructor has adopted for their course. You can find this information in our catalog.

How do you get a good grade on Perusall?

Research shows that by annotating thoughtfully, you’ll learn more and get better grades, so here’s what “annotating thoughtfully” means: Effective annotations deeply engage points in the readings, stimulate discussion, offer informative questions or comments, and help others by addressing their questions or confusions.

How do I set up perusall as an app?

If you do not see Perusall listed in your App Center, you can set it up manually: Select View App Configurations, and then click + App. Select “By URL” under Configuration Type. Enter https://perusall.com/downloads/lti-config.xml for the Config URL.

Is the perusall app a social reading app?

Perusall is a social reading app than can be used as a standalone tool or embedded with a course management system like Canvas. This is a brief review based on my experience using it with students during our shift to remote instruction in Spring 2020. Short version: Perusall is useful, but I had some challenges to implementation.

Is the perusall app compatible with the LMS?

Perusall is administration-friendly, FERPA compliant, secure, free of advertising, and integrated with every major LMS. Student identities are not shared with corporate recruiters. Perusall works seamlessly with financial aid systems, bookstores, and specialized university systems.

Is the perusall app useful for remote instruction?

This is a brief review based on my experience using it with students during our shift to remote instruction in Spring 2020. Short version: Perusall is useful, but I had some challenges to implementation. Despite these challenges, I will continue to use this app in both remote and face to face instructional modalities.