Annotate in a Group

Description

Verb 

Annotate 

Place in the Hybrid Sequence 

  • ✔️Prepare for Class 
  • In-Class 
  • After Class 

Template 

  1. Students add a set number of annotations to a shared document. Students could respond to the following prompts provided by the instructor: 
    •  What parts were most interesting to you?  
    •  What did you have a question about or not understand?  
    •  What surprised you? 
    •  What part connected with something you learned previously? 
  2.    Students review the annotations and list any trends.  
  3.    Students respond to their peers' annotations.  

Faculty can use the annotation tool Perusall, which is integrated into Canvas; a shared PDF; a Word Document; or even a shared physical document. 

Example  

From a course on wrongful convictions called "Actual Innocence" by Dr. Terry Maroney, Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. 

  1. Students review a text that documented a false confession in a social annotation tool, such as Perusall. 
  2. Students compare that text to a video recording of the alleged confession itself.  
  3. Students highlight different section of text and contrast that text to the video recording. 
  4. Students tag their comments with a defined set of keywords, using the hashtag feature.  
  5. Students review their comments during a live session. 

References 

Cohn, J. (2021). Skim, dive, surface: Teaching digital reading (First edition.). West Virginia University Press. 

Teaching with Perusall and Social Annotation – Highlights from a Conversation. (n.d.). Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 1, 2023, from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/2020/09/teaching-with-perusall-and-social-annotation-highlights-from-a-conversation/