Perusall Social Learning Platform

Perusall is a social learning platform that instantly turns coursework  into a social experience. Students can annotate course reading and video materials together and faculty can get valuable metrics on how students are engaging with the materials.

 

How to add Perusall to your Canvas course

1. Add Perusall to the Canvas course navigation

Go to Settings > Navigation in your Canvas course and you will now find Perusall in the list of hidden items. Drag Perusall to the list of course menu items and click "Save".

2. Click on Perusall in the Canvas course navigation to set up your activities

Perusall has a useful "getting started" guide that can walk you through the process of setting up your Perusall assignments:

Perusall Instructor's Getting Started Guide

We have upgraded to the "1.3" version of the Perusall/Canvas integration. Here is an article on how to set up your assignments with this updated integration:

Perusall LTI 1.3 Canvas Instructor Guide