Perusall is a social learning platform that prepares students for class. The platform incorporates a novel e-book reader with collaborative annotation tools to ensure students learn more, come to class prepared, and become more engaged in the learning experience.
It enables you to teach more effectively, understand student misconceptions, structure class discussion, and save time. It is based on extensive patent-pending behavioral research at Harvard University and is used by a growing number of faculty and students at different universities.
Perusall turns often-skipped solitary reading assignments into engaging collective activities students don’t want to miss. Students collectively annotate each reading — asking questions, responding to each other’s questions, or sharing other perspectives or knowledge.
Perusall’s novel data analytics automatically grade these annotations to ensure that students complete the reading, and as an instructor, you get a classroom of fully prepared students every time. Perusall provides you with a simple “confusion report” that summarizes areas your students misunderstood, disagreed with each other about, or were most engaged with — along with examples of the best annotations, so you can call out specific questions or individuals in class.
Perusall encourages students to continue the conversation about the text even after they log off; when other students answer their questions, Perusall sends them an email summary, with the ability to respond without leaving their email client or smartphone.
Also with clubs, you can read a book, article, or other materials with friends or colleagues you choose. Your group's conversations are private: club members decide who should be in the club. Select a book you have already purchased within Perusall to use it in your club free of charge; club members that haven't yet purchased the book can rent or purchase access at the regular Perusall price.
