Every student prepared for every class

Perusall turns your course content into collaborative conversations – so students come to class prepared, and instructors save time to focus on teaching.

    Improving learning at 6,000+ institutions worldwide

    Georgia Institute of Technology
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    Assign the reading. Make student engagement visible.

    90%+

    of students do the reading — up from the usual 20–30%

    1.4m+

    ebook titles from 57,000 publishers

    7m+

    students have socially read together

    Course Content

    Bring in any material, and set up the whole semester at once.

    Adopt ebooks from our catalog of 1.4 million+ titles, upload PDFs, docs, or slides, or integrate YouTube, podcasts, or documents from your Google Drive and Dropbox. Your course, your materials.

    Student Collaboration

    Reading becomes a conversation students actually want to join.

    A dynamic, social media-like environment where students comment, ask questions, and collaborate with emojis, GIFs, and more on readings, videos, and audio — building community and deeper understanding.

    Assessment & Insights

    Get your evenings back, and walk in knowing what to teach.

    Auto-grade engagement on up to 7 criteria, automatically import your roster from your LMS and sync grades back, and get a student confusion report or discussion summary so you know exactly what to cover and where to focus before class.

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    Peer Review Assignments

    Bring social learning to your students' writing.

    Guide students through a structured peer review process — submission, review, and feedback — with in-text comments, GIFs, emojis, and instructor-built rubrics that turn critique into real conversation. Students sharpen their critical thinking and feedback skills, while you control visibility to keep the classroom safe and respectful.

    By educators for educators

    "Perusall has finally given me a meaningful way for students to demonstrate that they have read. By asking them to comment and respond, they are more engaged and come to class more prepared."

    Rhonda Fritz
    Eastern Oregon University

    "Perusall allows me to see the close reading strategies my students use in real time. I can track their interpretations, highlight areas needing attention, and provide immediate feedback."

    Mariagrazia De Luca
    Italian Studies
    UC Berkeley

    "Perusall has completely transformed my teaching experience. Based on student comments, I can see which topics they are interested in and adjust my preparation. The dialogues in Perusall also lead to more engaging classroom discussions."

    Jocelyn Holland
    Humanities
    CalTech

    "Perusall has finally given me a meaningful way for students to demonstrate that they have read. By asking them to comment and respond, they are more engaged and come to class more prepared."

    Rhonda Fritz
    Eastern Oregon University

    "Perusall allows me to see the close reading strategies my students use in real time. I can track their interpretations, highlight areas needing attention, and provide immediate feedback."


    Mariagrazia De Luca
    Italian Studies
    UC Berkeley

    "Perusall has completely transformed my teaching experience. Based on student comments, I can see which topics they are interested in and adjust my preparation. The dialogues in Perusall also lead to more engaging classroom discussions."

    Jocelyn Holland
    Humanities
    CalTech

    "Perusall allows me to see the close reading strategies my students use in real time. I can track their interpretations, highlight areas needing attention, and provide immediate feedback."

    Mariagrazia De Luca
    Italian Studies
    UC Berkeley

    "Perusall is a great tool to ensure my students do the reading and come prepared to discuss it. It also provides insight into areas of confusion or interest to steer our discussions."

    Tamara Stawicki
    Neuroscience
    Lafayette College

    "Perusall helps students meaningfully engage with texts. They bring in outside materials, answer each other’s questions—and post lots of memes! I’m grateful for the dynamic it brings."

    Dr. Chad Curtis
    Data Science
    Nevada State University
    For Instructors
    Get students to read, spark discussion that carries into class, and stop spending nights grading participation. Works in a seminar of 12 or a lecture of 800, in every discipline.
    For Institutions
    Deliver measurable engagement gains across departments with a platform your administration can trust. SOC 2 & FERPA compliant, secure, ad-free, and we never sell your data.
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