Perusall Academy · August - October 2026

Elevate your courses with Perusall®

Our live interactive learning sessions with the Perusall Learning & Engagement team
and your colleagues to get you ready for fall 2026.

Live sessions Aug 5 – Oct 2, 2026 · All times Eastern · Free for instructors
Meet your hosts

A quick hello from the team

Nolan Quella
Learning & Engagement Manager
Ryan Alexander, Success Specialist
Ryan Alexander
Learning & Engagement Strategist
Start here

Kick off the Academy series
with Perusall Co-founder & educator Brian Lukoff

New to Perusall or want the big picture first? Begin with a live overview from Brian Lukoff, Perusall Co-founder & CTO and Assistant Professor of Instruction at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, on new features and how he uses Perusall in his courses.

New feature releases - Summer 2026

See What's New: Checkpoints, Context, Easy Grouping & More

August 5 - 12 PM ET

Join CTO & Co-founder Brian Lukoff for a live walkthrough of four new features now available in Perusall: Checkpoints, Context, Easy Grouping, and our new SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

In this live webinar, you'll learn how to:

  • Guide students through video, podcast, and text content with interactive Checkpoints
  • Set clear learning objectives so students always know what they're working toward
  • Automatically set up and distribute student groups in seconds
  • & more!

Introduction to Perusall

Get Started with Perusall led by Brian Lukoff

August 24 - 11 AM ET

Led by Brian Lukoff, you'll receive a firsthand walk-through of how to set up a Perusall course by one of our Perusall Co-founders.

He'll walk you through:

  • Course setup strategies
  • Best practices for engaging students in your courses
  • New features highlights
  • & more!

This is the perfect session to begin the Academy series!

The Academy series

Three levels to master Perusall

Start where you are and work up. Register once and check the sessions you want in the form below.
Participate in all three levels for a Certificate of Attendance.
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Level 1

Activate

Getting started and the basics

Get started with the basics! Each hour-long session includes all of the below.

You'll learn how to:
  • Set up your course step-by-step
  • Connect Perusall to your LMS
  • Add and organize course materials
  • Create your first assignments with confidence
  • Customize your course for accessibility and a personalized experience
Session dates:
Tues, September 8
1:00 PM ET
Mon, September 21
10:00 AM ET
Mon, September 28
2:00 PM ET
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Level 2

Innovate

Grouping and differentiated assignments

Dive into more advanced features! Each session includes a 30-minute overview on grouping followed by a special topic.

You'll learn how to:
  • Customize student groups for flexible collaboration
  • Design engaging peer review, fishbowl, instructor review, and differentiated assignments
  • Create quiz gated assignments
Session dates & special topics:
Wed, August 26
11:00 AM ET
Analytics and grading
Wed, September 9
1:00 PM ET
Differentiated assignments
Wed, September 23
10:00 AM ET
Peer review assignments
Wed, September 30
2:00 PM ET
Fishbowl and instructor review assignments
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Level 3

Elevate

Academic integrity and scoring

Elevate your Perusall skills! Each session includes a 30-minute overview on scoring and AI best practices, followed by a special topic.

You'll learn how to:
  • Enable and customize automatic scoring for your course
  • Discuss AI best practices and explore academic integrity features
  • Use advanced course settings and controls for scoring and feedback
  • Review and customize analytics
  • Add and design quizzes
Session dates & special topics:
Fri, August 28
11:00 AM ET
Autoscoring: standard and differentiated assignments
Thurs, September 10
1:00 PM ET
Scoring templates for review-based assignments
Fri, September 25
10:00 AM ET
Checkpoints
Fri, October 2
2:00 PM ET
Advanced linrary, assignments, chats, and scoring

Enroll in the Perusall Academy