Perusall has been a game changer for me and my students. The platform allows me to quickly identify "hot spots" in the reading where students are engaging in conversation. I can easily see where students experience difficulty understanding the material or have questions. I also love the flexibility of the system, and have included podcasts, journal articles, and video content, too...Perusall incentivizes engagement, asking questions, and dialogue. Just the kinds of skills I want students to develop!
Perusall has transformed the way I do discussions in my online classes. They love asking me questions and using the hashtags to identify key features of the literature. This platform helps students engage with the readings, with me, and with each other. It also prepares them for discussions, essays, and exams. In fact, I plan to use it for my F2F classes as well to get students ready for in-class discussion.
Using Perusall in my Reading and Composition class at UC Berkeley has transformed the way students engage with the text and with each other. One of the most valuable aspects of Perusall is that it allows me to see the close reading strategies my students use in real-time. I can track their interpretations, highlight areas that may need more attention, and provide immediate feedback. I think Perusall is a powerful tool that enhances student engagement and helps them build critical reading skills.
I have been using Perusall for my Inorganic Chemistry lecture...Since I do a type of flipped-classroom, this has been the best way for me to ensure students are reading prior to class. I love the social aspect of it, with students asking deep questions and fellow classmates or myself are able to take the time to respond thoughtfully...I appreciate the flexibility with the grading methods and how you can prioritize aspects of engagement to promote student learning."
I use Perusall in all of my upper division/graduate level stacked courses. I really like the platform for its ease of use in enabling students to interact, ask each other questions, and engage with each other and the content. I've found they have more confidence participating in the in-person discussions that follow. I've recommended Perusall to several colleagues.
This semester, we needed to run our history of mathematics course in an asynchronous web format. Perusall has been a great tool... [and] our information technology office reported that it was easy to incorporate Perusall into our learning management system (BlackBoard).
Perusall is a wonderful alternative to the traditional "discussion board," as it allows my students to more naturally engage with the material and with each other. Reviewing student comments and questions before class helps me prepare to facilitate class discussions and direct the conversation towards the areas of interest to my students.
Perusall solved my frustration with traditional discussion boards, which never captured real classroom conversation around literature. The unexpected win: it grounds students' comments in specific textual evidence in a way nothing else has. I'm consistently impressed by how much control it gives faculty.
Cuando me preguntan por qué me gusta tanto Perusall, respondo que la razón principal es que hace pensar a los alumnos, algo que, últimamente, está en desuso. Eso promueve la comprensión. Pero, además, estimula la lectura comprensiva, la expresión escrita, la asertividad cuando escriben sobre el comentario de un compañero...Perusall es una opción fantástica para un aprendizaje completo.
Perusall is an excellent teaching tool, and each time I meet with the team, I receive clear, efficient guidance for resolving my issues. They know their stuff! Also, they are so lovely to interact with that I always come away from our meetings with a smile on my face. Ask for help and you will get the best!
I teach entirely online, and each semester my students express how much they benefit from hearing their peers' perspectives. They gain this insight from their Perusall assignments. Getting students to read course materials can be difficult--this makes it more interesting for them. With 60 students, I appreciate the auto-grading option, too.
I have used Perusall for a couple of years, and only recently encountered an issue. I had a student who struggled to get logged in, Perusall responded to my email very quickly and were able to help the student with a list of possible solutions that will aid me in the future.
Perusall is a great tool to ensure my students do the reading prior to class and come prepared to discuss it. It also provides me insight prior to class of areas of student confusion or interest to help steer our discussions.
Perusall has been an incredibly valuable addition to my courses. It provides students the opportunity to read and process collaboratively (asynchronously) and gives me a window into what concepts students are struggling with and the sense that they are making of course content. I find it to be user friendly and a great addition to my course design!
Perusall has been a fantastic tool to improve student engagement with reading the text and provides me the opportunity to practice just-in-time instruction using the Confusion Report.
Perusall radically transforms and power boosts student engagement in course texts creating a rich ecology for deepening exploration.
For 25 years I struggled to figure out a way to get students to do the reading and engage with it in a meaningful way. Then I found Perusall, which has transformed how I teach. I cannot imagine teaching without Perusall now!
Perusall has transformed online discussions allowing students to interact with a variety of media while carrying on an enriching discussion through asking questions, commenting, and adding supporting links and media to their posts.
Perusall is hands down the most effective teaching tool I have for increasing community within my classes while also providing engagement and accountability.
Perusall is a wonderful tool to hold students accountable while also encouraging collaboration and deep dives into literature. The built-in rubrics are easily adjustable to what you skill sets you want to target. I highly recommend Perusall to all educators.
Perusall was a game-changer for me because it helps students to meaningfully engage with assigned texts...Perusall brings students together during reading assignments in a powerful way to support learning outcomes. I have students bringing in outside materials, answering each others' questions - and posting lots of memes! I'm very grateful for the dynamic that Perusall brings to reading assignments.
Perusall has allowed me to focus on skill building with my students...When they interact with other students on Perusall they are forced to think more deeply about the content...It allows them a way to dialogue about issues on their own time and to apply their thoughts to current events.
Perusall can help you revive the "lost art" of reading for your students.
By the way, my students overwhelmingly liked the peer review process with Perusall. One of my students just said that the experience with this assignment was the best part of the whole semester.
Here in the CISA department, we have fallen in love with the learning and engagement that Perusall provides! If we use a textbook on Perusall, students read and they engage. Their learning improves dramatically.
A high percentage of my students tell me that Perusall is the number one thing they think I should keep in the course for future semesters!
Do you have trouble getting your students to complete the readings for your course? If so, I'd like to introduce you to our lord and savior, Perusall.
Perusall is an excellent tool to increase students' engagement with course material. As a tool, it is very easy to setup and I strongly encourage every instructor concerned about to try it. Highly recommended!
Perusall has transformed my approach to online teaching...Perusall fosters genuine collaboration and community among students...My students are more engaged, ask deeper questions, and - most importantly - work together in meaningful ways. I’ve never seen this level of interaction on any other online platform.
Perusall is great because it encourages every student to comment and ask questions, then rewards them for their participation.
A great way to get students to actually talk about the readings!
Perusall extends discussions of readings in my courses and helps hold students accountable for doing the work of preparing for class. I can read the students' comments before class meetings and have a good sense of the ideas stood out to them and which concepts I should spend more time on in class.
Perusall is the easiest course management tool that I have ever set up and used. It is completely customizable without being overly complicated. I love being able to engage with my students and answer questions while they are reading. The built-in features such as the dictionary, read aloud function, and search are wonderful.
I love Perusall. I can share resources easily and efficiently, track student preparation, and use student comments as a starter for class dialogue. It helps develop a sense of community.
Have you ever had many questions when you are reading...but then your mind goes blank in class? Perusall helps you have that one-on one conversation with your professor when you're stuck...or want to explore a different direction from the reading.
My students love Perusall. They consistently tell me that they enjoy seeing what their classmates think about the content and they appreciate that they can ask me questions about the readings in an easy to engage with format.
I could not teach 200 students remotely and asynchronously each semester without Perusall... [I]t's the only real way that I've found to get students to interact with each other in a meaningful way.
With Perusall, I can flexibly guide students through material and they can flexibly guide each other. Learning that was formerly invisible is now seen and valued.
Perusall is one of the most useful platforms for active and collaborative reading in a Biology class...Its analytics are powerful and research education on the effect of scientific literacy in STEM is possible with Perusall.
Getting students to truly prepare for class is easier with Perusall.
Change the way you teach with Perusall. Perusall will take your lesson plans and learning objectives to the next level. With Perusall, everyone gets to share an opinion on the matter. Perusall is the way!!
Social annotation is more likely to solicit authentic student thinking and writing than other assignment formats in the age of AI, and Perusall is the best platform.
I love Perusall because it transforms reading into a dynamic, collaborative conversation—helping my students connect course material to their lives, careers, and internships in a way that feels natural and engaging.
Perusall engages my students and allows me to interact with them more effectively, especially in online courses.
Perusall has helped my students engage with each other and get excited about class readings.
I'd encourage educators to give this platform serious consideration. Perusall is flexible and customizable to meet your needs.
Perusall has been an effective method for engaging my students, encouraging them to think through readings collaboratively, both in class and on their own. It has also been instrumental in reducing student AI use when responding to course texts.
A great tool to engage students in reading
