Perusall has transformed my approach to online teaching. Unlike more traditional online platforms that simply replicate the 'post and reply' model, Perusall fosters genuine collaboration and community among students. For the first time in all my years of teaching online, I feel like I’m able to recreate the dynamic, interactive environment of my face-to-face classes. 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 academic material and then in class you can't think of any to ask your professor? Have you ever wanted to argue with or add to the academic literature 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 on a difficult topic 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. With Perusall, I can see that they have watched my instructional videos that take the place of class. Moreover, it's the only real way that I've found to get students to interact with each other in a meaningful way. Because they choose what to respond to, not some prompt created by me, they engage with the content that matters most to them.
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 of articles in a biology class. It has unique features that allow the student to read, annotate, respond to, upvote or downvote comments and queries by other students within a group in a large 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.
