Cougar Courses Updates Fall 2018 | Instructional and Information Technology Services (IITS) | CSUSM

Perusall –

If you’re looking for a way to encourage students to engage with and complete the
readings before class, Perusall may be the tool for you.   Perusall is a free ebook
reader integrated into Cougar Courses through the External Tool activity. Students
collectively (or in groups)  annotate each reading — asking questions, responding
to each other’s questions, or sharing other perspectives or knowledge. They are also
able to take private notes. Perusall’s data analytics automatically grade these annotations,
and as an instructor, you 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.

This enables you to teach more effectively, structure class discussions and save time.
Instructors upload PDFs of their readings, OER textbook or add a website link and
assign due dates to the readings. You can copy the setup to multiple courses with
just a couple of clicks.   Through agreements with publishers, Perusall sells access
to some textbooks for use in Perusall.  For more information on using Perusall contact
ids@csusm.edu