Perusall Guide

Perusall is a collaborative  reading annotation tool designed to improve engagement and comprehension in academic and professional contexts. It allows for uploading course materials such as textbooks, articles, PDFs, or other documents for learners to annotate and discuss collaboratively. The Platform fosters a social learning environment, enabling learners to interact with the material and their peers. 
 

| Transition to Version 1.3
At the end of Fall 2024, we will transition to LTI 1.3. There are several benefits to upgrating to LTI 1.3, including:

• Student rosters from Canvas and scores from Perusall will sync without a manual push. 
• You can create individual assignment links, called "deep links" in LTI 1.3, which point to particular Perusall assignments even when the link and assigments do not have matching names. 
• Additionally, deep links are automatically created in Canvas as you create Perusal assigments.

More information about the updates in version 1.3 can be found in the following guide, What's the difference between 1.1 & 1.3?

| Bypass "Student Cost"
The Perusall integration is free of cost, but you will need to select the "$0" option to ensure your student do not receive a charge for using this platform.

Please disregard any Persuall messaging around institutional licensing. If you would like for a tool to be considered for purchasing, please submit a request.

Perusall is considered an "external tool" in Canvas and must be enabled on the course navigation menu.

1. In your Canvas course, navigate to Settings > Navigation and locate Perusall 1.3 (it may be towards the bottom of he list).

2. Click the three dots beside Perusall 1.3, select Enable, or click and drag it to the list of active navigation options, and save.

3. Set up grade sync preferences in Perusall.

• In Perusall, navigate to Settings > Scoring > LMS grade sync.
• Under LMS gradebook column management, choose your preferred sync option:
  • Persual creates gradebook columns n Canvas automatically.

Create assignments directly in Persuall

• You do not need to creade separate assignments in Canvas.
• When you create an assignment in Persuall:
  • A Canvas gradebook column will be created automatically.
     

• Instructor GuidesLinks to an external site.
• Student GuidesLinks to an external site.

If you could not find your answer, please use the following support resources below:

• Contact Support