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Located at the top of the reading panel |
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| Select the option for text selection to comment on or ask a question about text. Then highlight the text you want to comment on. | |
| Select the option for figure selection to comment on a figure. To pinpoint a single part of a figure, click or tap to indicate the point you want to comment on. To highlight a region of a figure, click and drag (long press and then swipe on a touchscreen device) to draw a rectangle that indicates the part of the figure you want to comment on. | |
| Select the Options dropdown to zoom in or out of the document and adjust the page. | |
| Select the Get Help dropdown to reach out to Perusall Support, search our knowledge base, view keyboard shortcuts, and or sign up for future webinars. | |
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Located on the right navigation panel |
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| Select Assignment Information to see the assignment submission deadline, instructions, and navigate through multi-part assignments. | |
| When you click on a highlight, or comment, the content will be displayed in the Current Conversation. | |
| Select All Conversations to browse the full list of students' comments and questions. | |
| Select My Starred Comments to browse a list of students' comments and questions that you have starred for later review. | |
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Select a word in the document to look it up in the Dictionary. |
| Generate a Citation for the document | |
| When students or instructors respond to one of your comments, you are notified in the Notifications panel. | |
| In the Notes panel, you can take notes that are private to you (or you can share them with other course members). Type text, or highlight text or pictures to copy in, with links back to the document. | |
| In the Read-aloud panel, you can scroll the text to anywhere in the document, and then click the start button to start reading aloud. Click the Start thread button while text is being read to start a conversation based on text you just heard. | |
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Select Members of my group to see what group number you're in, and the other members of your group. |
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| Select Table of Contents to navigate the document via the table of contents. | |
| Select Search to search the contents of the entire book. | |
| Select Bookmark to save the location you are reading in. | |