Perusall is a service for instructors to post their course readings, textbooks, and PDFs online. Students access the course material and can annotate the readings, post comments, and ask questions publicly shared with the entire class. Completing readings can become graded assignments and the entire class (or multiple sections of a course) can work together to understand the material. Now, Perusall can automatically connect with Moodle for a seamless learning experience, without having students create an additional log-in.
How do I copy over a course I used in LATTE?
If you previously taught a course in Perusall through LATTE, you can easily transfer the content to a new course in Moodle.
Step-by-step Guide
1. Create a new course in Moodle by turning on Edit Mode and select Add an activity or resource. Select Perusall from the Activity Chooser.
2. On the next screen, select the blue Select content button.
3. We recommend selecting the option Link to home page.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save and return to course.
5. Select the link to the Perusall home page. In Perusall, navigate to the Get Started section, and select the option to Copy existing course.
Select the next tab, Select Content to continue.
1. Under Courses to Copy select the drop down to locate the previous course in Perusall you want to copy from.
2. In Content to Copy and Assignments to copy, select the content and assignments you would like to copy into the new Perusall Course. Select the Green Continue button at the bottom of the screen.
3. You can skip the Select Content Screen.
4. On the student cost screen select $0, and then select the Green Continue button.
On the Basic settings setup screen you need to add in the academic department for the class, and adjust the Start data and End Date for the course.
Select whether and how analytics and scoring are part of your course
Perusall can automatically synchronize with the Moodle gradebook.
The number of students you expect to join the course. Perusall will use this value and the Target Group Size value to create discussion groups for students. If you don't want groups created within Persuall, leave the value for Target Group Size the same as Enrollment Estimate.
Select the Green Continue button at the bottom of the screen.
Select the next tab, Ready to go!, to continue setting up Perusall.
Ready to go!
Perusall will sync automatically with Moodle to load the full students roster. Use this link to learn more about how Perusall and Moodle work together: Moodle Instructor Setup
The next step depends upon how you would like to use Perusall in Moodle. If you plan on providing unique, individual links to each Perusall assignment, you can now add them to your course by following this procedure:
1) Enable Edit Mode
2) Select Add and activity or resource
3) Select Perusall
4) Select Content
5) Under Assignments, select the assignment from the drop down menu. Note that there is an option to import the assignment instructions into the LMS(Moodle).
6. Select Link to this assignment
7. If you are grading this assignment, edit the grade so that it aligns with the grading system you are using for Perusall assignments.
8. Select Save and Return to Course.
Perusall's annotation and commenting features allow for a wide range of activities:
Have additional examples of suggestions to add to this guide? Email the Library to have them included!
Once a Perusall link has been created within your Moodle course, ask students to click on the assignment link. An account will automatically be created for them the first time they open Perusall. The assigned reading will appear, and students can highlight, comment, ask questions, or even add an emoji reaction!
If you have created groups, students will be randomly assigned to them. If you prefer to manually assign to students to groups, you must do so within the Perusall course page. Access the Course Setting and select the Group Options tab. You can manually assign students into a group by placing the group number next to the student's name.
