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How do students annotate reading?

Students can add highlights and notes directly to readings in Writable.

Heidi Perry avatar
Written by Heidi Perry
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Students can annotate reading material added to prompts in Writable. These assignments have the 'My Notes' tool, which allows students to highlight parts of the reading and take notes.

  1. Log into Writable and then click on the assignment.

  2. Then click to o the assignment.

  3. As students read through the article, they can highlight passages by selecting the text with their cursors, then selecting a highlighting color.

  4. Students can then click on the highlighted text to add a note or tag (or to delete the highlight).

  5. Once they’ve finished highlighting, students can access their highlights and notes by clicking the pencil icon button in the top right corner.

  6. From here, students can filter their highlights by color.

  7. Students can also copy highlighted text and paste into their writing.

  8. Finally, students also have the ability to access highlights from other articles.

❗️Note: Teachers will only be able to model student annotations if they use 'Assign to Me'.

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