Highlighting and note-taking tools let you mark content and add notes directly in the webtext. Additionally, if annotation sharing is enabled for your webtext, you can also share your notes with your students.

To highlight, select your desired text, then choose a color from the menu that appears. If you’d like to change or remove a highlight, click the highlighted text, then select a new color from the menu or click the X to remove the highlight.

To make a note, click Add Note after selecting your text. A box will appear where you can add your note and select a highlight color if you’d like.

You can also include URLs in your note. If you add a YouTube, Vimeo, or Kaltura video URL, a preview of the video will appear in the note.

After typing your note, click Save.

Your note will be marked with a yellow line along with your name in the right margin of the webtext.

If you’d like to make changes to a note, click the note and select Edit. To add a note to text you’ve already highlighted, click the highlight and select Add Note.

If your webtext has annotation sharing enabled, you can make notes visible to both you and your students. Shared notes are a great way to provide additional context, offer resources, or call attention to key points directly in the webtext.

After creating a note, check the box labeled “Share with students” and click Save. Note that only webtexts that have annotation sharing enabled will have this option.

Keep in mind that shared notes do not include highlights. When “Share with students” is checked, highlight colors are disabled to avoid conflicting with highlights students may have made.

Once saved, your shared note will be visible to all students and instructors in the course. It will appear on the webtext page where you created it, as well as in their My Notes page. In both locations, your note will be marked with a magenta line on the right alongside your name. Notes students have created will have a yellow line on the right with their own names.

If your note includes a video link, the video preview will appear in the shared note.

When you share a note, students receive a notification in the webtext. The first time notes are shared, they will be notified that you’re sharing notes with them.

After that, they will receive notifications whenever you add a shared note to a page that they’ve already visited. When they click the notification, they’re taken directly to the page and section of text where you shared the note.

To view all of your notes, open the Tools Menu in the upper-right corner of the webtext and select My Notes.

On the My Notes page, your highlights and notes are organized by chapter and page. You can expand or collapse chapters using the arrow next to the chapter name, and then you can click any page title to revisit that page.

The three-dot menu to the right of the note also lets you return to the page as well as delete highlights and notes.

Your private notes will have a yellow line on the right. Notes that you’ve shared with your students will be marked with a magenta line along with a shared icon.

You can also filter your notes using the drop-down menu at the top of the page to view all notes, only private notes, or only shared notes.

If you’re teaching multiple sections of the same course, you can easily copy your notes to those sections. For more information, visit our Help Center article on copying notes.

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