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The editors of this text recommend Diigo as a way to annotate digitally.
Why Diigo? An article on the subject describes Diigo this way:
It’s one of the most commonly used free web annotation tools which lets you bookmark and tag web pages. In addition to that, you would also be able to highlight a part of a webpage if you wish to emphasize something and attach sticky notes to it. Its advanced search allows you to rummage through the text of pages you have bookmarked which includes tags, titles, URLs and even your own comments and highlights. One of the best features of Diigo is your ability to comment on other users’ notes which can be set to either public or private.Once you install the Diigo chrome extension, you will see its icon displayed at the upper right hand of your screen. When it’s clicked, you’ll see the dropdown menu from which you can choose what action to do.Click on Annotate and choose whether to Highlight, attach Sticky Notes or Tag.
There are other services described in the article linked above. All of them WILL REQUIRE students to create an account AND add a Chrome extension if they plan to annotate by computer. Diigo provides a few ways to do this, one of which accounts for students who will consumer content via their phone, with annotation functions within their app, which is linked here.
No matter what service you choose as an instructor or student, having the ability for students to annotate readings assignments will help for class discussion, and most importantly, for essay assignments later on. Annotations are the KEY WAY to get back to important ideas.
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