Creating Image, Video, and PDF Annotations

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Overview

The annotation tool provides teachers and students with the ability to markup and critique images, videos, and PDFs. This makes for an interactive experience between the instructor and students, allowing students to get feedback quicker and online. Students may also annotate and critique the work of their fellow classmates, promoting social and inclusive learning via media-based student to student interaction.

 

Creating Image Annotations

  • Open any Harmonize discussion and navigate on the image you want to annotate.
  • Click the Comment / Annotate button located beneath the image.

Discussion: Comment/Annotate Button on Image

  • The image will be copied into a new comment below the original post
  • Select from a variety of annotation tools presented to the left of the copied image.
  • Options for the selected tool will appear at the top including color, opacity, and size.

Image Annotations: Edit View and Controls

  • Use the annotation tools to markup the image and drop callouts to leave comments.
  • Clicking on the i icon at the bottom of the list of annotation tools will display all of the keyboard shortcuts for the various tools.

 

Image Annotation Tool Details

Image Annotations: Help Menu

  • When image annotations are complete, click Publish.
  • Your comment, along with your annotated image, will appear inline when viewing the original post.

Discussion: Published Comment with Image Annotation

 

Creating Video Annotations

  • Open any Harmonize discussion and navigate on the video you want to annotate.
  • Click the Comment / Annotate button located beneath the video.

Discussion: Comment/Annotate Button on Video

  • The video will be copied into a new comment below the original post
  • Navigate to the video frame where you'd like to leave an annotation and click Annotate.

Video Annotations: Video Playback Controls

  • Select from a variety of annotation tools presented to the left of the copied video. 
  • Options for the selected tool will appear at the top including color, opacity, and size.

Video Annotations: Editor View and Controls

  • Use the annotation tools to markup the selected video frames and drop callouts to leave comments.
  • Clicking on the i icon at the bottom of the list of annotation tools will display all of the keyboard shortcuts for the various tools.

Video Annotation Tool Details

Video Annotations: Help Menu

  • When video annotations are complete, click Publish.
  • Your comment, along with your annotated video, will appear inline when viewing the original post.

 

Creating PDF Annotations

PDF Annotation provides instructors and students with the ability to markup and critique PDFs within Harmonize.

  • Highlight text and drop pins anywhere in a PDF
  • Add your own comments and reply to others’ annotations
  • Easily jump to new annotations and unread replies
  • Tag other users in comments and replies

 

Once the PDF Annotation is created by the instructor, both instructors and student can add new annotations as well as respond to the annotations of others. To do so, navigate to any PDF Annotation and use the markup tools outlined below to create annotations.

 

PDF Annotation Tool Details

PDF Annotation: PDF View and Controls

 

Section 1: Navigation and Filtering Options

 

PDF Annotation: View Annotations Toggle Button Show / Hide Annotations

PDF Annotation: PDF Page Controls

Previous / Next Annotation

PDF Annotation: PDF Zoom Tools

Zoom In, Zoom Out, Select Magnification

 

Section 2: Annotation Tools

 

PDF Annotation: Text Annotation Tool Button

Create a Highlight

PDF Annotation: Pin Annotation Tool Button

Drop a Pin

PDF Annotation: PDF Pan Tool Button

Move / Pan

 

Section 3: Annotation Menu

 

PDF Annotation: Annotation Drawer View Toggle Button

Open / Close Annotations Panel

 

The Annotations Panel

PDF Annotation: Annotation Drawer

 

PDF Annotation: Annotation Pagination Controls

 Previous / Next Annotation

PDF Annotation: Annotation Menu Button

Annotation Action Menu
Edit Annotation
Delete Annotation

PDF Annotation: Annotation Reply Button

Reply to Annotation

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Q. Can students use the PDF Annotations feature to upload their own PDFs for annotation by the rest of the class?

  • Uploading PDFs via the PDF Annotation feature is limited to instructors at this time. Students are able to add annotations to any PDF Annotation created by the instructor as well as respond to the annotations of their classmates.

 

 

 

 

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