Overview
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.
Creating PDF Annotations
Section 1: Navigation and Filtering Options
| Show / Hide Annotations | |
| Previous / Next Annotation | |
| Zoom In, Zoom Out, Select Magnification |
Section 2: Annotation Tools
| Create a Highlight | |
| Drop a Pin | |
| Move / Pan |
Section 3: Annotation Menu
| Open / Close Annotations Panel |
Navigating the Annotations Panel
Previous / Next Annotation | |
Annotation Action Menu Edit Annotation Delete Annotation | |
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.