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Annotate PRO Summer 2020 Update

We hope you and your family are well in these unprecedented times. As the summer of 2020 begins much is uncertain in this huge but tiny world of ours. We kind of hope you've put down your grading/marking hat for some time off, although our users span the globe and all...

Annotate PRO vs Turnitin Feedback Studio: Unlocking the Potential of Feedback

Feedback is an essential component of the learning process. Annotate PRO and Turnitin® Feedback Studio™ are two prominent tools designed to facilitate this process. While Turnitin® is well-known for its plagiarism detection capabilities, Annotate PRO offers unique...

11trees launches the free Canopy beta

Are you frustrated with online discussions and teach with Canvas LMS? Welcome to the free beta of Canopy – escape endless scrolling and engage students in less time.

Knowledge workers write more in a day than college students do across an entire term

A typical writing class, at the college level, requires a couple of papers ("essays") in an academic term. Maybe 1,500 words each, or a longer 5,000 word "term paper." Maybe 750 (three pages) each in less demanding curricula. Is this wasted effort on the part of...

What Trees Teach Us About Feedback

Stands of Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) in the subalpine meadows of Mt. Rainier National Park, USA.11trees founder Andrew McCann chose the name 11trees thinking of the "one-to-one" relationships that trees are able to form rather than the random number eleven....

It Isn’t Feedback Without a Shared Goal

We've all received useless, incoherent, destructive, or extremely late feedback at one point or another. Sometimes all at once. In my first GE performance review, right after college, I received a “4” on a 1 to 5 scale. When I asked my manager what I could do to...

Annotate Pro – the Author’s Experience and Perspective

Annotate Pro – the Author’s Experience and Perspective Editor's Note: Professor Mitch Nathanson, of Villanova Law School, authored the extensive library of comments that comes pre-loaded with Annotate PRO for Legal Writing. We asked him to give us some background on...

Learn about Checklists! Annotate Pro December 2023 webinars…

Join a December 2023 Annotate PRO info session and get AP+ free for 3 months.

The Science Behind Effective Feedback: Leveraging Annotate PRO in Your Classroom

Explore the science behind effective feedback practices in education and learn how Annotate PRO supports these strategies to improve learning outcomes in your classroom.

What does Canopy do for you? One instructor’s view…

Online education relies on discussion boards to simulate classroom conversation by asking students to read a text and post a series of responses, both original and in dialogue with peers.  While discussion boards can be extremely valuable, they can also be frustrating...

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Annotate PRO vs Canvas Comment Banks

Annotate PRO vs Canvas Comment Banks

One of Annotate PRO’s (AP) greatest strengths is its ability to work almost anywhere you can insert text. You’re not tied to using it inside a single LMS or app. AP particularly shines through in its integration with Canvas LMS with unique features like student...

Canopy Success Story: Respond to Two by…

Canopy Success Story: Respond to Two by…

It's 8 pm on a Thursday. Your students submitted their discussion prompts in Canvas LMS earlier in the week. By 8 pm on Thursday, they needed to reply to two classmates. I don't need to set the scene any further. You've been there. You know how tedious it is to sort...