Perusall allows you to customize a number of course-level settings in order to change how you and your students interact with assigned readings. For example, you can adjust how assignments are scored, turn on email assignment reminders, or write a “welcome message” for students that outlines Perusall expectations for your course.
All of these can be customized in the “Settings” section of your course Perusall site, accessed from a link on the left menu bar. This section is split into five pages: “General,” “Access,” “Grouping,” “Scoring,” “Integrity,” “Terminology,” and “Advanced.” See below for a list of options.
| If you’d like to… | Change this setting: |
|---|---|
| Hide an assignment until a specific date | “Availability period of assignments” (General) |
| Give yourself the option of proofreading or editing grades before students can see them | “Release scores to students” (General) |
| Communicate with your students about expectations for using Perusall | “Welcome message for students” (General) |
| Add another instructor or TA to the Perusall course | “Instructors” (Access) and “Teaching assistants” (Access) |
| Change size of student groups for Perusall assignments (default: 20) | “Target group size” (Grouping) |
| Set a standard quantity of required annotations for all assignments (default: 4) | “Students earn full credit on this metric by submitting [X] high-quality comments” (Scoring > Automatic Scoring > Comment Content > Options) |
| Adjust how much credit students receive for annotations based on quality level | ”Quality-based scoring” (Scoring > Automatic Scoring > Comment Content > Options > How to Award Credit)” |
| Allow students to receive full credit for annotations | “Participation-based scoring” (Scoring > Automatic Scoring > Comment Content > Options > How to Award Credit) |
| Set a window for late submissions without a penalty | “Post-deadline reply window” (Scoring > Automatic Scoring > Comment Content > Options) |
| Set a window for late submissions with a penalty | “Late annotation period” (Scoring) |
| Determine range of possible points for student annotations | “Assignment score range” (Scoring > General) |
| Add decimal points to final scores | “Assignment score precision” (Scoring) |
| Let students download readings uploaded to Perusall | “Allow students to download all uploaded course material” (Advanced > Library & Assignments |
| Enable emails reminding your students to complete the assignment | (Advanced > Library & Assignments) |
| Make assignments pass/fail | “Threshold score for credit” (Scoring > General) |