Annotations can help you highlight content in learning material for future reference. This can be done using highlights and notes in document-type lectures, and clips in video-type lectures.
To see whether a lecture allows annotations, go to your Course or Learning Path as usual. If the lecture you are on allows annotations, you will see the annotations option on the left of the screen.
This article explains how to use the different types of annotations, as well as how to use the public function.
Creating a new Highlight
To create a highlight, click on the plus sign on the top right of the document, and select Add Highlight. If Add Highlight is already selected, it will show in a slightly different color.
With Add Highlight selected, select the text you want to create a highlight annotation for and select Save in the pop-up.
You can now see your annotations for this lecture on the left side. The highlighted text will also show up in the document itself.
Creating a new Note
Notes give you the opportunity to add extra context to the document. To create a note, click on the plus sign on the top-right of the document and select Add Note. If Add Note is already selected, it will show in a slightly different color.
Within the article, click where you want to place a stamp with your note, write the note, and click on the 'upload' arrow.
You'll now find your note on the left side, and can find a stamp with the note in the document.
You can see and reply to notes by clicking on the stamp.
Creating a new Clip
If the lecture is an uploaded video, you can select a small part of the video to save as a clip. Note that clips only work for integrated and uploaded videos, not for linked videos through third-party sites such as YouTube and Vimeo.
To create a clip, open the course or learning path as usual. When in the course, navigate to the lecture that is an uploaded video.
Go to the part of the video where you want to start the clip and select the Plus button. Keep the video playing and then select the Stop button to create the clip.
Leave a note and select Save to save the clip.
You can find your clips, as well as all public clips for this lecture, on the left side under the Annotations Panel.
Finding your Past Annotations
In the left navigation, make sure you are in the Learner Workspace.
When you are in the Learner Workspace, click on Training and then select My Training.
If you have made annotations, you will find the My Annotations feed under My Training. To see the annotations for a course or learning path, just click on its name.
Turn on Public Annotations (Admins/Training Admins)
By default, annotations are set to be private for the user. Academy Admins and others with the right permissions can turn on the option for learners to make their annotations public.
First, make sure that the Academy Wide option is set to allow annotations.
In the left navigation, make sure you are in the Academy Workspace.
When in the Academy Workspace, select Training Admin for all Training Administration options.
Select Settings and then select Control Panel.
Under Courses, turn the toggle for Allow learners to make their annotations public on and verify this in the pop-up.
Don't forget to hit Save to save the new settings.
After you have set the Academy option, you need to make sure that public annotations are allowed for the course itself. Head to the Course Management page and select Lectures -> Lectures in the course panel.
Make sure that Learners can make their annotations public is set to Allow.
Public Annotations (Learner)
If your Academy has the setting to share your annotations turned on, you can see the public annotations from other learners, as well as decide to share your own. To decide whether your annotations are public or private, toggle the option in the left screen.
Within the documents themselves, all public annotations will show up as a stamp of the user their profile picture. To reply to a note, just click on the stamp and type out your reply.
For both document-type lectures and video-lectures, you can see your own annotations and all public annotations in the left annotations panel.
If you do not want to see all public annotations and notes in the document, you can hide all annotations by switching the Hide Annotations toggle in the top-right corner.