Diigo: a browser plugin for your desktop and mobile devices that helps you collect and manage your internet research. Highlight text and add sticky notes to websites, take screenshots and annotate them with text and shapes. Store it all in your Diigo library, and share with others. Education accounts are available. FREE/Premium
Category: Annotation
This category shows all annotation tools. Looking for something specific? Skip to Annotate Audio, Annotate Image/Video, Annotate Text, Annotate Web. Or see the Collaborative Annotation Tools comparison.
Tropy
Tropy: research photo management software that allows you to organize your digital images in collections and boxes, tag, annotate them, and export your research files. FREE.
Kaltura Capture
Kaltura Capture: This is a screen-recording software native to NYU Stream. Using this software requires the user to download a desktop application that they can use to record their screen, themselves, or both simultaneously. Videos captured with the software are hosted in the user’s private NYU Stream Library. This screen recording software has the added …
Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic: A video creation tool that allows a user to record their screen and create simple recordings via a downloaded tool. Users can take high-resolution videos of screen recordings up to 15 minutes in length and add caption files. Videos are stored in an online hub and links can be shared with students and colleagues.
Vimeo Record
Vimeo Record: A Google Chrome extension that allows users to easily record their screen. The video is automatically uploaded to Vimeo where users can change the title, privacy, and other features before sharing it with students. Free accounts can upload up to 5GB of content a week. FREE/PAID
Loom
Loom: This is a screen recording platform offering both a desktop client and Google Chrome extension. Users can select how they want to record to suit their needs with the desktop client having a few additional annotation tools. When the recording is done, it automatically uploads to the user’s Loom account where they can change …
PowerNotes
PowerNotes: an easy-to-use, minimally intrusive Chrome extension for web annotation and citation management. Ideal for taking quick or extensive annotations on texts you read online while the platform automatically stores your highlights, notes, and links to the sources, allowing you to organize them into different topics and different projects. You can export an outline of …
Google Apps for Education
NYU has licensed a set of Google products to handle communication, calendars, file storage, and other teaching and learning apps, according to these Terms of Use. The full suite of Google Apps for Education include: Mail Calendar Drive (file storage and sharing) Classroom (course sites; NYU LMS (Brightspace) is the university’s official LMS) Docs (word processor) Sheets (spreadsheet) …
NowComment
NowComment: Free web app for digitally annotating online documents in a “social context,” that is, allowing other students to read and add to each other’s annotations. Inline annotations on NowComment appear on a 2-pane interface, alongside the respectively annotated parts of the text, enabling contextualized reading and analysis. NowComment annotates html and Microsoft Word documents, but PDF upload …
Scalar
Scalar: open-source, media-rich scholarly publishing platform ideal for creating non-linear narratives. Requiring minimal technical expertise, this platform offers its authors a robust database system for to catalogue their work, which can be experienced by the public through different pathways, and from different access points. It supports collaborative authoring, reader comments, and offers a wide range of annotating tools. FREE.
Scrivener
Scrivener: content and generation platform that offers several organization tools for your library. Contextualize your documents, add annotations, and seamlessly navigate through research documents without leaving the application. 30-day free trial period available. PAID.
Soundcloud
Soundcloud: this online audio distribution platform enables users to record, upload, and share audio files. Users can annotate audio files by inserting comments along the audio track. Mobile app available. 30 Days FREE Trial.
YouTube
YouTube: Did you know you can add annotations to any video that you upload to YouTube? There is no collaborative feature here, but it provides an easy way to add text, including links, to your video.Most popular video sharing platform, with capabilities for live streaming and creating video channels. Also, see tutorial for how to blur faces on YouTube …
Vibby
Vibby: Upload videos from YouTube and add comments to highlighted segments. Open it up to the public for their input. Annotated “vibs” are shareable and include analytics when you create one while logged in. FREE
Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is: a browser plugin that will allow you to add a layer of comments to any website or PDF. Add images, hyperlinks, block quotes, or lists to your comment, and reply on the comments of others. See the “getting started” tutorials or the Quick Start Guide for Teachers. FREE
Annotate.co
Annotate.co: an online annotation tool that allows you to collaborate with invited users in designated roles. Converts your documents and images to PDFs, stores them in workspaces, and lets you share single documents or entire workspaces. Add tags to documents, hold discussions, vote on annotations, and compare revisions. FREE (for sharing with up to 3 …
Kaizena
Kaizena: Designed specifically for teachers to annotate and provide feedback on student work, Kaizena integrates directly with Google Drive. Instructors can create groups for each class and provide feedback on student work by adding comments, audio feedback, and scores with a rubric. For common issues, instructors can create a library of lessons designed to help …
Kami
Kami: a browser-based platform that offers a wide range of annotation tools and features integration with Google Drive. Available online, as a Google Chrome extension, and as a Google Drive application for full integration. FREE/Premium.
PDF Expert
PDF Expert: a robust annotation tool for Mac desktops, iPads and iPhones. Offering a multitude of annotation options (highlighter, stamps, text, note, underline, shape, etc) on a wide range of files (PDF, document, spreadsheet, image, video, audio, etc). Offers seamless synchronization with cloud storage platforms such as DropBox and Box, and a Markup feature for …
Google Docs
Google Docs: share Google Docs in order to collaborate on text documents, or limit students to “comment” on documents you don’t want them to edit. It autosaves every 2 seconds, allows synchronous editing, keeps a full revision history (which allows you to see who does what on group projects) and saves all comments automatically. FREE