Instructions: Click into each assignment example below to access individual assignment instructions, which you can copy and paste into your own course to use with your students. Be sure to review the instructions before posting in your courses — you may want to make adjustments depending on how you plan to assess annotations or due to your specific discipline and/or assignment.
General starter assignments
These starter assignments can be used for any reading you assign in your course. The purpose is to further engage your students in the texts and provide a collaborative space where students can deconstruct a text together.
Starter assignments for the beginning of the semester
These starter assignments can help your students test the social annotation waters as they get accustomed to a new course and a new semester.
Starter assignments for the middle or the end of the semester
Didn’t write your syllabus with social annotation in mind? No problem! Here are some starter assignments to try out social annotation when you’re already in the middle of the semester.