Elevate your teaching with Perusall®

Our live interactive learning sessions with the Perusall Learning & Engagement team and your colleagues return in Summer 2026. The Perusall Academy series is free for all instructors.

Recordings available below.

New features 2026 webinar  |  Academy training sessions  | Pulse community discussions

Interactive, hands-on training sessions

Learn from our Learning & Engagement team on how to get started, learn new tools, and create engaging courses for your students. Participants will be provided access to an interactive course to follow along in the sessions. Attend all three for a Certificate of Attendance.

Interested in watching an on-demand webinar? Click here.  

Level 1

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Activate

Get started with the basics! Each hour-long session includes all of the below.

You'll learn how to: 

  • Set up your course step-by-step
  • Connect Perusall to your LMS
  • Add and organize course materials
  • Create your first assignments with confidence
  • Customize your course for accessibility and a personalized  experience

Level 2

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Innovate

Dive into more advanced features! Each session includes a 30-minutes overview on grouping followed by a special topic*.

You'll learn how to:

  • Customize student groups for flexible collaboration
  • Design engaging peer review, fishbowl, instructor review, and differentiated assignments
  • Create staged threads & quiz gated assignments

Level 3

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Elevate

Elevate your Perusall skills! Each  session includes a 30-minute overview on scoring and AI best practices, followed by a special topic*.


You'll learn how to:

  • Enable and customize automatic scoring for your course
  • Discuss AI best practices and explore academic integrity features
  • Use advanced course settings and controls for scoring and feedback
  • Review and customize analytics
  • Add and design quizzes
Watch on-demand webinars

Perusall Pulse: Community sessions

Learn from educators, instructional designers, and students in the community who are using Perusall in their courses.

Getting started: Build your course with the Perusall team

Go deeper! The Learning & Engagement team, Nolan and Ryan, will guide you through the new platform look and Academy sessions so you can easily set up your course for the upcoming term.

You'll be guided through:

  • Updated settings in the UI refresh
  • Library catalog & assignment creation
  • Enhanced scoring templates
  • Academy training FAQ





On-demand - coming soon

Course design that works: Strategies from instructors and designers

Designing effective courses requires intention, creativity, and practical strategies that work in real classrooms. In this panel, instructors and designers from various institutions will share their best practices for structuring courses, building community, and using Perusall to support meaningful learning.

Panelists:

Tagi Qolouvaki,
Assistant Professor, English,
Hawaii Community College
Beth Simon,
Teaching Professor, UC San Diego
Shawn Hill,
Instructional Technologist, Fordham University
Jamie Cannan,
Educational Technology Specialist, Tufts University

On-demand - coming soon

Inside the student experience: How students engage and learn

Understanding the student experience is key to designing engaging courses. Hear directly from students across several campuses as they discuss how Perusall supports collaboration, deeper reading, and meaningful interaction with course materials.

Panelists:

Zainab Moghul,
School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University

Isaiah Kelley,
B.A. History and History Teaching, University of Northern Iowa
Elizabeth Gerhardt,

M.A. Social Work, Montclair State University 

Elizabeth Suárez Hernández,
B.A. Psychology, Sacramento City College

On-demand - coming soon

Meet your Academy hosts

Nolan Quella

Engagement Manager

Ryan Alexander, Success Specialist
Ryan Alexander

Learning & Engagement Strategist