This guide assumes that you or CDIL Perusall assignments from before January 2023 (v. 1.1) that uses External Tools and a Launch Button for students to access them.

Add New Perusall Integration (v. 1.3) to Canvas

1. Click Settings at the bottom of your course site menu, then select the Navigation tab from the top menu.
2. Look for Perusall at the bottom of the lower block of options and drag it into the top block, positioning it where you would like it to appear in the course site menu (on the left of your site). 

3. Scroll to the bottom of the Navigation area and Click Save.
4. Click the new Perusall link (now in the left side of your course), and you will be directed to check your email for a message prompting you to confirm that you want to merge your existing Perusall account with the new Canvas integration.
5. Go to your email and open the message from Perusall. It should look like this:

6. Click the button in the email to confirm, then click the Perusall link again to enter the Perusall course you have just created. Click on “Get Started” in Perusall.

As you repeat this process for other course sites, clicking the new Perusall link will take you directly into the new course without requiring confirmation by email.

Import Perusall Course Content

1. Click on “Library” and then “Add Materials from another course.”

2. You want to make sure that the checkmark next to “Copy course settings” is checked.

3. Save changes.
4. Then go to “Settings” in the left navigation bar and click on “Scoring” (fourth tab from the left at the top).

5. Make the assignment range 0-1 with the “Threshold score for credit” at 0.
6. Under “LMS gradebook column management” select “Instructor creates deep links in LMS; no Perusall gradebook columns will appear in LMS until deep links have been created.”
7. Hit “Save Changes”

Double-Check Your Assignment Settings in Canvas

1. Navigate back to your Canvas course and click on “Assignments” in the left navigation bar
2. If you’ve selected the right options, you should not see any new assignments in your course. If you do see assignments in your course, that means that Perusuall created those and you need to go back and double-check your settings from within Perusall.

Re-Link Existing Perusall Assignments on Canvas

1. Go to your existing Canvas assignment
2. Edit assignment settings
3. Select “external tool” for the submission type
4. Select “Perusall”

5. A window will pop up that should show you a list of assignments from Perusall.

6. Select the correct assignment
7. The window will close and you will be taken back to the window that shows the external tools (the same window that you saw in step 4 above).
8. Click “Select”
9. Save the assignment from the bottom of the assignment page
10. If you have done this correctly, you will see a box with a large blue button that prompts you to “launch Perusall”