User Manual Q&AAnswer
Feb 17, 2025 - 01:29 AM
To enable or disable public annotations on a PDF in Leganto, you can follow these steps:
1. Access the Leganto system and navigate to the Configuration menu.
2. In the Configuration menu, select Leganto Features.
3. Look for the "allow_citation_public_annotation" setting under the Leganto Features section.
4. By default, the "allow_citation_public_annotation" setting is set to true, which means that public annotations are enabled. If you want to disable public annotations, you can change the setting to false.
5. Save the changes.
Once the "allow_citation_public_annotation" setting is configured, instructors can control the visibility of annotations on a per PDF/citation basis. Here's how it works:
1. When a PDF with embedded annotations is displayed, a toggle will appear on the PDF header.
2. If public annotations are enabled, the toggle allows the user to select whether their annotation should be public or private. The default setting is private, meaning the annotation is only visible to the user who added it.
3. If an annotation is set to public, the name of the person who wrote the comment, along with the date and time of the comment, will be visible in the annotation menu. Public comments are searchable in the annotations menu.
4. Each student's name appears in a different color above their comment, and instructor comments appear with an instructor icon next to their name.
5. Instructors have the ability to delete public annotations or change them to private.
6. Users can also change their own comments from public to private, or vice versa.
It's important to note that annotations are stored as a separate layer on the file and are only visible within the context of the reading list in Leganto. They will not be added to printed or downloaded versions of the file. Additionally, when performing certain actions like duplicating a list, copying a section/citation to another list, or moving an item to a different list, private/public annotations are not copied by default.
For more detailed information on creating and managing private annotations in Leganto, you can refer to the "Creating Private Annotations" section of the Leganto manual.
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