Annotation Tools and Saving Tips
DBQ Online: Students and Parents
Annotation Tools
Your teacher might ask you to mark up your documents. This is where the annotation tools come in handy.
Click on each image to learn more about the annotation tools!
Color coding
For all tools.
Transparency
For the freehand draw tool and the filled square tool.
Line weight/thickness
For the freehand draw tool. Change your highlighter's size when using the freehand draw tool.
Text size
Make text bigger or smaller in the sticky note, plain text, and bucket tools.
Duplicate
Like an annotation? Double it! Find this button near your color choices.
Copy
For sticky notes, plain text, and bucket tools. If you like the text inside, click the "Copy" button and paste the text anywhere you would like.
Erase freehand drawings
In the upper-left corner, you'll see your freehand drawing's "pallet". There's an image of an eraser. Click on the eraser and click on the drawings you want to erase.
(hint: if it's not erasing, make sure you're clicking, not moving the mouse around!)
Delete other annotations
In the other annotations' pallets, there is a trash can icon. Click this to delete the annotation.
Saving Tips
2. Keep one tab open, not two
3. Wait to move off of the page until you've seen it's saved.
On this note: if you see a pop-up, always click "Stay" or "Cancel".
This pop-up asks if you're sure you want to leave the page. This means something didn't save yet.
If you see a "Save" button, click it.
You'll find these on the Guided Essay and Student Essay.
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