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Turning Texts, Images & Videos into Conversations

NowComment has the most sophisticated collaboration tools available for group discussion, annotation, and curation of texts, images, and videos.

It displays threaded commenting alongside the sentences and paragraphs of texts, the areas of images, and timestamps of videos to create engaging online conversations literally in context. Brainstorm, debate, and collaborate as never before!

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Key Features

Free Accounts

Upload and discuss documents with people you invite or with the whole Internet ("Public Documents") at no cost!

Time Efficient

Interesting comments can be found quickly (they're tied to relevant document passages), and summary lines make skimming fast and easy.

Powerful

Any sentence, paragraph, image, or video can have multiple conversations, keeping discussions focused and on-topic.

Simple to Use

Our interface is intuitive, your documents are accessible wherever you are, and we do the hosting and maintenance.

Feature-Rich and Scalable

NowComment has the features to handle very large groups: notifications, assignments, subgroups, moderation, and more.

Read It Your Way

By default comments are off to the side (with multiple sort options!), but you can also display comments in-line.

Recent Comments on Public Documents

Jun 27

Tane L: thats what he deserves

on "On The Sidewalk Bleeding," by Evan Hunter (1956)

Jun 27

Tane L: hopefully he left him to die

on "On The Sidewalk Bleeding," by Evan Hunter (1956)

Jun 27

Tane L: then he shouldnt have join the gang and been a criminal

on "On The Sidewalk Bleeding," by Evan Hunter (1956)

Jun 27

Tane L: Wow, he is a criminal

on "On The Sidewalk Bleeding," by Evan Hunter (1956)

Jun 27

Maura E: sentence- paragraph 11

on [3 of 3] Learning and Transfer - Chapter 3 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

Jun 27

Maura E: phrase- paragraph 27

on [3 of 3] Learning and Transfer - Chapter 3 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

Jun 27

Anne H: Word: Transfer. Phrase: development of expertise occurs only with major investments of time. Sentence: Initial learning is necessary for transfer, and a considerable amount is known about the kinds of learning experiences that support transfer.

on [3 of 3] Learning and Transfer - Chapter 3 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

Jun 27

Maura E: As important as challenge is, it also should be in a level appropriate setting in which a student has the appropriate level ability to understand a concept.

on [3 of 3] Learning and Transfer - Chapter 3 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

Jun 27

Anne H: Yes! This is why differentiation is so important, too. In the next paragraph, it seems like most of my students are "performance-oriented." I wonder if this is different between secondary and elementary age kids?

on [3 of 3] Learning and Transfer - Chapter 3 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

Jun 27

Steph S: How do we help bridge this gap with students? They need the structure to start but shouldn't be caught off guard on the test. How do we slowly start introducing problems and such out of the context of the "chapters" in a way that helps with learning more

on [2 of 3] How Experts Differ from Novices - Chapter 2 of How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000)

than recollection?

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NowComment makes it easy to have rich, engaging discussions of online documents no matter how large (or small) your class or collaboration group.

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government ▾
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law ▾
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- analyze court decisions
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any group ▾
- solicit group opinions
- create/coordinate group presentations
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