On-screen annotation

Draft

Introduction

On-screen annotation software allows to annotate screens and its applications and save the result. It can be categorized as a both a kind combination of presentation tool, whiteboard, screen capturing and note taking tool. Teachers, for example, also may be interested in tools like Classroom Presenter, e.g. an ink-based collaborative annotation system.

Software

General purpose

• Netop pointer (PC/Mac)
• Annotate Pro

• Utlimate Pen (Mac) “Ultimate Pen can be used for drawing on just about anything, it is particularly useful when working with presentation software. You may add notes, draw shapes, make comments, or add illustrations directly on the screen.” $ 20.

• ScreenMarker “s a little piece of software that lets you make annotations on your computer screen.” (Warning: difficult to know who is behind this ....)

Web browser annotation

These tools typically allow for collaborative/share annotation in various ways.

• See Wikipedia's comparison of web annotation systems

• Makeuseof has a list of top web annotation tools.

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