Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing

Name: Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing
Rating: 4.261904761904762 (210 reviews)
Author: https://annotate.net

Annotate web pages, PDFs, Google Slides, and Google Docs to improve engagement. Annotate in Google Meet when screen sharing.

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Annotate is a powerful Chrome extension designed for educators and professionals to improve engagement by annotating web pages, PDFs, Google Slides, and Google Docs. With real-time annotation tools like pen, highlighter, and laser pointer, users can mark up content during presentations or remote teaching sessions.

Key features include seamless integration with Google Meet for live screen sharing, student note-taking and live streaming options, exporting annotated content as PDFs, creating Google Classroom assignments from web pages, and saving and sharing annotations via an Annotate account. The extension supports multimedia insertion, voice notes, comments, bookmarks, and advanced PDF handling like page rotation and hiding pages. Annotate empowers teachers and students to collaborate actively and enhances remote learning experiences through interactive and accessible annotation tools.

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Version:

8.48 Last updated: 2025-04-30

Creation date:

2020-06-24

Risk:

Permissions:

desktopCapture
activeTab
contextMenus
tabs
storage
alarms
webNavigation
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*/*
<all_urls>

Size:

3.58M

Email:

su*****@annotate.net

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

See detailed description ⏷

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

20 hours ago

Ranking

# 1,432 ▼ 12

Other rankings

#135 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1

#6 in screen sharing keyword 36

#12 in web keyword 73

#14 in sharing keyword 38 ▼ 1

#15 in web page keyword 77

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User reviews

Users praise the extension for its annotation capabilities, cross-browser compatibility, and usefulness for teaching. However, many express frustration over the mandatory and intrusive sign-up process, limited functionality in the free version, outdated interface, and performance glitches like freezing and slow saving. Requests for feature improvements such as shortcut keys, better pen input, and interface enhancements are common. The extension is seen as powerful but hindered by user experience and monetization issues.

Pros

Supports pinned comments with different font sizes.
Works well on multiple browsers like Chrome and Edge.
Maintains annotations in place even when scrolling web pages.
Offers useful annotation features such as highlights, drawings, and text addition.
Helpful tool for online teaching and presentations.

Cons

Requires mandatory and excessive personal information for sign-up, leading to user frustration.
Free plan limitations: only 10-12 annotations and limited features; many functions require premium upgrade.
Interface issues including 1990s outdated look, poor font size controls, and hidden features.
Performance problems such as slow annotation saving, freezing during exports, and unreliable pen input.
Lack of useful shortcuts or customization for quick annotation and toolbar access.

Recent reviews

Supports pinned comments with different font sizes. Ideal for me

Laptev walrus, 2025-04-24

i love it

Udish Agrawal, 2025-04-18

Requires way too much personal info in order to sign up for the Annotate.net account (mandatory to use the extension)! Why do you need to know my salutation, first name, last name, and birth date? For that reason, I AM OUT!!!

Crystal Identity, 2025-03-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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