digress.it is a plugin for WordPress* that lets you comment paragraph by paragraph in the margins of a text

Teach

Imagine a different kind of writing assignment: have your students use digress.it to co-author their own critical edition of an essay or story, inside that essay or story.

Annotate

People have been scribbling on the side of pages for centuries. digress.it makes this private space public, allowing communities of readers to turn documents into conversations.

Critique

They say sunlight is the best disinfectant. Use digress.it to collectively dissect public documents like political speeches, corporate contracts or government transcripts.

Community Information

When you register at digress.it, you can host your project here for free. No installations, no hassle. You'll be up in running in moments. Plus, you'll have access to the latest version of the code without having to ever having to worry about upgrades.

Please contact us if you organization, school or classroom is interested in deploying a similar community system.

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Download Information

digress.it is freely available for download. It's been tested for WordPress and WordPress MU, version 2.6 and above.

Please consider joining the digress.it community after you install. Your project will be featured on this site and will allow others also interested in close reading of text to find your project.