# Welcome to Annoto
## Hi , it's great to have you here!
This is the place to learn all about Annoto and find new ways to empower your learning experience!
Annoto enables **time-based comments & notes on top of a video**, meaning: you can ask questions, share thoughts and ideas, answer fellow learners and even maintain your own learning notebook without having to leave the video at all!
Illustration: a video with Annoto
## **Comments**
Annoto provides a [one-click-away conversation](https://info.annoto.net/comments/add-a-comment) with anyone on the video – instructors, as well as course-mates**.**
Illustration: Annoto widget, Comments Space
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You can use the Comments to:
* **Ask** the instructors questions about a video
* **Share** your **ideas** & thoughts
* **Answer** other users' **questions**
* **Share examples**
* **Add links** and videos as comments
* **Read** others' ideas and thoughts
* Any other way you want to contribute to the discussion
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## People
The Annoto People Space enables to have a one-on-one chat with any of the course participants, as well as to see the users' presence (whether they are online or offline).
Illustration: Annoto widget, People Space
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You can use the People tab to:
* See who is online at any given moment
* Have a **1\*1 chat** with other anyone in your People list. You can invite any user to chat (online/ offline users)
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## Personal Notes
In addition, you can manage your very own **personal notebook,** that is visible only to you.
The notes you are adding [can be downloaded](https://info.annoto.net/personal-notes/export-the-notes) for your own convenience.
Illustration: Annoto widget, Personal Notes Space
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In your Personal Notes space you can:
* **Sum up** the video
* **Highlight** specific moments (important parts in the video, things you want to go back to, topics you wish to focus on, key questions for the exam, etc.)
* Add your **thoughts** and **insights**
* **Save** interesting comments written by other users
* Place **translations** or **clarifications** to words, phrases or ideas in the exact place in the video that they appear
* Do anything else that helps you study
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## **User Space**
The [Annoto User Space](https://info.annoto.net/activity-feed/feed) provides a personal journal for your learning experience, as well as gathers all new activity in the course videos.
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In your [User Space](https://info.annoto.net/activity-feed/my-space) you can:
* **Export** all your personal notes of the course
* View [your entire learning activity](https://info.annoto.net/activity-feed/my-space) in the course
* **Stay Updated** with all new activity (comments, replies & likes) in the [videos that you are following](https://info.annoto.net/comments/follow-the-discussion).
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