Annotations - Line

Hi Payal,

Would using the rectangle annotation stretched as thinly as possible be a suitable substitute for a line? 

Hi Peter,

I tried doing that but it is not thin enough.  I have attached the pic here.   Also, the size is not consistent.   Can we get it thinner than this and a more consistent size.  Am I doing something wrong with it while I am making it on the screen?

And I also created a srceenshot of what animations I want to avoid.  Note that you will see a combination of shaded rectangles and lines.  Even if I just had the capability of adding lines real time without the need for animation, it would be fine. 

I intend to teach students how to read and understand a sentence.  So that is why I want to pause briefly as I am speaking a sentence and I want to highlight on a few important things.  I thought of using rectangle annotation to highlight stuff, but I realized that it will take very long (relatively speaking) for me to draw the rectangle.  Actually by the time I will draw the rectangle, I will be on the other aspect of the sentence.

Is there something less time consuming that animations here?  If not, then I will proceed with the animations route only and account for the increased time in my planning doc.  :(.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Hi Payal,

Thanks for the screenshots. Yeah, those rectangles don't look quite right. I'm afraid you may have the go the more tedious animation route on this one. But you also might want to ask for ideas over in our Building Better Courses forum. The folks over there are much more creative than I am, and they may have some ideas to help you out

Thanks Peter...So should I just post this query again over there in that forum?  Or should i reference this discussion there?

Go ahead and start a new thread, but I think your screenshots would be helpful to give the community a good idea of what you're hoping to do. Thanks, and good luck!