Diigo.com has four functions: highlighting text on the Internet, bookmarking sites with important
text, annotating text with Sticky Note,
and Sharing sites and annotated text
with collaborators.
The Highlight function simply lets you mark selected text with color to
indicate importance. You can select different highlight colors from the
drop-down box to indicate different categories.
The Bookmark function lets you save the URL of the page and add notes, tags
and descriptions with it. When you view the bookmark on Diigo, all the
annotations (highlighted text and sticky notes) will appear below it. This function will not save the whole article
into Diigo, but only the URL. You also
have the option to cache a page.
To cache a page is a way of taking a picture of it at that
moment. If the owner of the page changes
or deletes the page you will still have the cached page exactly that way it
appeared when you saved it in the Diigo database. This is a really useful feature to teach
students just learning to do research.
For graduate students, it is suggested that they upgrade to the Premium
Plan for unlimited cache and highlights.
Diigo is free for unlimited bookmarks but is limited to
1000 highlights per year and 30 cached pages. A paid service of Basic ($20/yr)
and Premium ($40/yr) is available for more unlimited and ad-free options.
Diigo gives you the option to keep your bookmarks and
annotations private, and allows you to create a folder for bookmarks that you
would like to read later.
The Sticky Note function will let you post a note anywhere in the article as a graphic
reminder. You can add more information to an existing note.
The Share function lets you share the annotated link
of the article to other collaborators.
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