An administrator must enable annotations and configure the required permissions before users can work with annotations. 

Enabling annotations in an archive

1. From the Tools menu (cogwheel icon), go to Site Configuration > Archives. 
2. Open the General tab.
3. For all users with access to the archive, turn on the Enable annotations toggle to see annotations created on assets.
4. Select Save. Now, all users with access to the archive will be able to view annotations created on assets.
    

Giving users or groups access to create annotations in the archive

1. From the Tools menu (cogwheel icon), go to Site Configuration > Archives.
2. Open the Access list tab.
3. To give users or groups access to create annotations, select the Annotate permission. 
4. Select Save.
    

Giving super users access to manage and moderate annotations

On the General tab for the specific group, select the permissions you want to assign: 

• Manage annotations: Allows group members to edit and delete annotations created by other users.
• Moderate comments: Allows group members to edit and delete comments posted by other users, including those on archives, assets, and annotations.

Save your changes.

What's next?

After configuring annotations, learn how to add them to images and to videos.