Or you can provoke student responses to the text through annotating with questions to be answered in replies to your annotations.
This is a brilliant use of annotating, especially at an elementary level. Providing pre-populated questions to a text can not only guide participation and answering, but also to kickstart higher level thinking.
With a microphone or webcam, students can leave voice or video comments alongside a text.
I just learned about the application "Mote" today, which allows you to attach audio comments to any Google Doc/Slide/Assignment of your choice. There are so many different tech tools out in the world!
Silicon Valley-type business model being applied to higher education.
Check out this link regarding the growth of e-learning. With the spark of the tech boom and now the immediate need of e-learning with COVID, e-learning has fully immersed itself in higher education. https://elearningindustry.com/growth-of-the-elearning-market-gamut-size