It was useful to mark data segments which threw-up unexpected ideas that needed further attention. In relation to the interview transcripts in Case A, Young Peoples Perceptions, we needed to identify what appeared important discussion about family dynamics, early awareness about sex(uality) and the importance of informal modes of learning. In Chapter 6 we talk about the need to just familiarize with the data. Double clicking on one of the list items will open the Source, take you directly to the annotated passage and show you the content of the Annotation Annotations you create across all Sources are listed together in the Collections area, under Annotations. They will be flagged/numbered in the text and appear as numbered end-notesĦ.
When you choose to Export coded data or a document – you have an option include annotations (which might be embedded at any or the respective data). After creating an Annotation, that passage of text (referred to as the “anchor text”) will be highlighted in blue, reminding you that there is an Annotation embedded at that pointĥ. This opens a numbered area at the bottom of the document where you can type a comment.In Analyse ribbon tab – find the New Annotation button.
Highlight the passage you wish to annotate.Should you wish to use Annotations, doing so in NVivo works similarly to using Endnotes in a word processing application:
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