# View annotations

### aim

To view the annotations from a session recorded by someone else.

### prerequisites

- Your license includes the Annotation Module.
- You either have rights to view the session (Technician, Administrator), you created the session (Trainer), you have received ownership or annotator rights or you are invited to view the session.
- The session has been recorded.

### procedure

1. Open the **Sessions** tab.
2. Double-click a session to open it.
3. Play the session.

The annotations are shown in the [Event log](https://bookstack.noldus.com/link/746#bkmrk-event-log) and the [Timeline ](https://bookstack.noldus.com/link/746#bkmrk-timeline)

## Event log

To view the Event log, open the **Events** tab at the bottom of your window. To jump to an event in the Timeline and videos, click it in the Event log.

[![image.png](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/opKtFwivdrV5XxWL-image.png)](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/opKtFwivdrV5XxWL-image.png)

## Timeline

- To jump to an event in the videos and Event log, click it in the Timeline.
- To display an event, hover over a symbol.

[![image.png](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/GIZMovgvs3UvGcR7-image.png)](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/GIZMovgvs3UvGcR7-image.png)

- To move to the next event, click the **Skip to next event** button or press **Ctrl + right arrow** on your keyboard.  
    [![image.png](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/d5EpOrVPKJoNbUaV-image.png)](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/d5EpOrVPKJoNbUaV-image.png)
- To move to the previous event press **Ctrl + left arrow** on your keyboard.
- To zoom in and out the Timeline, hover with your mouse cursor over the Timeline and use your mouse wheel.
- To view an interval in detail, drag the borders of the line below the Timeline.  
    [![image.png](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/g4nlY0dgYOtUy0Xs-image.png)](https://bookstack.noldus.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/g4nlY0dgYOtUy0Xs-image.png)