diff --git a/spec/cypress/e2e/annotations_overview_spec.cy.js b/spec/cypress/e2e/annotations_overview_spec.cy.js
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+import FactoryBot from "../support/factorybot";
+
+describe("Annotations Overview", () => {
+  describe("Generic user", () => {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      cy.createUser("teacher");
+      cy.createUser("admin");
+      cy.createUserAndLogin("generic").as("genericUser");
+
+      cy.then(() => {
+        FactoryBot.createNoValidate("lesson_medium", "with_video", "released").then((medium) => {
+          FactoryBot.create("annotation", "with_text",
+            { medium_id: medium.id, user_id: this.genericUser.id });
+          FactoryBot.create("annotation", "with_text",
+            { medium_id: medium.id, user_id: this.genericUser.id });
+        });
+
+        FactoryBot.createNoValidate("lesson_medium", "with_video", "released").then((medium) => {
+          FactoryBot.create("annotation", "with_text",
+            { medium_id: medium.id, user_id: this.genericUser.id });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("can view own annotations", function () {
+      cy.visit("/annotations/overview");
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spec/factories/annotations.rb b/spec/factories/annotations.rb
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+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :annotation do
+    medium_id { |id| id }
+    user_id { |id| id }
+
+    transient do
+      annotation_time do
+        # Pick a random number such that the annotation is still within the length
+        # of the sample video (which is around 42s seconds long)
+        seconds = nil
+        while seconds.nil? || seconds.to_f > 40.00
+          seconds = Faker::Number.decimal(l_digits: 2, r_digits: 2)
+        end
+        seconds
+      end
+    end
+
+    timestamp do
+      build(:time_stamp, total_seconds: annotation_time)
+    end
+
+    color { Annotation.colors.values.sample }
+    category { Annotation.categories.keys.sample }
+
+    trait :with_text do
+      comment { Faker::Lorem.sentence }
+    end
+  end
+end