Hypothes.is

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Hypothesis--Social and Creative Annotation in Canvas

Today's Hypothesis webinar was a bit of an introduction for those who had not used it before, as well as a discussion of different ways to use Hypothesis assignments as it has been designed for social annotation, or using it to fill stop gaps by using it to let students annotate PDFs of make up tests or to correct missed answers on homework or math tests. 

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Hypothesis Show & Tell + Q&A

In our Hypothesis Show and Tell + Q&A, Transy faculty presented on the ways that they've used Hypothesis this year, their students' responses to those activities, and challenges they faced implementing this technology in a pedagogically meaningful way in their classes. 

Our presenters walked through example assignments and students' responses to those assignments and discussed the ways that Hypothesis could function as a social form of a reading journal. 

Becky George, a Hypothesis representative also presented on different ways to use Hypothesis. To the left, you can watch the video of the event. Directly below, you can see the slide show and a summary of the questions that were answered during the event. 

Hypothesis Q&A--Chat Log Questions

Question: Curious to hear if presenters have been grading ALL hypothes.is assignments? These all seem like awesome approaches, but I can see how I could get overwhelmed with grading.

Answer: Some assignments are graded. Others have been complete/incomplete.

Question: Can you annotated videos with Hypothesis?

Answer: No, but you can link to videos or have students leave comments on videos in Canvas Studio. You can also try the video annotation tool at the University of Michigan.

Question: Can the reading notes be shared across groups if students do reading notes in small groups?

Answer: You can do this by changing the groups after the annotations are done (move it from one small group to all groups or to the whole class). Or, if the annotation is on a public site, then you can have students annotate it and other students go to the site to look at those annotations. 

Question: What are some exercises to do with Hypothesis?

Answer: You can have them annotate readings or assignment sheets before class or you can try this Compass Points assignment.  

Question: What do I do if my students or I need help with Hypothesis?

Answer: Contact support@hypothes.is to get more help!

Quick Start Guide to Creating Hypothesis Assignments in Canvas

The video on the left is a 4 minute and 29 second overview of how to create a Canvas Hypothesis assignment. 

For more information about group assignments or grading Hypothesis assignments in the Speed Grader, see the videos below!

Social Annotation with Hypothesis

In this webinar, DCTIS Julie Perino led Transy faculty through a brief overview of Social Annotation, its different uses, and varying platforms they can use to engage in social annotation. From there, Dr. J.J. Wallace provided insight into using Hypothesis and Canvas together as a valuable learning tool to encourage students' critical reading skills. 

The webinar slideshow provides valuable links, and you can watch the recording of the webinar here. 

Social Annotations and Hypothesis Jan 5
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Webinar FAQS

Question: When making a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas, using the "add document through Google Drive option doesn't work well? 

Answer: That is correct. So far, Canvas can reliably add PDFs from OneDrive, the Canvas File System, and the local computer system, but not from GoogleDrive.

Question: I made a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas but received a message saying that the document I had chosen wouldn't work because it wasn't OCR compatible. What does that mean and how do I fix it?

Answer: Newer PDFs have been made for Optimal Character Recognition (OCR). This feature allows readers to select individual words and lines of text in the PDF document. Older PDFs don't have this feature.  If Hypothesis gives you this error message, then try uploading your PDF to this website and asking it to turn it into and OCR PDF. 

Question: What if I want to scan something new? How do I make sure it is saved as an OCR?

Answer: If you use Adobe Scan (Free) or Scanner Pro by Readdle (paid app), they will automatically save your PDF as an OCR-ed file. 

Introduction to Hypothesis

In this Zoom recording, Eryn Barker, Lead Customer Success Specialist reviews hypothes.is, a Canvas Learning Integration Tool. Click her name to watch the video or view her slideshow here.

During this Tech Tuesday, Eryn reviewed the hypothes.is annotation tool and ways to have students use it for collaborative annotations. If you want to find out more about hypothes.is for Canvas, watch the video above, visit our hypothes.is course shell in Canvas, or read this brief walk through that reviews instructions from the video. 

If you are already using hypothes.is in Canvas and need more help, you can contact their support staff directly at support@hypothes.is.

Implementing Social Annotation in your Courses

In this webinar, Eryn Barker makes the case for how adding social annotation can support student success by placing active discussion right on top of course readings, which enables students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of texts. The steps for integrating a new edtech tool are critical for ensuring that it becomes a seamless part of teaching, not just another fancy tool. 

This workshop focuses on providing students with a supportive and scaffolded learning environment for using social annotation, and providing faculty with the steps for empowering students to create meaningful annotations to not only enhance their own learning, but to expand the collaborative nature of a course.

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Hypothes.is Collaborative Annotation

In this follow up meeting, we worked with Becky George to take a deeper dive into collaborative annotation with Hypothes.is.

This session includes a lot of Q&A between Becky and Transy faculty to help us learn more about the benefits of using this tool in our courses and as a Learning Tool Integration in Canvas. 

We'll be hosting more Hypothes.is Webinar videos on this page, but if you want to learn more on your own, they have a playlist up on YouTube.

Activating Hypothes.is in Canvas

In this workshop, Becky George reviews how to set up course readings that can be collaboratively annotated in Canvas. She goes over ways to do this as Group Assignments, individual assignments, Module readings, and how to grade student annotations. 

A Note from Julie: Hypothes.is lets you see students written notes and reactions to text and allows students to respond to each others' notes. However, you won't be able to see what they have highlighted, so don't rely on highlighting text too much when using this technology. 

Using Hypothes.is with Small Groups

In this workshop, Becky George reviews the pedagogical opportunities available for assigning small groups of students annotation assignments with Hypothes.is. 

Consider making in class, small group annotations part of your flipped classroom by having students present their annotations and discussions for a section of a text with the rest of the class. In this way, you can have students teach larger chapters, articles, and texts, which helps them learn and puts you in charge of fostering discussion!