Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Hypothesis is online software for open annotation:

• Create annotations on web pages and PDFs.
• Use annotations before in-person class discussion - or as an asynchronous assignment.
• Annotations can include links, images, and video.
• Annotations can be private, seen only by your class/group, or public. 

Start using Hypothesis:

• Get Started with Hypothesis 
• Teacher Resource Guide (Examples, Assignments, and more)
• Webinar: “The Pedagogy of Collaborative Annotation”
• YouTube Tutorials on Hypothesis

Using Hypothesis in Moodle:

How to create a Hypothesis activity in Moodle (webpage or PDF)

Note: these instructions skip one step: after "H. Save and Display"  you will need to click on "Open in New Window" to see the options to enter a URL or select a PDF.

About Hypothesis

• Comment, Reply, Repeat: Engaging Students with Social Annotation. By Alice Fleerackers, Juan Pablo Alperin, Esteban Morales, and Remi Kalir in ScholCommLab (Scholarly Communications Lab), Aug. 27, 2019.
• Skills and Strategies: Annotating to Engage, Analyze, Connect and Create. By Jeremy Dean and Katherine Schulten. New York Times, Nov. 12, 2015.
• Annotating Readings with Hypothesis. By Lindsay Passenger Wieck.  Pedogogy Playground, Feb. 18, 2019.
• Open Web Annotation as Collaborative Learning. By Jeremy Kalir. First Monday 24, Number 6 – 3, June 2019.