Paced Social Annotation in the Hypothesis LMS App
What is Paced Social Annotation? Paced Social Annotation is a way to prompt students to annotate a reading alone before they can see their peers’ annotations, all while allowing instructors […]
Author: Michael DiRoberts
Accessibility, and how independent reviews make Hypothesis better
A VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) is an industry standard that allows companies like Hypothesis to self-regulate and report on accessibility within their product. In practice, the “Voluntary” part often […]
How to Foster Richer Discussions on Your Site with Hypothesis
Embedding Hypothesis over your site’s content helps increase user engagement with your content, brings more viewers to the page, and can offer valuable commentary and feedback. When you embed Hypothesis, […]
Changes to Via, Hypothesis’ proxy server for annotation
As part of our mission to enable conversations over the world’s knowledge, Hypothesis created a new service in 2015 called Via, to reduce friction for people sharing and viewing annotations. […]
Make D2L Grading Easier with the Hypothesis Max Points Feature
Setting up graded Hypothesis readings in D2L just got simpler. The Hypothesis LMS app already allows you to create content items that launch Hypothesis alongside your documents, letting students annotate […]
Stay Connected to Every Annotation with Unanchored Annotations
If you’re a regular Hypothesis user, you’ve probably come across an “Orphan”; an annotation that’s lost the text it was originally anchored to on the page. This can happen when […]
Creating Accessible Image Annotation Assignments in the Hypothesis LMS App
Below is general guidance on helping make your Hypothesis Image Annotation assignments accessible for all students. This information is provided for educational purposes only and should not be considered legal […]
Pre-moderation in the Hypothesis Web App
Who is this article for? Hypothesis users creating annotations in a group that uses Pre-moderation Hypothesis users with the “Moderator” role in a group that uses Pre-moderation If you are […]
Start of a New Term Checklist for LMS App Users
When starting a new academic term (quarter, semester, etc.) there are a few things you can do to make sure students are successful when using Hypothesis for the first time. […]