What Makes a Good Annotation Assignment?
Most instructors have experienced the gap between assigning a reading and students actually engaging with it. They arrive to class, the discussion begins, and it quickly becomes clear who read […]
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How to Prevent AI Cheating Without Surveillance
AI tools like ChatGPT are now part of everyday student life. Most institutions know this. Many have responded by installing detection software and hoping for the best. But detection is […]
How to Prepare Students for the Workforce in the Age of AI
Why critical thinking, collaboration, and visible engagement still matter As AI becomes more integrated into professional environments, higher education is facing a familiar question: How should we prepare students for […]
Transparency Is the New Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
As AI tools become more accessible to students, producing polished work is easier than ever. Drafts sound refined. Summaries appear instantly. Assignments look complete. But polish is not proof of […]
Why Learning Suffers Without Engagement — Even With AI
AI has made it easier than ever for students to move quickly. Summaries appear instantly. Drafts sound polished. Assignments get completed faster than ever before. But faster work is not […]
What the Age of AI Is Teaching Us About Student Reading
AI is everywhere in higher education right now. From writing assistants to automated feedback, the tools are evolving quickly—and instructors are understandably asking what this shift means for how students […]
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. […]
Teaching the Process, Not the Product
Grades are easy to measure. Learning is not. When higher education started worrying about AI, the focus turned quickly to control. How do we know what’s “authentic”? How do we […]
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 […]