Solutions for education
Keep students engaged and connected with social annotation.
Hypothesis turns any piece of digital content into a collaborative learning experience.

Make learning more active, visible, and social.
Social annotation enhances every course by adding a new, engaging dimension to learning. With Hypothesis, educators and students work together to improve reading proficiency and critical thinking skills.
Streamline assignments and evaluations.
Classes use Hypothesis to annotate and discuss online articles, webpages, PDFs, EPUBs, e-textbooks, and other open education resources – all without leaving the LMS environment.

Improve coursework completion and comprehension.
Social annotation holds students accountable and pushes them to read closely, thoroughly, and thoughtfully – from the first assignment and throughout the course.

Gain insight into each student’s progress.
Use Grading View to zoom into a single student’s annotations. Or, with a simple click, back out to see the whole conversation in context.

Provide early feedback and direction.
By seeing evidence of learning throughout the course, educators can support students before testing, improving outcomes and retention.
Empower all types of learners.
Social annotation makes reading more active and engaging for in-person, online, and hybrid classes.

Add visual learning to text.
Hypothesis allows students to highlight readings and view comments from classmates to validate ideas and make new connections.

Spark creative discussions.
Students can annotate assignments with images, emojis, links, and other engaging formats.

Encourage everyone to have a voice.
Increase participation from students who otherwise feel uncomfortable sharing their thoughts in class.
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Start HereBuild a community of learners.
Hypothesis promotes peer-to-peer education and fosters a sense of belonging in the classroom and beyond.

Social, not solitary.
Students often feel less alone while reading with social annotation. Classmates collaborate, debate, and learn together.

A tool that goes wherever they go.
Prepare digital-savvy students to use Hypothesis outside the classroom, including future academic or career pursuits.
Works seamlessly within your LMS.
Hypothesis is LTI Advantage compliant, offering deep integrations with leading learning management systems. Talk to our sales team for a demo in your LMS.
Canvas

Brightspace
Schoology
Blackboard Learn
Moodle
Sakai
Scaled to your needs.
Enterprise License |
Pay by Seat |
Back to School Offer |
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Gain full access for all classes | Implement with select departments or courses | Test social annotation for new term classes | |
Campus-wide deployment | ✓ | ✓ | |
Course-wide deployment | ✓ | ||
Unlimited annotations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LMS integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pedagogical support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Technical support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Live faculty training | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Discounted pricing | ✓ | ||
Reporting | Institutional | Course-level | Institutional |

Spring Starter Promotion
Kickstart the new academic year with Hypothesis and take advantage of our special Spring Starter promotion designed to transform your teaching experience and provide savings to first-time users.
Educators supporting educators in social learning.
Hypothesis is committed to helping institutions implement and realize the full potential of social annotation. Our team includes former educators that inform our product roadmap and develop various complimentary resources.
Resource Library
Explore our annotation resources for best practices, tutorials, reference guides, and more.
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Watch our video podcast covering the latest trends in social annotation, education and learning.
Watch NowMemberships
We are members of the following organizations.
1EdTech
Blackboard Bronze Partner
Canvas
EDUCAUSE
Online Learning Consortium