Hypothesis for Education : Hypothesis

Writing in the margins has always been an essential activity for students. Annotation helps in reading comprehension and in developing critical thinking about course materials. Hypothesis enables students to continue this essential activity with online readings. Digital annotation also offers new affordances, enabling students to respond to text using different media and empowering them to collaborate on understanding and developing ideas about their readings.

Hypothesis makes reading

Visible

“I finally found a way to get students to read, and engage with one another about their reading, before class.”

Andrew Martin, Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder

Active

“I want students to learn the profits and pleasures of careful, engaged reading…Hypothesis finally delivers on the promise of digital annotation.”

Lawrence Hanley, Professor, Department of English, San Francisco State University

“Hypothesis is my literary Facebook. When I’m reading I sometimes wonder, does anyone actually understand this? Am I crazy? With this brilliant tool I know I’m not alone.”

Shannon Griffiths, Student, Plymouth State University

Presenting annotation

Webinar: Collaborative Web Annotation with Hypothesis in CanvasNate Angell2020-01-02T10:54:15-08:00

Webinar: Collaborative Web Annotation with Hypothesis in Canvas

Webinar: Collaborative Web Annotation with Hypothesis in Canvas
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Annotation in Education: 2019 HighlightsNate Angell2019-08-22T07:46:54-07:00

Annotation in Education: 2019 Highlights

Annotation in Education: 2019 Highlights
Education
I Annotate 2019 Keynote: The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All by Gardner CampbellNate Angell2019-08-28T09:56:42-07:00

I Annotate 2019 Keynote: The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All by Gardner Campbell

I Annotate 2019 Keynote: The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All by Gardner Campbell
Education

Annotation resources

for Teachers

Whether you’re teaching with digital texts, or you’re focused on web literacy or digital citizenship, you and your students can use Hypothesis to annotate course readings collaboratively.

Here are some resources to help you get started with Hypothesis:

See what teachers and students say about the power of collaborative annotation
Examples of classroom use
10 Ways to Annotate with Students
Annotation Tips for Students

For model assignments, product tutorials, teacher testimonials, and much more, visit our Educator Resource Guide. Direct your students to the Student Resource Guide for student-centered materials from tips for best annotation practices to inspirational poetry about marginalia.

for Students

Check out what other students are saying about collaborative annotation or see these examples of classroom use of Hypothesis.

Here are some resources to help you get started with Hypothesis:

Also check out the Student Resource Guide for student-centered materials from tips for best annotation practices to inspirational poetry about marginalia.

for Administrators

Start a free pilot: We’ll help you with pedagogy and technology to incorporate collaborative annotation into teaching and learning. To help out as schools move to remote delivery, we’ve waived all fees for educational institutions during 2020.

Visit our knowledge base of articles for your learning management system:

If you need more guidance, you can also search our complete knowledge base or submit a ticket to get help.

News
Events

News

Piloting in a Storm: Adopting New Practices in a Pinch

Check out these seven steps for successful pilots, drawn from our experience working with schools adopting collaborative annotation while moving to support remote and socially distanced teaching and learning.

When class sizes are so big you can do the stadium wave, barriers to teaching and learning arise. Beyond the lecture halls and video calls, we can use digital tools to engage everyone in social learning.