Hypothesis for Education

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 Angell2019-08-22T00:05:04-07:00

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
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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
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Annotation resources

for Teachers

Whether web literacy or digital citizenship is a focus of your curriculum, or you are simply teaching a traditional text like a poem or article that just happens to be online, you and your students can use Hypothesis to collaboratively annotate course readings and other internet resources. Check out what teachers and students are saying about the power of collaborative annotation or see these examples of classroom use of the Hypothesis tool.

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

See our YouTube channel for tutorial videos on getting started and advanced features.

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 the Hypothesis tool.

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

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

for LMS Administrators

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

Webinar: Moonami and Hypothesis Partner for Collaborative Web Annotation in Moodle

Watch our 12 September 2019 webinar where Director of Education Dr. Jeremy Dean joined Moonami's John DeFonzo to explore collaborative annotation in the Moodle learning management system.

Hypothesis: 7 Million Annotations and Counting

Recording a million annotations every quarter, Hypothesis is now seeing exponential growth year over year, powered by educational use.

Early research at Simon Fraser University suggests that social annotation has impressive educational benefits, helping with reading comprehension, peer review, motivation, attitudes toward technology, and much more.

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