Hypothesis Partner Workshops

Hypothesis is a social annotation tool installed directly in your learning management system (LMS). Adding Hypothesis to readings in your course supports student success by placing active discussion right on top of readings, enabling students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of texts.

To learn more about making reading active, visible, and social using Hypothesis, please join us in one of our upcoming workshops. RSVP via one of the links below.

Can’t make a workshop time? Reach out to success@hypothes.is to schedule a workshop for your department or school!

 

Upcoming Workshops

December Workshops

 

December Spring Series

Tuesday Quick Start for Spring Series

Learn how to integrate collaborative annotation into your courses. This beginner series provides practical guidance to enhance student engagement and foster interactive, discussion-based learning.

All workshops take place on Tuesdays at 11:00am PT/2:00pm ET.

Register for as many of the sessions as you’d like.

Quick Start: Activating Annotation in Your LMS

Prepare for the winter and spring terms with this workshop series focused on getting started with Hypothesis. The Hypothesis team will share how teachers are using annotation-powered reading to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and persuasive writing. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for social annotation, we will demonstrate how Hypothesis is used with course readings in your LMS.

 

  • December 2 – 2 PM Eastern
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Annotate Your Syllabus

Engage students from the start by having them annotate the syllabus collaboratively. This low-stakes activity fosters discussion, encourages questions, and sets a tone for engagement. Join the Hypothesis team to explore strategies for implementing this assignment and learn how collaborative annotation can enhance student success throughout the term.

 

  • December 9 – 2 PM Eastern
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Intermediate Option:

Hypothesis for Returning Faculty

This session is designed for faculty already familiar with Hypothesis. We’ll cover how to copy entire courses or individual assignments into new course shells, export and import facilitator annotations, and review other key technical details for using Hypothesis across terms.

 

  • December 10 – 2 PM ET
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Effective Digital Reading with Hypothesis

How do screens affect how students read, and how can social annotation help students be better readers? This workshop is ideal for instructors interested in how reading practices have evolved in the digital age and how current research into digital reading can better inform how we talk about reading in our classrooms. In addition to a discussion of digital reading, participants will learn how social annotation can counteract distractions, enhance comprehension, and encourage critical thinking by transforming digital texts into interactive discussions that promote active and mindful reading.

 

  • December 11 – 2:30 PM ET
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Annotation Starter Assignments

This workshop is ideal for instructors who are interested in using social annotation in their courses but aren’t exactly sure how to provide guidance to students. The Hypothesis team will review ideas for annotation starter assignments and provide you with ready-to-use instructions for a variety of disciplines and modalities. It doesn’t matter if you’re teaching humanities, business, STEM, or the health professions, or if you’re teaching face-to-face or online — you’ll get strategies from this workshop that you can add immediately to an assignment in your course.

 

  • December 16 – 2 PM Eastern
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Design Thinking: Hypothesis for Instructional Designers and Technologists

This workshop for instructional designers and technologists explores how Hypothesis social annotation can support course learning objectives by fostering meaningful peer and instructor interactions. Our discussion will begin with an interactive examination of social annotation through different design and pedagogy frameworks. We will then review considerations such as course copy, the process of exporting and importing facilitator annotations, and other technical details for using Hypothesis in blueprint/master course shells.

 

  • December 18 – 2:30 PM ET
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