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!

 

Back to School 2025 Workshops

November Learning Labs 2025

Spring Series 2025

December Tuesday Quick Start Series

 

Fall Learning Labs

Hypothesis November Learning Labs

Making Humanities Courses Interactive: Annotation of Primary Sources

Discover how social annotation can transform your students’ engagement with primary sources in the humanities! In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies to spark collaborative annotation, inspire critical analysis, and ignite discussions around historical and cultural texts. Learn how to design impactful annotation assignments, simplify grading workflows, and guide students toward meaningful, cumulative projects using Hypothesis. Plus, see how seamless integration with JSTOR brings rich academic content directly into your courses.

 

  • November 13 – 3:30 PM Eastern
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Using Social Annotation to Support OER and Open Pedagogy

Explore how Open Educational Resources (OER) and social annotation support open pedagogy by fostering collaboration, critical thinking, and student-driven learning. This session will introduce strategies for integrating OER and interactive annotation tools to create engaging, participatory course experiences. Leave with practical, adaptable techniques to empower learners as knowledge creators.

 

  • November 20 – 3:30 PM Eastern
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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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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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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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