Bring Social Annotation to Your Courses
Make reading active, collaborative, and engaging with Hypothesis social annotation.
Hypothesis makes it easy to have students engage deeply with readings by adding comments, questions, and discussions directly over your course materials. Whether you’re looking for an LMS-integrated solution or want to try it on the web, we’ve got you covered.
The Best Experience: Use Hypothesis in Your LMS
For the smoothest experience, use Hypothesis inside your LMS (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L, or Schoology). You’ll get seamless access, built-in grading, and student engagement insights—all without extra logins or new accounts.
Why Use Hypothesis in Your LMS?
✔ No extra logins – Students jump right in from your LMS.
✔ Easy assigning and grading – Participation grading in just a few clicks.
✔ See who’s engaging – Get real-time reports and insights into student activity.
✔ Private & secure – Hypothesis is FERPA-compliant and built for education.
✔ Works with any online course content – PDFs, websites, online articles, YouTube transcripts, and more.
LMS App (Best for Courses) |
Free Web App (Limited Use) |
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| Works directly in your LMS | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annotate over online articles | ✓ | X |
| No extra logins for students | ✓ | X |
| Auto grading & SpeedGrader integration | ✓ | X |
| Instructor dashboard & analytics | ✓ | X |
| FERPA-compliant & private annotations | ✓ | X |
| Works with online PDFs, websites, & more | ✓ | ✓ |
| Designed for classroom assignments & grading | ✓ | X |
Test the Free Web App
If you just want to try Hypothesis for personal note-taking or casual collaboration, the free web app lets you annotate across the web—but it doesn’t include grading, analytics, or LMS integration.
Publishers, Researchers, and Businesses
Interested in using Hypothesis to annotate over online content? We have solutions for you. Contact us at sales@hypothes.is to get started.
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Discover the possibilities of Hypothesis in your classroom today and help meet your teaching and learning goals for the academic year.