Social Annotation for Student Success: October 22 – November 5

What is Hypothesis Academy: Social Annotation for Student Success?

Hypothesis Academy: Social Annotation for Student Success is a two-week asynchronous course focused on designing social annotation assignments to encourage equity and belonging in our classrooms, leading to greater student retention and success. In the course, we’ll examine the importance of student belonging, agency, and voice and review strategies to incorporate these elements into our social annotation assignments.  The course is designed for both new and experienced users, providing optional technical how-tos for using Hypothesis within the LMS for new users. 

By the end of the course, participants will design a social annotation activity that implements strategies to encourage student agency and voice.

If you complete all of the required components of the course, you’ll also receive recognition as a Hypothesis Certified Educator for the course Social Annotation for Student Success This includes a digital certificate (which can easily be shared to your social media pages or downloaded and saved to a portfolio).

Learning Goals

1. Identify the importance of belonging, student agency, and student voice in education.
2. Evaluate activities and strategies for encouraging belonging, student agency, and voice in your social annotation assignments.
3. Set up a Hypothesis-enabled assignment in the appropriate LMS and grade the assignment.
4. Design a social annotation activity which implements strategies to encourage student agency and voice.

How much does it cost?

For all faculty and instructional support at our partner institutions, access to Hypothesis Academy courses are included as part of your subscription. Not sure if you qualify? Email success@hypothes.is.

What if I already have experience with Hypothesis?

This course is designed for both new and experienced users. If you’ve used Hypothesis before, you may encounter material you are already familiar with, but you’ll find new tricks and resources available to you. You’ll also gain access to a community of educators from whom you can learn new ideas for using social annotation in teaching.

How is the course structured, and how much time does it take?

The course runs in completely asynchronous cohorts with opportunities for engagement with facilitators and other Hypothesis educators across multiple institutions.

Course content is delivered using the Canvas LMS (although we’ll provide instructions for Hypothesis use in other LMSs). Official course announcements and messages will also be sent via Canvas. The Slack messaging app will be used for community brainstorming and discussion, informal Q&A, and unofficial communication.

The amount of time each participant dedicates to the course depends on their familiarity with Hypothesis as well as their own learning management system (LMS). Each participant can expect to spend approximately 1.5-3 hours in the first week and 1-2 hours in the second week of the course.

To register for Hypothesis Academy:

Social Annotation for Student Success, please fill out the form below. You will receive a confirmation email with course details a few days before the session begins.