Here’s a set of resources from tutorials to sample assignments that can help you get started using the Hypothesis web annotation app in the classroom.

Assignments

• What are Annotatathons?
  • Presidents’ Day Annotatathon (2/12-2/19)
  • “A More Perfect Union” Annotatathon (3/14-3/21)
  • Stump Speech Annotatathon (5/9-5/13)
  • Classic Convention Speeches Annotatathon (6/23-6/27)

• Researching Media Bias

• Fact-checking the Candidates

• Annotation as Pre-writing for a Letter

• Composing and Annotating a Letter Using Mozilla Thimble and Hypothesis

• More to come…

Tutorials

• Quick Start Guide for Teachers

• Four Ways to Use Hypothesis
  • Installing the Chrome Extension
  • Installing the Bookmarklet (for other browsers)
  • Using the “Via” Proxy
  • Integrating into your LMS or CMS (WordPress, Drupal, etc.)

• An Illustrated Taxonomy of Annotation Types

• Student Resource Guide
  • Quick Start Guide for Students
  • Annotation Tips for Students
  • A Guide to Productive Online Commenting

• Using Groups
  • Creating Groups
  • Annotating with Groups

• Annotating PDFs

• Adding Links, Images, and Videos in Your Annotations

• Using the Stream

• Using Tags

Webinars

• Hypothesis Intro to Social Annotation and L2P 2.0

• Teachers Teaching Teachers on L2P 2.0

• Educator Innovator L2P 2.0 “Kick-off”

• More to come…

Blogs

• Hypothesis Intro to the L2P 2.0 Project

• More to come…

If you have questions or ideas, feel free to reach out to education@hypothes.is at any point. Technical issues can be directed to support@hypothes.is.

There are lots more great ways to engage students with the 2016 Election at the official National Writing Project L2P 2.0 website.