By Arlene Sgoutas of Metropolitan State University of Denver
Description #
The purpose of this activity is to encourage your engagement with the course syllabus with annotations. Engaging with your class syllabi in a meaningful way gives you the opportunity to practice locating and interpreting information on the syllabus and helps you to understand and retain information from your syllabi better. Annotation helps in reading comprehension and writing in the margins has always been an essential activity for students.
Purpose #
The purpose of this activity is to encourage your engagement with the course syllabus with annotations. Engaging with your class syllabi in a meaningful way gives you the opportunity to practice locating and interpreting information on the syllabus, and helps you to understand and retain information from your syllabi better. Annotation helps in reading comprehension, and writing in the margins has always been an essential activity for students
Task #
For this assignment, you will use the Hypothesis (https://web.hypothes.is/about/) tool to annotate the syllabus by completing the following tasks:
- create an original annotation (highlighting text + commenting) of at least three important details and/or
- pose questions or seek clarification on any part of the course material and/or
- reply to annotations or questions from peers
Criteria for Success #
This activity is worth a total of 15 points (five points for each annotation).
Review the Annotation Tips for Students article before you start this activity.
The Hypothesis sidebar can be minimized (click the arrow on the top left of the sidebar) or resized (click the arrow and drag to resize). In the sidebar, you can see the group you are viewing in the middle of the top bar, and clicking the arrow to the right of the group name changes your view (other options include public view or other private groups you belong to). The sidebar shows your own comments and highlights as well as all annotations and page notes you have shared with the group.
You can also use this tool to make annotations of the readings, since we refer back to them throughout the course.
