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Hypothesis allows for collaborative annotation down to the sentence level on online documents such as websites , PDFs hosted on websites, or scholarly databasesor PDFs. Students can label their create annotations with tags and reply to each other’s annotations. Annotations can be public, private, or shared with members of a group, such as among class members.Here are some links to help you get started.to others.
Steps for Adding a Hypothesis Activity
- Go to the AsULearn site where you have a Teacher role, and turn editing on.
- Click Add or an Activity or Resource.
- Select External Tool, and under Preconfigured Tool, Select Hypothesis.
- Under the Grade section, select the desired points or make it an ungraded item.
- Click Save and Return to Course.
- Click the activity you just created.
- In the next step, select to enter a URL or Upload a PDF.
- Once the resource (URL or PDF) is input, then the teacher can select text, click to Annotate, and make reading prompts for students. Some faculty may elect not to enter prompts for students.
- When students login to the activity, then can reply to the teacher prompts, make their own unique annotations, reply to classmates' annotations, or simply highlight text.
Resources
- How to set up Hypothesis readings through Moodle (AsULearn)
- How to grade Hypothesis annotations in Moodle (AsULearn)
- Student Guide to Hypothesis
Short Video about Hypothesis in AsULearn (inlcudes student view of activity)
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1-hour presentation by Hypothesis rep to CAE:
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