Teaching with Technology

Hypothesis

Hypothes.is is a collaborative annotation tool that allows instructors to integrate interactive reading experiences into their Canvas courses, where students can highlight text, add comments, and engage in discussions directly on digital documents like PDFs, webpages, or even videos, all within the Canvas interface.  Instructors can create assignments where students annotate text individually or in groups, and then grade these annotations through Canvas SpeedGrader, fostering deeper engagement with course material. Hypothesis assignments can also be automatically graded in Canvas.

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ACCESS HYPOTHESIS

Access Hypothesis at https://web.hypothes.is/start/ or inside Canvas assignments by choosing "Submission Type: External Tool" and selecting Hypothesis from the list


DEMONSTRATION VIDEO


TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY TRAINING VIDEO


DEMO / TRAINING VIDEOS


GUIDES


WHERE TO GET HELP


CANVAS INTEGRATION

Hypothesis does have a Canvas integration that Xavier licenses.  You can access Hypothesis inside Canvas as part of assignments by choosing "Submission Type: External Tool" and selecting Hypothesis from the list.  See the Hypothesis guides below for further instructions on creating Hypothesis-enabled readings in Canvas.


COST

Free


ACCOUNT NEEDED

All faculty, staff, and students have a Hypothesis account licensed through Xavier.