Try Something New: Hypothesis Pilot Program
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Using social annotation gives you new ways to foster student success by building community, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of readings.
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Ready to try a new social annotation tool? Hypothesis is being piloted at UIC during the Spring 2023 semester. Hypothesis is an easy-to-use pedagogical tool that enables students and teachers to have conversations in the margins of digital texts. Using social annotation gives you new ways to foster student success by building community, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of readings.
For an introduction to Hypothesis, watch this overview video: Hypothesis for Education
Visit their homepage here: Hypothesis Social Annotation
UIC’s licensed Hypothesis integration makes things much easier for instructors by allowing auto-user creation, single-sign on, auto-group creation, and assignment setup.
To get started with Hypothesis in Blackboard, consult this step-by step UIC guide: How to use Hypothesis in Blackboard Courses.
In this guide you will find step-by-step instructions on creating Hypothesis-enabled readings in either Blackboard Learn Original or Blackboard Ultra, as well as how to grade Hypothesis assignments.
If you are interested in Hypothesis but need one-on-one assistance getting started, set up an instructional design consultation at https://go.uic.edu/idappointment