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Getting Started with Hypothesis

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• Categories: annotation , assessment , collaboration , Getting Started

Hypothesis  is a social annotation tool. It allows for sentence-level note taking or critique on top of classroom reading, news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation, and more. In Canvas, it is available as an external tool link as a module item or through an External Tool Assignment, but will not appear in the Course Navigation menu of a Canvas course.

Find answers to frequent questions about Hypothesis at  Hypothesis FAQs . 

For setting up graded annotation activities, see  Using the Hypothesis LMS App With Assignments in Canvas .

For setting up graded group annotation activities, see Using Canvas Groups to Create Hypothesis Reading Groups .

For setting up ungraded annotation activities, see  Using the Hypothesis LMS App With Modules in Canvas .

To provide students a larger annotation window, check the box next to  Load in a new tab  when creating a new Hypothesis assignment or module item in Canvas. 

For setting up annotation activities with CAMP or VitalSource materials, see Utilizing the Course Materials + Hypothesis Integration .

For information on grading Hypothesis assignments, see Grading Student Annotations in Canvas .

For information on grading Hypothesis assignments via rubrics, see Using Rubrics in Canvas with Hypothesis .

Use the Hypothesis tool to create OCR copies of PDFs.

PDFs added to Canvas for use in Hypothesis must be published. Unpublished files will deliver an error when a student tries to open it to annotate.

We recommend caution linking to Google Drive files, as students living abroad have reported access issues.

Document annotations will not transfer during Canvas course copy. See Canvas Course Import or Copy and Hypothesis for more information.

Accessibility Tips

It is possible to use  Hypothesis with your keyboard .

Additional Resources

• Comparison of Annotation Tools: Hypothesis and Perusall
• Hypothesis FAQs
• Social Annotation Tips
• Social Annotation
• Introduction to the Hypothesis LMS App for Students
• Annotation Tips for Students
• An Illustrated Taxonomy of Annotation Types
• Hypothesis instructor guides
• Hypothesis workshop slides
• Ideas for Using Hypothesis

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Help Topics

Annotating with hypothesis.

Basic and advanced help for annotating with Hypothesis (LMS or public web app)

• How to OCR PDFs
• Which browsers are supported by Hypothesis?
• Hypothesis is not working on a particular page. What could be happening?

Hypothesis in the Public Web

Help with using our public Hypothesis web app

• Quick Start Guide
• Annotations Not Syncing Across Copies of a PDF
• Hosting PDFs for Annotation

Learning Management Systems

Help with using our LMS app for Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Moodle, Sakai, Blackbaud, and Schoology

• Installing the Hypothesis LMS App
• Creating Hypothesis-Enabled Readings in an LMS
• Using Hypothesis with JSTOR

Top Articles

The most-visited Hypothesis help articles

• Introduction to the Hypothesis LMS App for Students

Frequently asked questions about Hypothesis

• How Much Does it Cost to Use Hypothesis?
• I’d like to see a particular feature added to Hypothesis – how do I let the team know?
• What is the difference between Hypothesis and AnnotatorJS?

Publisher Partners

Information for publisher partners who have implemented (or are interested in implementing) Hypothesis on their website/platform

• Embedding Hypothesis in Websites and Platforms
• Publisher Groups
• How Hypothesis interacts with document metadata

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Hypothesis: Collaborative Annotation for Canvas LMS

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ABOUT HYPOTHESIS

Hypothesis is a collaborative annotation tool integrated with Canvas that supports shared annotations within a course, discussion in response to annotations, and active reading of text. Instructors select Hypothesis as an external tool when setting up an assignment and can also choose to assign readings to groups. Students can then annotate course readings collaboratively, sharing comments, and replying to each other’s comments with text, links, images, and video. Hypothesis is also fully integrated with SpeedGrader for efficient review and grading of student annotations.

Resources for instructors

• We recommend selecting the Load In A New Tab option when setting up a Hypothesis assignment. This will allow for a better reading experience for students, especially those who magnify the contents of their screen for accessibility purposes.
• Set up Hypothesis readings through Canvas Modules
• Grade Hypothesis annotations in Canvas
• If you are using Canvas Files or Groups for any Hypothesis readings you will need to take additional steps before the assignment works in the new course.
• Hypothesis FAQs

Resources for students 

Consider sharing the following links in your Canvas course, or point students to this page

• Learn the basics of navigating and using Hypothesis
• Short screen casts show how to highlight, annotate, make page notes, and reply to others’ notes
• Jazz up your annotations with this deep dive into the editing interface
• Create stand-out annotations with these five best practices to make your annotations stand out

Hypothesis helps you to

• Provide a new way for students to discuss class readings
• Help students consider multiple viewpoints when reading
• Assist students in close and active reading of texts
• Encourage students to engage critically with readings

Hypothesis Support

Workshops & webinars, hypothesis 101.

If you’d like to learn more about Hypothesis and see a demo, register for an upcoming Hypothesis 101 webinar or watch a Hypothesis 101 recording .

Hypothesis Partner Workshops

Each quarter, Hypothesis offers a variety of (typically) 30min workshops led by their team . Are you looking for ways to help your students develop their close reading skills and increase their engagement with your course materials? Maybe you’re seeking a more collaborative approach to reading complex texts while building community? Get ideas you can bring back to your courses, students, and colleagues for how to use Hypothesis for social annotation.

Topics for this quarter:

• Activating annotation in Canvas
• Using multimedia & tags in annotations
• Using Hypothesis with small groups
• Creative ways to use social annotation in your course
• Show-and-tell participatory workshop

Liquid Margins

Hypothesis hosts a recurring web “show” featuring instructors and staff to talk about collaborative annotation, social learning, and other ways to make knowledge together.

Offered throughout the year

Previous workshop recordings

If you missed any of the Hypothesis partner workshops offered during autumn quarter, you can find recordings on the Hypothesis YouTube channel .

Vendor Help

• The Hypothesis Knowledge Base includes FAQs, tutorials, how-tos, and troubleshooting tips.
• Schedule a meeting with Hypothesis Customer Success Specialist Autumn Ottenad for instructional design advice or questions on how to best use Hypothesis in your course.
• Watch Liquid Margins , the Hypothesis web series, to learn more about how other instructors use collaborative annotations in their course.
• Email and phone

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How to add an ungraded Hypothesis annotation activity in your Canvas course as a module item.

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How to create an annotation assignment in your Canvas course using Hypothesis tool.

How to Grade a Hypothesis Assignment in Canvas

How to grade Hypothesis annotation assignments using the Canvas SpeedGrader.

Hypothesis: Canvas Annotation Assignment Tool

Hypothesis is a Canvas integrated tool that allows you to collaborate and annotate most online sources.

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Hypothesis in Canvas

Tech Tip By Suzanne Thompson Updated 7/15/21

Hypothesis allows you and your students to have a shared conversation on a website or PDF, using annotations.

Thanks to the Canvas-Hypothesis integration at Wake, you and your students do not have to create a Hypothesis account when using it inside of a Canvas course. And you use the Canvas SpeedGrader interface to grade Hypothesis assignments!

For your STUDENTS — you can post these in your Canvas course:

How-To Video:  How to complete a Hypothesis Assignment in Canvas   Website of tips re. content:  Annotation Tips for Students

FACULTY  videos: 

How to create a Hypothesis Assignment in Canvas, add annotations, use SpeedGrader How to create a Hypothesis link in Canvas that is not tied to the gradebook

FACULTY Tips:

Browser Use Chrome or Firefox browser when building your Hypothesis assignments. Some faculty have reported problems with Safari when building a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas. Copying Canvas courses that contain Hypothesis Assignments These types of Hypothesis Assignments  will  continue to work in the new course: –those that link to a URL of a webpage or a PDF –those that link to a PDF in your Google Drive These types of Hypothesis Assignments  will   not  work in the new course, and will need to be rebuilt: –those that that link to a PDF in your Canvas Files* * (As of 7/15/21, the developers are working on this. Please stay tuned.) Subscription database articles / e-books that require a login Please note that these links may not work with Hypothesis, since everyone is logged in to a different “instance” of the page. Please  see ZSR’s guidance here  or reach out to them for more information. FYI re. the sharing properties in Google Drive If you create a Hypothesis Assignment using a PDF in your Google Drive, please note that the integration automatically changes the sharing properties of that PDF. While it will not be searchable online, it will become “Anyone with the link can view.” Here is more information about  sharing settings with Hypothesis and Google Drive.  Scanned PDFs If you create a PDF from a scanned item and the text is not recognized / you can’t click to select words, you can  use Adobe Acrobat DC to make the text recognizable / “OCR.”   ( WFU faculty, staff and students can download Acrobat DC, part of Creative Cloud,  at software.wfu.edu) If you need assistance, please reach out to your  ITG .

3 Ways to Create Groups in Hypothesis — NEW!  As of 7/15/21  By Canvas Groups. See:  Using Canvas Groups with Hypothesis — By Course Section  in Canvas (for ex. in a cross-listed course). See:  Annotating with Sections in Canvas . — You can use tags  to divide students into groups. See:  Using Tags in Hypothesis LMS App to Create Reading Groups

NEW! The “Notebook” feature in Hypothesis This new feature is available now! Stay tuned for an overview video, but for now,  here is information from the preview.

Why December 31, 2000? If you notice that student submissions in Hypothesis have a date of “ December 31, 2000 ” in SpeedGrader, that’s intentional. Hypothesis assignments are never really “submitted,” in the same way a paper would be, so this date was intentionally chosen so it would be obvious that the date isn’t accurate.  You can see the correct timestamp on individual annotations.

If a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas continually asks for authorization , check the following:

• Is the person’s browser in need of updates?  Chrome  and  Firefox  are recommended.
• Do you have multiple installs of Hypothesis in your course? To check, go to Settings > Apps > View App Configurations. If two instances of Hypothesis are listed there, you should be able to delete one. Note that this will likely remove the Hypothesis integration from the problematic assignments, requiring you to re-create the Hypothesis portion of the assignment.
• If you are trying to annotate a PDF in Canvas Files, is the PDF set to “Published”? If not, your students will not be able to view it.
• Did you create the assignment by copying it from another course? Currently Hypothesis module links and assignments don’t reliably copy from course to course. It’s best to re-create Hypothesis assignments fresh in each class.
• In most instances, simply deleting and re-creating a problematic assignment fixes the issue. If you find no problems with any of the above, and are still experiencing authorization issues, please reach out to  [email protected]  with a detailed description of your issue. 

For more information about Hypothesis or for about using Hypothesis outside of Canvas, visit  hypothes.is

Intro to Hypothesis

About hypothesis, using the hypothesis lms app with modules in canvas, using the hypothesis lms app with assignments in canvas, what you will learn, what you will learn:.

• How to Create an Account
• How to Annotate an Online Resource
• How to Create a Group

TIPS FOR CLASSROOM USE

“... there can be a wide range of types of annotation from defining terms and explaining allusions to analytic commentary to more creative responses to the text at hand.” ~  Source

See also: 

Ten Ways to Annotate With Students  

Examples of Use in the Classroom Annotation Tips for Students

👉Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that quickly allows you to make class readings more active, visible and social.

Note: if you want to use our SpeedGrader integration to assess students’ annotations, you’ll need to  create your Hypothesis-enabled readings as Assignments  rather than Module Items. 

1. Select “Modules” from your course Navigation sidebar

2. Click the “+” button next to a Module to add a new Module Item

A list of tools that have been installed for your course site will appear. Click on  Hypothesis.

3. Select the content source to use for your reading

You will have the option to enter a publicly-viewable URL, select a file from your Canvas file repository, select a PDF from Google Drive, or select a PDF from OneDrive.

Expand the sections below for instructions to use each option:

Enter URL of web page or PDF

Select pdf from canvas, select pdf from google drive, select pdf from onedrive, 4. indicate if this will be a group assignment.

Note: This feature requires that  advanced Canvas integration  has been enabled.

By default your Hypothesis reading will make all annotations visible to all students, or, if Sections integration is enabled, split into smaller reading groups based on Canvas Section membership.

You have the option to allow the creation of reading groups based on a pre-existing group set. To enable this, check the box to indicate  This is a group assignment , then select the appropriate existing group set from the drop-down list.

If you do not want to designate the reading as a groups assignment, leave the  Group assignment  box unchecked.

Click the  Continue  button.

5. Rename your Module Item

Use the  Page Name  text box to give your Module Item a sensible title, then click  Add Item :

You will now see your Hypothesis-enabled Module Item listed on the Modules page.

6. Preview your Hypothesis-enabled reading

The reading should open with the Hypothesis sidebar loaded.

You and your students will now be able to select text and annotate.

Using the Hypothesis app within Assignments allows some additional functionality over  creating Module Items . Instructors can  assess student work in SpeedGrader , assign the reading/annotating to a particular Canvas Group and also set due dates or dates of availability for the Assignment. 

Watch a video explanation here https://youtu.be/JgyOcXIB5Pk

1. Select “Assignments” from your course Navigation sidebar

2. On the Assignments page click the “ + Assignment” button

2. Scroll down to the Submission Type field

Note: some users may have to click a  More Options  button to see this field.

From the drop-down menu, choose  External Tool  and click  Find

Then click  Hypothesis  from list of tools

5. You will be returned to the Configure External Tool window

Notice that the URL text box is now populated.

Tip: We recommend checking the “Load In A New Tab” option. This will allow for a better reading experience for students, especially those who magnify the contents of their screen for accessibility purposes. 

Click the  Select  button.

6. Edit the Assignment name, instructions, due dates, and any other settings you wish to change

Scroll down and click  Save  or  Save & Publish

7. Preview your Hypothesis-enabled reading

The reading should now open with the Hypothesis sidebar loaded.

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About Hypothesis in Canvas at IU

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Hypothesis (also known as Hypothes.is) is an open-source annotation tool that is commonly used for annotating information on the web. Hypothesis has developed a Canvas app that seamlessly facilitates annotation of PDF documents or web pages by the members of a course either as an assignment or a module item.

The Hypothesis Canvas app automatically provisions accounts for all students and instructors in the Canvas course site. This means that everyone can navigate to a Hypothesis-enabled reading and begin annotating without ever creating or logging into a separate account. The app also automatically creates a private Hypothesis group for the members of the course so class members can only access these annotations within Canvas. To use the Hypothesis Canvas app in a course, you'll need to order Hypothesis through the IU eTexts Initiative .

Hypothesis is available at a discounted price through the IU eTexts Initiative. To place an order for Hypothesis, follow the instructions in Use IU eTexts to order digital course materials and use ISBN HYPOTHESIS000 when completing order forms. For assistance with ordering, submit a request via the IU eTexts Service Catalog .

Hypothesis is also integrated into Pressbooks at IU ; however, the process for creating an account in Pressbooks is currently different than it is for Canvas. For more, see:

• Use Hypothesis in Pressbooks at IU
• Use Hypothesis in Pressbooks at IU as an instructor
• Using the Hypothesis LMS App with Assignments in Canvas
• Using the Hypothesis LMS App with Modules in Canvas
• Webinar by Jeremy Dean from Hypothesis
• Short videos showing how to use Hypothesis in Canvas

To contact Jeremy Dean, IU's customer support representative at Hypothesis, email [email protected] .

Instructors can get help using technology in their teaching at the teaching and learning centers on each campus.

For help from a UITS Support Center consultant, fill out the "Ask for Help" form found in the Canvas Help menu. You can also contact your campus Support Center directly.

This is document awah in the Knowledge Base. Last modified on 2024-05-20 15:19:40 .

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Hypothesis in Canvas

Hypothesis allows you and your students to have a shared conversation on a website or PDF, using annotations. Thanks to the Canvas-Hypothesis integration at Wake, you and your students do not have to create a Hypothesis account when using it inside of a Canvas course. And you use the Canvas SpeedGrader interface to grade Hypothesis assignments!

FACULTY videos: 

How to create a Hypothesis Assignment in Canvas, add annotations, use SpeedGrader   How to create a Hypothesis link in Canvas that is not tied to the gradebook FYI re. hyperlinks in a Hypothesis reading in Canvas

For your STUDENTS — you can post these in your Canvas course: How-To Video: How to complete a Hypothesis Assignment in Canvas   Website of tips re. content: Annotation Tips for Students

FACULTY Tips: –Use Chrome or Firefox browser when building your Hypothesis assignments. Some faculty have reported problems with Safari when building a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas. –Next semester if you copy that Canvas course content forward, be sure to rebuild the Hypothesis assignment(s) in the new course. (The company reports that sometimes a copied-forward Hypothesis link works in Canvas, but is usually problematic. Better to rebuild it.) –If you’d like to link to a subscription database article / e-book that requires a login, please note that these links may not work with Hypothesis, since everyone is logged in to a different “instance” of the page. Please see ZSR’s guidance here or reach out to them for more information. –If you choose to upload a PDF from your Google Drive, please note that the integration automatically changes the sharing properties of that PDF. While it will not be searchable online, it will become “Anyone with the link can view.” Here is more information about sharing settings with Hypothesis and Google Drive.  –If you create a PDF from a scanned item and the text is not recognized / you can’t click to select words, you can use Adobe Acrobat DC to make the text recognizable / “OCR.”  ( WFU faculty, staff and students can download Acrobat DC, part of Creative Cloud,  at software.wfu.edu)

–Some faculty have asked if there is a way to hide students’ annotations from each other in Hypothesis (as in a VoiceThread using “Comment Moderation.”) The company replies that is not available at this time but may be in the future. Want smaller groups annotating in one assignment? You can use  Annotation with Course Sections in Canvas  

If a Hypothesis assignment in Canvas continually asks for authorization, check the following:

• Is the person’s browser in need of updates?  Chrome  and  Firefox  are recommended.
• Do you have multiple installs of Hypothesis in your course? To check, go to Settings > Apps > View App Configurations. If two instances of Hypothesis are listed there, you should be able to delete one. Note that this will likely remove the Hypothesis integration from the problematic assignments, requiring you to re-create the Hypothesis portion of the assignment.
• If you are trying to annotate a PDF in Canvas Files, is the PDF set to “Published”? If not, your students will not be able to view it.
• Did you create the assignment by copying it from another course? Currently Hypothesis module links and assignments don’t reliably copy from course to course. It’s best to re-create Hypothesis assignments fresh in each class.
• In most instances, simply deleting and re-creating a problematic assignment fixes the issue. If you find no problems with any of the above, and are still experiencing authorization issues, please reach out to  [email protected]  with a detailed description of your issue. 

For more information about Hypothesis or for about using Hypothesis outside of Canvas, visit hypothes.is

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Using the Hypothesis LMS App With Modules in Canvas

Note: if you want to use our SpeedGrader integration to assess students’ annotations, you’ll need to create your Hypothesis-enabled readings as Assignments rather than Module Items. 

1. Select “Modules” from your course Navigation sidebar

2. Click the “+” button next to a Module to add a new Module Item

2. Select External Tool from the drop-down menu at the top of the Add Module Item screen

A list of tools that have been installed for your course site will appear. Click on  Hypothesis.

3. Select the content source to use for your reading

You will have the option to enter a publicly-viewable URL, select a file from your Canvas file repository, select a PDF from Google Drive, or select a PDF from OneDrive.

Expand the sections below for instructions to use each option:

Enter URL of web page or PDF

Click the button that says Enter URL of web page or PDF . On the  Enter URL  dialog, enter a link to a public web page or PDF. Please note that the content at the link must be publicly viewable (i.e., not behind a login or paywall).

Click the Submit button.

Select PDF from Canvas

You must upload PDFs to your Canvas file repository before completing the steps below. The Canvas File Picker does not allow for uploading new documents.

Click the button that says Select PDF from Canvas . You will see a list of PDFs that have been uploaded to your Canvas file repository.

Note: The Canvas File picker does not show any folder structure in your course’s file repository; instead you are shown a combined list of all PDFs available in your course. It could be difficult, therefore, to tell the difference between PDFs if they share the same file name, even if they are saved to different folders. We recommend changing the filename of the document you plan on using with Hypothesis so it will be obvious which PDF to choose from the list.

Highlight the file you wish to use and click the Select button.

Select Canvas Page

The Canvas Page you use in Hypothesis must be published and visible to students.

Click the button that says Canvas Page . You will see a list of Published pages from your course.

Select the file you wish to use and then click the “Select” button.

Select PDF from Google Drive

Click the button that says  Select PDF from Google Drive . You will be asked to select a Google account and/or authorize the Hypothesis LMS App to access Google Drive. To use an institutional Google Drive account you need to already have the ability to share documents with users outside your organization.

Search or browse to select a PDF to use in your reading. You may also click the Upload tab to upload a new PDF to use.

Only files for which you have e dit permission are able to be used by Hypothesis.

Click on the file you want to use and then click the Select button.

Note: This process will change the sharing permission of the selected Google Drive file to allow the PDF to be shown to anyone viewing the assignment. For more information please see our document about using Hypothesis with Google Drive .

Select PDF from OneDrive

Click the button that says  Select PDF from OneDrive . You will be asked to select a Microsoft account and/or authorize the Hypothesis LMS App to access OneDrive. To use an institutional OneDrive account you need to already have the ability to share documents with users outside your organization.

Once logged on, browse to select a PDF to use in your reading. You may also select the Upload option to upload a new PDF to use.

Only files available in “My files” are able to be used by Hypothesis. You will be unable to use PDFs that belong in any Shared Libraries.

Click to select the file you want to use and then click the Open button.

Note: This process will change the sharing permission of the selected OneDrive file to allow the PDF to be shown to anyone viewing the assignment. For more information please see our document about using Hypothesis with OneDrive .

Select PDF from JSTOR

When selecting a text from JSTOR it must be one that your school has license to access, and you must use the JSTOR stable URL. Complete instructions here .

Find and copy the Stable URL of the article you will be assigning from JSTOR.org. The stable URL is listed as part of the content metadata section of the page, usually under the title, author, and journal information.

Select the JSTOR article option in the Hypothesis picker during the assignment creation process and paste the stable URL into the text field. Click the right arrow and then accept JSTOR’s terms of use.

Select texts and ebooks from VitalSource

When selecting a text from VitalSource it must be one that your and your students have access to independent of Hypothesis. Complete instructions here .

Open your VitalSource bookshelf, and then find and copy either the text’s VBID or the text’s URL.

Select the VitalSource article option in the Hypothesis picker during the assignment creation process and paste the VBID or URL into the text field. Click the right arrow and then the “Select Book” button.

In the next screen select the starting point of the assignment (for example, you may have a specific assignment start on the book’s 2nd chapter instead of starting at the beginning of the book for every assignment).

With the starting point selected, click the Select button.

Enter URL of a Youtube Video

Choosing the YouTube option enables an instructor to create an assignment where users can watch the selected YouTube video and annotate its transcript simultaneously. Here’s what a YouTube assignment in Hypothesis looks like:

Click here to view the detailed steps on how to set up a Youtube video assignment in Hypothesis .

Select Content from Canvas Studio

Choosing the Canvas Studio option enables an instructor to create an assignment where users can play the selected Canvas Studio content and annotate its transcript simultaneously. Here’s what a Canvas Studio assignment in Hypothesis looks like:

Click here to view the detailed steps on how to set up a Canvas Studio assignment in Hypothesis.

4. Indicate if this will be a Group assignment

Note: This feature requires that advanced Canvas integration has been enabled.

By default your Hypothesis reading will make all annotations visible to all students, or, if Sections integration is enabled, split into smaller reading groups based on Canvas Section membership.

You have the option to allow the creation of reading groups based on a pre-existing group set. To enable this, check the box to indicate This is a group assignment , then select the appropriate existing group set from the drop-down list.

If you do not want to designate the reading as a groups assignment, leave the  Group assignment  box unchecked.

Click the  Continue  button.

5. Rename your Module Item

Use the  Page Name  text box to give your Module Item a sensible title, then click  Add Item :

You will now see your Hypothesis-enabled Module Item listed on the Modules page.

6. Preview your Hypothesis-enabled reading

The reading should open with the Hypothesis sidebar loaded.

You and your students will now be able to select text and annotate.

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