Session 4 - Tool of the Week - Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is

Learning Tool Difficulty Rating Level 2 out of 5

This week we will try out the social annotation tool Hypothes.is to annotate together the "Interpretive schemes supporting OEP" section of the article "Practicalities of implementing open pedagogy in higher education" by Michael Paskevicius & Valerie Irvine.

Hypothes.is a social annotation tool that allows users to annotate the web anywhere. It is very commonly used in open pedagogy experiences with students throughout higher education. The goal of this prework is to allow you to get hands-on experience using Hypothes.is so that you can dream up interesting ways to use it in your courses, or to have experience using Hypothes.is so you can share it with the instructors you support at your institution.

Getting Started with Hypothes.is

Create a free account Links to an external site.. Note: The username you select for your account will show on your annotations when annotating in public/and in private groups. Once you have an account setup, join your cohort's Learning Circle Group. This will add you to the learning circle's private annotation group.

Current Cohort Spring 2025: OEN Open Ped LC Sp 2025 Links to an external site.

Past Cohorts: OEN Open Ped LC Fall 2024 Links to an external site., OEN Open Ped LC Sp 2024 Links to an external site., OEN OP Learning Circle Group Links to an external site..

Annotating an Article

There are two ways you can annotate this week. You can either install the Chrome extension or Bookmarklet and annotate through the browser directly, or you can use the Paste a Link Method.

Chrome Extension or Bookmarklet

Follow the instructions Links to an external site. to add the Chrome Extension or Bookmarklet to your browser.

Navigate to the article Links to an external site., click on the arrow at the top of the Hypothes.is pane on the right side of the page to extend the pane, login into your account, and then sign into your Hypothes.is account and select your cohort's group from the top of the pane where it displays Public. If you don't see the annotation pane, check out the Installing the Chrome Extension Links to an external site. for instructions on how to make it visible. For more tips and tricks on how to annotate with Hypothes.is see their Annotation Basics Links to an external site.guide.

Paste a Link

Copy this link:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-019-0110-5 Links to an external site.

Navigate your browser to Hypothes.is Links to an external site., click About Us and select Paste a Link. Paste the article link into the search bar and click annotate. This will take you to the article link, but it will have a Hypothes.is annotation pane on the right side of the screen. If it isn't automatically open, click on the annotation pane arrow to open it. Then sign into your Hypothes.is account and select your cohort's group from the top of the pane where it displays Public. Scroll through the article to the "Interpretive schemes supporting OEP" heading in the Results section where we will be annotating together. To start, select some text on the page, and click the annotation button. Then type your annotation in the Hypothes.is pane. For more tips and tricks on how to annotate with Hypothes.is see their Annotation Basics Links to an external site.guide.

Resources

Account Sign Up Process

Play this video to learn about the account sign up process:

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