Hypothesis - Creating enabled readings/videos

Overview

Hypothesis is a tool that enables you to make notes in the margins of digital texts and videos anywhere on the web and share them with others. Using social annotation fosters collaborative discussion, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of the material.

Instructions

  1. In Brightspace, navigate to the course and content module where the reading is to be placed.
  2. From the Existing Activities menu, click on the Hypothesis Reading option.
    Existing Activities menu with Hypothesis Reading highlighted
  3. In the Add Activity box > Assignment details box, select the reading or video's location.
    1. Available locations:
      1. URL - Web Page | PDF
      2. Google Drive -PDF
      3. OneDrive - PDF
      4. D2L - PDF
      5. JSTOR - Article
      6. YouTube - Video
        Assignment content location selection image
    2. Select the specific article, link, pdf, or video then click the grey continue button.
      1. Note: The first time you select Google Drive, OneDrive, or D2L (Brightspace), Hypothesis will request permission to access these locations.
        Select YouTube video example. 1 enter the video's link; 2. click the right pointing arrow immediately following the link's text box; 3. continue button
    3. The following assignment settings are optional:
      1. Title: the default name is Hypothesis assignment. Best practice is to rename this to align with the selected item.
      2. Max Points: the default is no points
      3. Auto Grading: Enable for automatic participation grading. Selecting this will open additional grading options.
        1. Grading type: Proportional | All or nothing
        2. Activity calculation: Calculate cumulative | Calculate separately
        3. Annotations and replies > GOAL (number of required annotations per student)
      4. Group Assignment: Selecting this will open connect to your Group categories in Brightspace.
        1. Note: the first time you select this option Hypothesis will ask for your permission to access this area in your Brightspace course.
        2. In the Group Set box, select the appropriate group.
      5. Click the grey Continue button.
        Final assignment detail box image displaying the optional settings with the continue button highlighted.
    4. Completed Hypothesis assignment.
      Student view displaying two hypothesis assignments - video and pdf.​​​​​​​

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