Learning Design for Technology-Mediated Environments

Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is is a very light-weight web service and browser extension that you can easily install in your own browser and then use to have conversations in situ on web documents such as blogs, articles, documents, websites, and other resources.

Sign up for hypothes.is. It’s free and easy.

Go to web.hypothes.is/start and click ‘Create a Free Account’

hypothes.is sign up

hypothes.is sign up

Enter a username, email address (this does not have to be your UVic address), and password.

Click the checkbox to indicate that you agree to the linked policies.

…or don’t, but then you won’t be able to use hypothes.is. If you would like to protect your identity online, you may choose a pseudonym rather than your real name, or speak with your instructor about an alternative.

Click ‘Sign up’.

hypothes.is registration

hypothes.is registration

Add hypothes.is to your browser.

  • If you use Chrome as your web browser, click the ‘Chrome Extension’ button. If you use Firefox or Safari, bookmark the ‘Hypothesis Bookmarklet’ by dragging it to your bookmarks bar, or right-click to bookmark the link.
  • If you use Internet Explorer or Edge, download Firefox or Safari and use one of those instead. [Hypothes.is will probably work in IE or Edge, but those browsers are … stale, at best!]
Add hypothes.is to your browser

Add hypothes.is to your browser

Start Annotating

Go to (almost) any webpage and launch the bookmarklet by clicking on it in your bookmarks bar.

hypothes.is Bookmarklet

hypothes.is Bookmarklet

Click the arrow in the top, right corner of your browser window to open the overlay.

Open hypothes.is overlay

Open hypothes.is overlay

Sign in to the bookmarklet.

sign in to hypothes.is

sign in to hypothes.is

Select any text on the webpage, and click ‘Annotate’.

Select and Annotate Text

Select and Annotate Text

Enter your comment.

  • If your group is using a common tag, enter it in the ‘Add tags’ text area. Tags can be useful to filter annotations.

Creating a Private Group

Click ‘Public’ at the top, and choose ‘New Private Group’.

Create a private group.

Create a private group.

If you click ‘Post to Public’, your annotation is public. It is visible to anyone who has the hypothes.is bookmarklet active in their browser, and it is released under a Public Domain license.

Give your group a name and tap ‘Create Group’.

Name your group.

Name your group.

Copy the link to share.

Then you can close the tab or window.

Copy link to share.

Copy link to share.

Choose your new group from the dropdown.

  • include a tag for easier searching
  • click ‘Post to [Group]’.
Select your group.

Select your group.

Click the arrow to reply to another annotation.

Reply to an annotation.

Reply to an annotation.

You can create as many groups as you would like! If you want to have a private group with your Learning Pod or Partner, you can create one.

Happy annotating! See you on the web!

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