Throughout the semester we will be annotating several articles with an online tool called Hypothes.is. Hypothes.is can be used publicly or in private-facing groups. We will be annotating in a group so our annotations are only visible to our class. If you do not annotate in the group, your annotation will be public so remember to select our group before annotating.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Hypothes.is annotation works best on a computer or tablet. It does not work well on a phone. If you have questions about getting access to a computer or laptop on campus, or borrowing or renting one from the library, please feel free to talk to me about how to do this.

Why we Annotate

In this class, reading is not a passive activity. When we annotate we will comment on the texts as we read them. By annotating, we will be able to read and respond to each others comments, AKA annotations and talk about the text online before we get to class. A few guidelines for annotating are below.

Annotate passages that:

• You think are important. How does this passage define/connect to/critique the main idea of the article?
• You don’t understand. Highlight/annotate to ask a question. I bet other people have the same question too!
• That you agree or disagree with. Highlight/annotate to tell us why.

Setting Up Hypothes.is

To join and setup Hypothes.is, follow the steps below.

Go to the Hypothes.is site, and sign up for a username. It should be your FIRSTNAME and lastname initial. For example: JessicaN

Once you have a username, sign in to your hypothes.is account.

Click the following link to join our course group: Join our PNM19 Hypothesis group

Using Hypothes.is

To annotate using Hypothes.is follow the steps below.

Sign In: First, make sure you are signed into hypothes.is and logged into our group.

Go to Group: The title at the top of annotation sidebar tells you what area or group you are annotating within. If you are not in any group, it will say Public. To get into our group click the word Public and select our group (“PNM19”) from the list. If our group name does not appear, you have not been added. You will need to click this link to get added to our group. Once you click this link, you will see our group in the drop-down menu of the annotation sidebar.

Annotate: Visit our Course Schedule to find the articles to annotate. Click one of the articles. You will be taken to a new page with the article and the annotation sidebar. Look at the sidebar title to confirm that you are in our group area. Use your cursor to highlight a piece of text you would like to annotate. Click “Annotate” from the pop-up that appears over the highlighted text. Write your annotation in the sidebar and post it to our group area.

Read the directions above and/or watch this how-to video to learn how to use Hypothes.is.

Tl;dr

• Sign up and login to Hypothesis
• Join our PNMSP19 Annotation Group
• Annotate Article in Course Schedule
• Annotation Sidebar will appear on right side of articles