Using Hypothesis with Assignments in CI Learn/Canvas

Using Hypothesis within Assignments allows some additional functionality over creating Module Items. Instructors can assess student work in SpeedGrader and also set due dates or dates of availability for the Assignment.

Creating a Hypothesis Assignment

1. Navigate to your Assignments page and click the + Assignment button
   
2. Enter a name for your Assignment and appropriate instructions
3. Scroll down to the Submission Type field
4. From the drop-down menu, choose External Tool and click Find
   
5. Select Hypothesis from the list of external tools available
   
6. On the next screen, you will be able to create a Hypothesis-enabled reading by linking to a publicly-viewable page or document, choosing a file from Google Drive, or selecting a file from your Canvas file repository. The screen will look like the one below
   
   1. Using a URL of a web page or publicly available PDF: On the “Link Resource from External Tool” screen, paste a link in the text box. Please note that the content at the link must be publicly viewable (i.e., not behind a login or paywall). Here we’ve chosen a Wikipedia article, but you can link to blog posts, open-access books, journal and news articles, HTML pages, etc.
   2. Using a PDF from Canvas: Note: 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.
      You will see a list of files that have been uploaded to your Canvas file repository. Click on the title of the file you wish to use and click Submit.
   3. Using a PDF from Google Drive: Note: This process will change the privacy of the selected Google Drive file to “Anyone with the link can view,” creating a publicly-viewable URL for the document. However, the document URL will not be shared with anyone outside your course and cannot be easily discovered.
      On the Link Resource from External Tool screen, click Use Google Picker. You will be asked to authorize a Google account, and then you’ll be able to search for and select a file, or upload a new one. Click on the file you want to use and then click Select.
7. You will be returned to the Configure External Tool screen. Notice that the URL text box is now populated.
8. If you’d like to have the document open in a new tab, allowing for more room for the text and annotations, click Load This Tool in a New Tab
9. Click Select
10. Edit the due dates, and any other settings you wish to change
11. Scroll down and click Save or Save & Publish
12. You will see your Hypothesis assignment on the Assignments page. When your students click on the Assignment, the web page or document will open with Hypothesis enabled.

Resources for How to Annotate

You can find info about how to annotate with Hypothesis on the Hypothesis support site, linked below. Skip over the parts referring to activating a browser extension as these apply to using Hypothesis outside of an LMS such as CI Learn/Canvas. The annotation tools, however, work the same within Canvas.

• Annotation Basics