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Social Annotation - FTTC 2021 - Presentation (16:9) by Erin Whitteck

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Step 1: Create a Hypothes.is account (Click "Get Started" in upper right)

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Step 1: Create a Hypothes.is account (Click "Get Started" in upper right)

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Comment on and highlight what interests you.

Annotate articles, websites, videos, documents, apps, and more - without clicking away or posting elsewhere. Hypothesis is easy to use and based on open web standards, so it works across the entire internet.

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Collaborate with anyone, anywhere. Use Hypothesis to annotate anything online with classmates, colleagues, or friends. Create a free personal account, or talk to our sales team about Education solutions. Get [...]

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Fall '21 workshop: Learn about the Hypothesis social annotation tool and how to use it in your class in our upcoming Hypothesis workshop.

What is Social Annotation?

Social annotation is reading and thinking together. It brings the age-old process of marking up texts to the digital learning space while making it a collaborative exercise. Imagine a group of students opening a PDF or webpage, then highlighting, commenting on, and sharing ideas about the text, video, or images they see, all within the margins of the text.

Why Use Social Annotation?

When we read and think together, a text can become a richer learning object. We can learn how others make sense of a reading or how they deconstruct the text. Annotation can help a class understand the mechanisms behind building an argument or offer them the space to flag portions of the text that are unclear. Annotating online can embed a class discussion within the text itself.

Studies have shown that social annotation can assist students with:

processing domain-specific knowledge

supporting argumentation and inquiry

improving literacy skills

connecting online learning spaces.

"Annotation provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning." Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia, 2019.

Considerations for using Social Annotation

Cornell currently supports two social annotation tools: Perusall and Hypothesis. Both allow for sentence-level note taking or critique on classroom readings, news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation and more. Both tools can be accessed directly in Canvas. However, there are differences that might make one more suitable than the other for your teaching needs.

Perusall

Perusall is best used in larger courses. It offers auto-grading based on number of annotations and replies, and can provide access to a number of publisher texts found in a searchable database. Some will require a student-paid licensing fee. Perusall requires a separate login for students. It also supports Groups in Canvas, and this is why we recommend it for large courses.

Hypothesis

Hypothesis is best used in smaller courses where a single text can more easily accommodate a number of margin notes and highlights. Hypothesis is built on an open-source platform and has a strong, stated position on student privacy. While it has fewer bells and whistles than Perusall, its emphasis on user experience, clean interface, and ease of use makes it a strong choice.

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Fall '21 workshop: Learn about the Hypothesis social annotation tool and how to use it in your class in our upcoming Hypothesis workshop. Social annotation is reading and thinking together. It brings the age-old process of marking up texts to the digital learning space while making it a collaborative exercise.

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Automatically ensure every student is prepared for every class with the world's only truly social e-reader.

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Comparison Chart of Social Annotation Tools

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Assistant Director of Center for Teaching and Learning
Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Email: elwbcf@umsl.edu
Twitter: @EWhitteck

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Step 2: Download the Chrome extension (will be prompted when you log into your Hypothes.is account)

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Step 2: Download the Chrome extension (will be prompted when you log into your Hypothes.is account)

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Instructional Specialist, University College
Instructor, College Success Seminar
Washington University in St. Louis
email: lrmeador@wustl.edu

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This free, web-based tool will make .pdfs compatible with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.  It takes .pdf files of scanned documents and makes them "readable" by tools like Hypothes.is
https://docdrop.org/ocr/

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Literature review on using social annotation tools in online courses

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Literature review on using social annotation tools in online courses

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Zhu et al.: file:///C:/Users/lmeador/Downloads/ILS_social_annotation.pdf

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Associate Professor of Biology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
email: zolmanb@umsl.edu

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Sample rubric from Dr. Pathak's course using Hypothes.is to comment on recent articles.

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Dr. Seemantini Pathak - Explanation of Assignment

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Dr. Seemantini Pathak - Explanation of Assignment

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Sample description of Hypothesi.is Assignment.

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Step 4: Enable Hypothesis by clicking the "h" icon in the upper right corner of your browser (chrome extension users)

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Step 4: Enable Hypothesis by clicking the "h" icon in the upper right corner of your browser (chrome extension users)

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For other web browsers, use the Hypothesis bookmarklet tool.

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Associate Professor of Management
College of Business Administration
University of Missouri - St. Louis
email: pathaks@umsl.edu

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For further information on this: https://web.hypothes.is/help/annotation-basics/

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Program Manager for English Language (ESL) Programs
University College
Washington University in St. Louis
email: dolosichn@wustl.edu

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Feel free to share and adapt with appropriate credit.

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