Project Description
The Hypothes.is integration with Canvas brings discussion directly to course content by enabling students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of texts. Collaborative annotation engages students more deeply in course readings and gives teachers a view into how students are reading.
After a successful pilot during the Fall 2020 term, the Hypothes.is LTI remains available for the Spring 2021 term in the Middlebury instance of Canvas. Please register your use of the Hypothes.is LTI in order to receive ongoing communications and helpful information, using this form.
Access
The Hypothes.is LTI app is already installed in all Canvas course sites. To use Hypothes.is in Canvas, you must create an assignment in Canvas and select Hypothes.is as the External Tool.
Links to Instructions
- Hypothes.is integration for Spring 2021 Extended Canvas Pilot – a variety of resources
- Creating a Hypothes.is assignment in Canvas (note: we encourgae you register for the Spring 2021 extended pilot for additional support with Hypothes.is in your course
- Creating machine-readable texts: It’s important to note that any PDF readings that you assign to students to be read using Hypothes.is must be in a machine-readable format. If you open your PDF and you can select a line of text and copy and paste it elsewhere, your PDF is good to go. If not, you will need to create an OCR-optimized PDF. It’s easily done using the Adobe Acrobat DC software (free to Midd faculty and students). This help document from Adobe walks through the steps.
- Grading Student Annotations in Canvas
- Using the Hypothes.is integration with Modules in Canvas
- Introduction to the Hypothesis integration for Students
- Canvas Course Import and Hypothesis – Currently, Hypothesis isn’t compatible with Canvas’ Course Import tool (though they plan to add support for this in the future). Instructors who use Course Import need to re-link the document to each Hypothesis-enabled Assignment in the new course site.
Resources
To learn more about teaching with the Hypothes.is Canvas integration, schedule a consultation with DLINQ
Student data use (use link from service catalog)
How Hypothes.is uses permissions in the Chrome extension
How students can remove their work from the tool at the end of the semester
Hypothes.is user data can be deleted at the request of the Middlebury account admin; the ability to remove data would depend on the signed agreement. Hypothes.is would be willing to include an addendum to a present or future signed agreement as needed.
How students can access and retain content contained in the tool
Because the API token isn’t immediately available in the LMS app, you need to pull it out of your browser’s data. You can do this with these steps:
- Log in to your LMS.
- Open your browser’s developer tools (Chrome instructions here).
- Select the “Network” tab.
- Open a Hypothesis Assignment or Module.
- In the Network tab, use the “Filter” field to search for “token”.
- Click on the “token” entity in the “Name” column and then click on the “Response” tab if not already selected.
- Filter the Network tab on the word “token”
- The API token is after “access_token”:. Save this string of numbers and letters.
To export all of your Hypothesis annotations, go to https://jonudell.info/h/facet/ and enter your Hypothesis username and API token (required for downloading private annotations). Click “Search” to see all of your annotations appear on the right side of the screen. Above your annotations, you can click one of three buttons to download your annotations in HTML, CSV, or plain text formats.