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Hypothesis is a dynamic social annotation tool that allows real-time collaboration on digital texts, images, scholarly content, web pages, and much more. It cultivates rich, multi-dimensional discussions, empowering everyone to contribute their insights directly on the content itself.
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Imagine you're navigating the vast expanse of the internet—reading a thought-provoking article, sifting through JSTOR, or studying an intriguing image—and a lightbulb moment strikes. What if you could instantly annotate that piece of content, jotting down your thoughts, and share them with the world? That's the magic of Hypothesis social annotation.
With Hypothesis, your web browser transforms into a collaborative canvas where not only text, but also images, scholarly articles, web pages, and much more become interactive discussion boards. Picture having a global study group or intellectual salon at your fingertips, where the entire internet is your playground.
This tool isn't confined to casual browsing—it thrives in classrooms, journalism, research, and beyond, enabling everyone to collaboratively dissect, discuss, and deepen their understanding of any online content. Hypothesis is a catalyst for co-creating knowledge and fostering interactive, social learning.
With Hypothesis, you don't just consume information—you engage, interpret, and contribute, transforming the way we interact with the digital universe.
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By using Hypothesis to engage students with JSTOR’s scholarly content, Minghui Hu, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was able to bridge the gap between graduate-level scholarly content and undergraduate students. Hypothesis enabled students to annotate content, ask questions, and summarize and respond to their peers’ annotations, turning reading into a social experience.
In the Fall 2020 semester, Indiana University Bloomington turned to Hypothesis to engage students in online sections of its first-year composition writing seminar. Three years after its implementation began, the university has seen a number of benefits for students and instructors — as well as usage of Hypothesis expanding into upper-level courses.