Hypothesis

Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that can be embedded as an assignment directly into your CarmenCanvas course.

Watch the video below to see Hypothesis in action, or click here to jump to step-by-step instructions.

Step-by-step instructions

Upload your document

Log into CarmenCanvas and select your course.

  1. Click on the Files tab on the left side of your screen
  2. Click on the gray + Folder button on the upper right corner of your screen
  3. Title the folder, “Hypothesis Documents”
  4. Select the Hypothesis Documents folder
  5. Click on the scarlet Upload button in the upper right corner of your screen
  6. Select your document from your computer

Your document should now appear in your Hypothesis Documents folder.

Make a copy of the Hypothesis assignment template

Assignments in CarmenCanvas cannot be duplicated. You will need to copy the contents of the template and paste them into a new assignment.

Copy the template

  1. Click on the Assignments tab on the left side of your screen
  2. Select the Hypothesis Reading Assignment Template
  3. Click on the Edit Assignment Settings button
  4. Select all of the content in the editor
  5. Right click and select Copy

Paste template into new assignment

  1. Click on the Assignments tab on the left side of your screen
  2. Click on the scarlet + Assignment button on the upper right corner of your screen
  3. Title your assignment in the text entry field under Assignment Name
  4. Right click inside of the editor and select Paste
  5. Scroll down to the lower right corner of your screen and click on the scarlet Save button

Now you are ready to fill in the details of your assignment into the template. Use the template text as a guide and remove or edit content as needed.  

Add your document to the new assignment

  1. Click on the gray Edit button in the upper right corner of your screen
    • Scroll down to view the assignment settings and locate the Submission Type menu
  2. Click on the Submission Type dropdown menu and select the External Tool option
  3. Under External Tool Options, click on the gray Find button
  4. Scroll down if needed and select Hypothesis
  5. Click on Canvas File
    • If prompted, click on the Authorize button to allow Hypothesis to access your document
    • Scroll through your Canvas files until you locate your document.
  6. Select your document
    • You will know your document is selected when it turns a dark gray color
  7. Click on the dark gray Select button
  8. If your entire class will be annotating the document, click on the dark gray Continue button
  9. Scroll down and click Save

The “Load Tool In New Tab” button will take you to the document in Hypothesis.

Dividing the assignment into groups

It is recommended that a maximum of 8 students engage in a Hypothesis assignment. If your class size is larger than 8 students, divide the hypothesis assignment into groups of 4-8 students by following the steps below.

  1. Toggle on the This is a group assignment button
  2. Toggle down the Group set dropdown and select the group set you will use for this assignment
  3. Click Continue
  4. You will be taken back to the list where you had previously selected the Hypothesis tool
  5. Click the red Select button again to save your selections
  6. Toggle on the Load This Tool In A New Tab button
  7. Scroll down and click Save

The “Load Tool In New Tab” button will take you to the document in Hypothesis.

Watch an Ohio State instructor going through these steps.