How to use Hypothes.is in Blackboard

Step 1: Creating a Hypothesis Assignment

Log into Blackboard
Select your course
On the Course Menu, select Assignments link
On the Assignments page, select Built Content. Contextual menu appears.
Select, "Hypothes.is" link. It is located on the first column of text on the bottom of the menu.
Enter the name and description of the assignment.
Attach file.
- IMPORTANT: This is for additional instructions, for example text or other instructional materials, to be attached to the assignment only. Do not attach the document you wish to annotate here.
Under Grading, select "enable evaluation," if you wish to grade the assignment. You will be asked for possible points and due dates.
Determine your view options
- Permit Users to View Content
- Track Number of Views
- Select Date and Time Restrictions
Select Cancel to cancel, Submit to save and continue.

Step 2: Associate the content for annotation to the assignment

After submitting the assignment, you will return the content area / assignment page
Select the title link of the newly created Hypothes.is assignment
The Assignment detail page will appear.
Select the file type:
- URL (Web Page / PDF)
  - Include entire URL address
- Blackboard (PDF)
  - If you choose this option, you will need additional permissioning to the file. Please contact CODL if you wish to use this option.
- Google Drive (PDF)
  - You will be asked to sign in to your Google Drive
- JSTOR (Article)
  - This must be an Open Access document at the JSTOR site.
- OneDrive (PDF)
  - You will be asked to sign in to your One Drive
- YouTube (Video)
Based on your selection, locate your file.

IMPORTANT: Your file must be an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) optimized document to work properly. Watch a Hypothe.is developed video on How to OCR-optimize PDFs. Also, if you have text that isn't, you can use Adobe Acrobat as part of our STCC license to convert your documents.

After selecting your file type, the Hypothes.is interface will confirm your selection.
If using the Blackboard group tool, and this is for a specific group of students, select, "This is a group assignment."
- Groups must be completed ahead of time.
At this time, you can annotate the document before students enter, if you wish.
Your Hypothes.is assignment is ready to go.

Select where the assignment content is located

Interface for selecting the document file type

Are you using Blacboard Groups? Is this a group assignment? Check the box if it is!

Success! Hypothes.is Assignment is ready for submissions.