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Hypothesis Social Annotation has arrived at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). This tool, which is now integrated with Blackboard, allows participants to discuss, analyze, and collaborate on top of PDFs or publicly available webpages from within Blackboard. 

The UMB community is invited to join the UMB Hypothesis Social Annotation Pilot Launch virtual meetup, which will take place Thursday, April 22 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. 

Eryn Barker from Hypothes.is will discuss how collaborative annotation can be used to make student reading visible, active, and social. She will also demonstrate how instructors are using annotation-powered reading to empower student writing, helping students develop these academic skills. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for collaborative annotation, Barker will demonstrate how Hypothesis can be used with course readings in Blackboard. After presenting, Barker will lead participants in a discussion about how Hypothesis collaborative annotation can be used in their specific concentrations and with their specific teaching and learning objectives. Participants can expect to come away from this session with a clear idea about how they can start incorporating collaborative annotation into their courses to improve student success.

Please register for the Zoom virtual event here. 

Read more about social annotation and its many possibilities for teaching and learning via the University of Maryland School of Social Work IDEA Team April publication "Now That's a Great IDEA."