For a professor, Hypothes.is operates in D2L and their Google Drive, the latter hosting any files shared with students.
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Using Hypothes.is For the First Time (and Installing an Assignment.)
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Prepare your Google Drive
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Next, go into your D2L course space.
In any module within the Content area, click the dropdown menu carat next to Add Existing Activities, and choose External Learning Tools. Then click Create New LTI Link.
Create an Assignment Link
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Add your own title.
Add the following for the LTI URL: https://lms.hypothes.is/lti_launches
Then click the blue Create and Insert button
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Click the Dropdown Menu Carat next to the new Hypothes.is reading title you just created, and choose Edit Properties In-place. Check the box next to "Open as an Exteranal Resource. Then click the module title on the left, or the Content link on the Navbar, to refresh the module within D2L.
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Click on the topic. You will be taken to a separate browser tab, and presented with the option to enter a website URL, or a PDF in your Google Drive. For now, choose Select PDF from Google Drive, since that will have you connect your Google Drive to your Hypothes.is identity. You will be presented with a screen asking you to choose the appropriate Google Drive. Click to choose your Canisius Google Drive. Because you are already signed into that Google Drive, it should be listed as an option.
Google will ask you to confirm that Hypothes.is has permission to work with files within your Google Drive. This is necessary so you can share PDF files with your students. Click the blue Allow button.
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Following that, you should see a navigable version of your Google Drive file. You can search and browse for PDF files. Choose the appropriate file for your first assignment, or just for a test.
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Upon choosing a PDF file, you will see it appear in a viewer, along with the Hypothes.is tools. Note that a PDF file selected from Google Drive will set that file's Google Drive sharing rule to "Anyone on the internet with this link can view."
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One last step: In the D2L Content Area, click the dropdown menu caret next to your new Hypothes.is link, and choose "Edit Properties in Place:"
Then, in the following screen, check the box next to "Open as an External Resource." This means the Hypothes.is screen with your PDF will open to you and your students in a separate browser tab. This makes it more reliable and much easier to use.
Simply click the module title on the left, or the Content link on the navbar, to reactivate the link for you. It's all set!
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Somewhere in the introductory material for your course, install the following video so your students can quickly learn what to expect in, and how to use Hypothes.is.
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Based on the Hypothes.is: Getting Started Video - Transcript
1 | Make sure you have uploaded your PDF to a file sharing website (such as Google Drive, OneDrive, D2L, etc.) or you have the URL link to the webpage or YouTube Video. In the following tutorial, we will use a PDF on Google Drive. | |
| 2 | Go to the Content Tab in D2L. In a Module, select Add Existing Activities. |
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| 3 | Select Hypothes.is Reading in the menu that appears. |
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| 4 | In the pop-up that appears, select Google Drive. If you are using a resource from another location, select the appropriate option. For Google Drive, follow the on-screen instructions to choose and/or link your Google Drive account to Hypothes.is. |
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| 5 | Search for, upload, or click on the PDF that you want to use. |
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| 6 | Then click on the Select button. Note: This may be hidden from us. We may need to use the scroll bar on the right of the pop-up to view this button. |
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| 7 | The pop-up will update, allowing us to change the PDF, give the assignment a name, and/or set the assignment up as a group assignment. When done making your changes, click on Continue. |
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| 8 | Your Hypothes.is activity will automatically be installed in D2L. Click on it to access the activity. |
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| 9 | On the left, you will have your assignment. On the right, any and all available annotations. |  |
| 10 | To annotate, click and drag your cursor on some text. Then, choose Annotate. You may also simply highlight the selection. |
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| 11 | When you select annotate, your comment will appear on the right sidebar. You can type in your comment, add pictures, and more using the available text editor. You can also select who can see your comment by selecting "Post to...". By default, all comments are public. |
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OCR
In order for PDFs to allow line-by-line, word-by-word highlighting in D2L, they require Optical Character Recognition (OCR) data. Many PDFs have this already, but those scanned using a campus printer/scanner might require it. Adobe Acrobat will work for this; as will Hypothes.is's own scanning tool: https://web.hypothes.is/help/how-to-ocr-optimize-pdfs/
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