by Michael Hernandez | Dec 10, 2025 | Instructional design, Updates
Hypothesis, UChicago’s tool for social annotation, now includes additional features to help instructors encourage deeper reading among students and set the stage for more meaningful class discussions. Users familiar with Hypothesis or other social annotation tools may...
by Michael Hernandez | Dec 2, 2025 | Pedagogy
“A reading list is both the heart that animates a course of study and the skeleton on which the course is built.” – William Germano and Kit Nicholls, Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything While students engaging deeply with...
by Yue Deng | Feb 11, 2025 | Canvas, How-tos, Panopto
Social annotation promotes active learning and fosters collaboration among students and instructors. With social annotation, students benefit from seeing multiple perspectives and interpretations from their peers, creating a rich, collaborative learning environment....
by Michael Hernandez | Mar 26, 2024 | Try IT
As you prepare for the new quarter, you may be looking for a way to promote engagement with class reading and discussion. This blog post offers insights from our autumn quarter faculty panel on social annotation, a practice which many instructors find can do just...
by Thomas Keith | Dec 19, 2023 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning
This is the second installment in an ongoing series on the intersection of critical pedagogy and digital tools. The author wishes to thank instructional designers Michael Hernandez and Joe Olivier for their valuable comments and suggestions. Introduction: What Is...