1. Sign up for a Hypothesis account

Go to the registration page. All you’ll need to sign up for a Hypothesis account is an email address and a username. You should receive a confirmation email shortly (check your spam box if not).

While you will register at the Hypothesis site, you’ll more typically be signing in through the annotation sidebar after activating Hypothesis using Via, the Chrome extension, or some other means. This website uses the Hypothesis plugin, which is available for all users of the CUNY Academic Commons.

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2. Sign in to your Hypothesis account

After you have confirmed your Hypothesis account, click the sidebar in the top right of this page to sign in with your account credentials.

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3. Post your first Hypothesis annotation

Click highlighted text to see existing annotation–you can practice on this very page, indeed this very highlighted phrase.

Enter your annotation content in the composition window and click “Post to Public”—you can also click the adjacent arrow to make the annotation private or “Only Me.”

Adapted from the Hypothes.is Quick-Started Guide.

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