Your Favorite Virtual Highlighter
- TheSkeinBee
- Sep 23, 2017
- 2 min read
Have you ever read an online article and wanted to make annotations or highlight the important ideas? I known I think about it all the time!
Well, I must not be the only highlighter because, unbeknownst to me there is a Chrome plugin that gives you the ability to annotate almost any internet webpage/article! My HIST 696 teacher was kind enough to share this information with my class, so I am going to pass on this amazing hack.
Hypothesis is a plugin offered through Chrome (not sure if other browsers offer this) that allows you to annotate, highlight, and reply to other users. This feature makes almost any website an open dialogue for hypothesis users! Of course, you do not have to make your annotations or highlights public but its always nice to share.
It is as easy as one... two.. three! Really, the website tells you how to get started in three steps.
Once you have created your account and added the Chrome plugin you are ready to go! Hypothesis will give you a mini tutorial on how to annotate, highlight, and reply to others. Hypothesis is extremely simple and such a time saver. No more looking for a notepad and *hoping* you don't lose your notes along the way. Hypothesis keeps all your annotations safe and exactly where you left them, on the webpage! It truly is a miracle!
If you read online articles for work or fun this is the plugin for you, I promise. You can create groups within Hypothesis if you have a class or work group that wishes to peer review an article. You can go lone wolf and keep everything to yourself. Or, you can be nosey and read everyone else's comments and leave none of your own! That is the joy of Hypothesis.
Download yours today and get your thoughts flowing and saved in Hypothesis!
P.S. If you wish to see/use your Hypothesis side panel and cannot... make sure your Hypothesis icon is active! It will look like a bolded comic style speech bubble at the top your screen. When Hypothesis is active you are able to use it, when it is not active you can't use it, duh!
^^This will make sense to those that have already completed steps 1-3.^^
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