17 Enable Annotation with Hypothesis
Pressbooks allows you to enable public or private annotation of your book using Hypothesis, an open source web annotation tool. Hypothesis can be used to enable private (or public) communication between editors and proofreaders, personal note taking and annotation, social learning and discussion about a text, or to foster deeper engagement between writers, readers, and your text.
Enable Hypothes.is in Your Book
To enable Hypothes.is throughout your book:
- Click ‘Settings -> Hypothesis‘
- Click ‘Allow on Parts‘, ‘Allow on Chapters‘, ‘Allow on Front Matter‘ and ‘Allow on Back Matter‘ Select.
- Click ‘Save Changes‘.
Hypothes.is provides several other settings to control general behavior and allow or disallow its usage on specific content in your book. Configure these as desired.
If you choose to allow Hypothes.is on chapters and front/back matter, the Hypothesis annotation client will appear in the top right corner of your book’s reading interface. The public layer can be viewed by all visitors to your book, and written to by anyone who has created a free Hypothes.is account.
Learn more about using Hypothes.is in your publishing project from their documentation:
Video Resources
We’ve presented about ways that Hypothes.is can improve the educational impact of content published with Pressbooks in several forums over the years. Some relevant presentations are included below:
