 Hi, I'm Dr. Jeremy Dean, Director of Education and Hypothesis. Reading is a fundamental activity in learning. Every course asks students to read, but are students actually reading? Are they understanding what they read and making connections to other texts and ideas? Are they talking about readings with their peers? Do they come to class ready to discuss? With Hypothesis social annotation, there's now a way to answer all these questions and build a community of readers in your class. Now you can know if students are engaged in the reading before that first quiz and help them leave your class with the skills they need to get their degree. When you assign a reading in your elements with Hypothesis annotation, your students can make the text come alive, leaving a trail of their understanding, connecting specific passages to their own thinking and other ideas, and anchoring discussion with their peers directly in the text. Use the Hypothesis grading view to see each student's annotations or toggle to see the whole conversation in context. Add Hypothesis to your learning management system in just a few minutes and start a supported pilot with Hypothesis to make reading visible, active, and social for your students.