The Hypothes.is plug-in for Chrome enables users to annotate web pages directly from the browser. This enables users to annotate outside of the context of class activities and assignments in the Canvas Learning Management System. Instead, users can toggle the plug-in on and off within Chrome as desired, creating highlights, annotations, and Page Notes in private mode; public mode; or as part of a reading group, and return to those notes later through their user account.

 To install and activate the plug-in for use follow the steps below.

Create a Hypothes.is user account

1. Navigate to the Hypothes.is website (https://web.hypothes.is/) to create a free account. You may use any email account (e.g., UChicago, other professional, or personal address) you wish when signing up.
2. After creating a Hypothes.is account, you can view a summary of your annotation activities by returning to your account on any browser.
   
3. You can click on any annotations displayed in this summary to view the specific annotations, highlights, and notes you've created on particular websites, and additionally return to these websites by clicking Visit annotations in context.
   

Note: If you create a Hypothes.is account using your UChicago email, any annotations you make using this credential will remain separate from your Hypothes.is activity in Canvas. In other words, annotations made using the Hypothes.is-Canvas integration are completely separate from annotations made using a personal Hypothes.is account in the Chrome browser, even if the you use your UChicago email address when setting up the latter.

Use Hypothes.is Chrome plug-in

1. To install the Hypothes.is Chrome plug-in, visit Hypothesis - Web & PDF Annotation in the Chrome web store, select Add to Chrome, then select Add extension to download and install the app.
2. To toggle the Chrome plug-in on and off, click the Hypothes.is extension button that appears next to the address bar on Chrome.
   
   1. If the Hypothes.is extension button is not present, go to the Settings page within Chrome and then click Extensions to change its display settings.
   2. When the extension is enabled, the Hypothes.is logo appears in a saturated black hue in the extension button and the Hypothes.is annotation applet loads on the right-hand side of the browser tab. This applet is collapsible. Additionally, any annotations or highlights that you have created on this webpage appears.
      
3. When the extension is disabled, the Hypothes.is logo is shaded light gray, the annotation applet is not present, and no annotations or highlights are visible on the webpage.
   
   Note: If you enable the extension, create annotations, and disable the extension, all annotations, highlights, and notes are saved. Your data is be lost when the extension is turned on and off. 
4. To create highlights and annotations, highlight the selectable text, click either Annotation or Highlight, then generate and post your annotation—this works as it would ordinarily work in a Hypothes.is annotation activity within Canvas. Likewise, to incorporate a Page Note, click the notepad icon to create a new Page Note in the annotation applet.
   

5. Precisely as with Hypothes.is annotations in Canvas, the user can decide whether to make a Page Note or annotation public or private at the time of posting.
   

Share pages annotated with the Hypothes.is Chrome plug-in

To share an annotated website, you only need to share the website location address (URL) with another user who has installed the Hypothes.is Chrome plug-in and has a personal Hypothes.is account. When that user loads the page and enables the Hypothes.is plug-in, they will encounter the annotation applet, with all public annotations, notes, and comments visible. In other words, your public annotations are visible by anyone who has the Hypothes.is plug-in enabled and you've shared your annotations' URL.