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  • 17
    Sep
    Workshop

    Learning Lab: Modeling and Prompting Meaningful Annotation

    Social annotation offers students a way to build community while they annotate course documents, but just because we create an annotation assignment does not mean that students automatically know how to write meaningful annotations. This session provides strategies for increasing instructor presence in annotation activities, prompting meaningful original annotations from students, and inviting students to respond to each other. You will leave with strategies that you can apply to your assignment prompts to start seeing better results from student annotations & discussions immediately.

    September 17, 2026
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    Online
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  • 8
    Sep
    Workshop

    Using VoiceThread in Canvas: Part 2- Graded Assignments and Rubrics

    This is for people who use VoiceThread in Canvas. In this hands-on workshop, you will get to practice creating assignments through VoiceThread’s Assignment Builder. We will work on the new “Stacked Assignments”, along with the standard Create and Comment assignments. You will see how students submit assignments, and we will review the Instructor’s grading interface, including the new rubric interface.

    September 8, 2026
    1:00 PM–2:00 PM
    Online
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  • 3
    Sep
    Workshop

    Learning Lab: Hypothesis Accessibility and Student Experience

    Creating accessible learning experiences through proactive design is central to the product development philosophy at Hypothesis. This workshop covers basic accessibility features and simulates using the tool from a student’s perspective. We review the various options available for users to customize their annotation experience. Faculty will leave with strategies for ensuring an optimal student experience when teaching with Hypothesis.

    September 3, 2026
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    Online
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  • 25
    Aug
    Workshop

    New VoiceThread Features: Fall 2026

    Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll explore VoiceThread’s newest features, including integrated screen recording, the enhanced Postcard View, accessibility improvements, and the new VoiceThread Courses environment. You’ll see how these updates can make teaching, learning, and feedback more engaging, efficient, and human-centered. Throughout the session, you’ll have opportunities to work hands-on with these new tools so you can leave ready to use them in your own courses.

    August 25, 2026
    1:00 PM–2:00 PM
    Online
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  • 20
    Aug
    Workshop

    Learning Lab: Annotate Your Syllabus

    Asking your class to annotate the syllabus allows you to introduce students to social annotation in a low-stakes way. Even better, you’re providing students with an opportunity to engage with the syllabus, to share ideas and to ask questions about the course in a way that sets the tone for engagement throughout the term. In this workshop, the Hypothesis team will review ideas and guidance for the collaborative syllabus annotation assignment. Participants can expect to come away from this session with a clear idea about how they can start incorporating collaborative annotation into their courses to improve student success.

    August 20, 2026
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    Online
    Details
  • 18
    Aug
    Webinar

    What's New at Peerceptiv for Fall 2026

    Come learn about the new Peerceptiv features for the Fall 2026 term. New Peerceptiv data visualizations display student progress in skills across a course at the individual and class level. Individualized Deadlines makes it easy to give specific students extensions for one or more phase of an assignment. Peerceptiv Integrity Safeguards is an optional submission method that encourages authentic authorship by blocking copying and pasting and providing instructors with metrics around the submission and reviewing process. We will also preview the new assignment settings options and UX coming later this year.

    August 18, 2026
    4:00 PM–5:00 PM
    Online
    Details
  • 14
    Aug
    Workshop

    Peer Review and Live Presentations Made Easy

    Are you interested in adding meaningful and accountable peer review activities or live presentation feedback to your course? In this webinar, we’ll explore how using Peerceptiv for peer assessment and live presentation assignments engages students and improves feedback, with optional research-backed grading assistance. Peerceptiv is free for University of Virginia instructors and already integrated into Canvas. You will leave this webinar knowing how to set up a Peerceptiv assignment from your Canvas course.

    August 14, 2026
    3:00 PM–3:45 PM
    Online
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  • 14
    Aug
    Workshop

    Better Group Work with Peerceptiv

    Peerceptiv's group facilitation tools make group work easy! This webinar will show instructors how to use Peerceptiv, from Canvas setup to final assignment settings. Learn how to use the Group Formation tool to automatically create balanced teams based on student preferences like topic interest or availability, and how Team Member Evaluations enable students to give anonymous feedback about their teammates. Peerceptiv is integrated with Canvas and free for all University of Virginia instructors.

    August 14, 2026
    2:00 PM–2:45 PM
    Online
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  • 13
    Aug
    Webinar

    Learning Lab: Activating Annotation

    The Hypothesis team will share how teachers are using annotation-powered reading to help students develop foundational academic skills like close reading and persuasive writing. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for social annotation, we will demonstrate how Hypothesis is used with course readings in your LMS, including how to set up annotation assignments. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to start incorporating social annotation into their courses to improve student outcomes. These sessions are great introductions to using Hypothesis and social annotation in your courses.

    August 13, 2026
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    Online
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