Before describing what makes a helpful annotation, here’s what you’ll need to do to start annotating.
First, go to the “Two Gallants” page. On that page, you’ll notice a small but odd set of icons in the upper right-hand corner. They look like this:
Click on the little “<” symbol and a drawer will slide out. It will look like this:
Since you don’t have an account on Hypothesis, our annotation tool, you’ll have to create one. Click on the “Create an account” button and fill in your details:
N.B. When you choose a username – – choose a name that I will recognize. E.g. “LHanley” is going to make life a lot easier for me than “MadProfX,” etc.
Once you’ve created an account and logged into the Hypothesis sidebar (on the “Two Gallants” page), you’re ready to start annotating. Here are the basics for how to mark text and add comments. (Don’t worry about mention of the “extension” – – that’s already been installed on the motherblog.) N.B. Make sure your annotations are set to “public,” so that we can all read them.
You’re all set now. Go forth and annotate. (Questions? Problems? Contact me: profhanley@gmail.com.) Enjoy!