Top Hat for Faculty & Staff
Top Hat integrates with Canvas to seamlessly help you in the classroom and beyond.
Top Hat allows you to:
Foster collaboration, critical thinking, and community by posing questions and discussion prompts students can answer on any device.
Keep your students engaged with 14 question types, including click-on-target, word answer, and multiple-choice, and immediately see how they’re responding.
Make homework a learning experience with interactive assignments and multimedia. Formative and summative assessments put students’ knowledge to the test.
Automate attendance in any in-person or online course and get instant insights to help at-risk students.
Instructor Resources
NOTE: If you already have a Top Hat account and need to merge it with TXST's (Single Sign-On/SSO) Top Hat account, the pop-up shown above will appear.
- To verify the account merge, enter Texas State University in the School field.
- Enter the Top Hat Account Email and Top Hat Password associated with your previous account.
- Click Merge Top Hat Account with SSO.
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Course Set-Up
Students gain access to Top Hat by connecting to a Canvas course. Use the resources below to learn how to connect Top Hat to your Canvas course, add co-instructors or TAs, and adjust course settings to suit your preferences.
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Account and Course Access
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In-Class Participation
Top Hat offers a variety of ways to create an engaging in-class experience for both in-person and online modalities. Instructors can use the following videos, articles, and downloadable resources to ensure they have the essential information they need to create and participate in a Top Hat classroom.
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Quizzes & Tests
Top Hat allows instructors to easily build and administer tests in their courses. Tests can be delivered with flexible degrees of monitoring, namely open book, live monitored or remotely monitored.
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Gradebook
The Gradebook in any Top Hat course allows instructors and students to track progress so they can teach and learn with insight. Understanding how the Gradebook works is a necessary part of the active learning experience in Top Hat.
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Best Practices
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In-Depth Training
Looking for more resources? Check out these Top Hat-hosted training opportunities:
- Check out the Top Hat Summer Camp sessions for innovative ideas on how to use Top Hat to increase student engagement and step up your Top Hat teaching.
- Ready to take it to the next level? Get Top Hat Certified.
