Hit the ground running with Top Hat this fall by registering for summer training sessions.
Top Hat, a cloud-based student engagement platform, leverages student’s devices to increase in-class engagement and real-time feedback. Instructors can engage students in and outside of the classroom with interactive slides, graded questions, customized content, discussions, polls, and assessments.
Top Hat is available at no cost for all Penn State faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, Top Hat offers free and low-cost textbook options to increase affordability for students.
Penn State IT Learning and Development and Top Hat are offering "bite-sized" classes to help instructors get acquainted with the tool. Learn how to setup Top Hat, sync with a Canvas course, populate the course with content, use the tool for grading and attendance, build pages and exams, and leverage Top Hat textbooks.
Register for these summer training sessions below:
- Top Hat: Setup, Sync, and Organization
- Top Hat: Creating Content
- Top Hat: Attendance, Gradebook, and Sync
- Top Hat and Penn State: Pages and Tests
- Top Hat and Penn State: Low-Cost Content and Textbooks
Unable to make it to the sessions? Book a 1:1 appointment with Tania.
Top Hat is also offering open office hours throughout the summer to help answer any lingering questions. No registration is required.
For more information, visit tophat.psu.edu.