TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Top Hat SkillBuild

LIVE AND ON-DEMAND WEBINARS

Top Hat SkillBuild is a series of live and on-demand training workshops designed to help you bring active learning to your course—and get you comfortable using Top Hat’s most impactful features.

Upcoming

Live

Sessions

SESSION #1

Activation Session:
Introduction to Top Hat

In this introduction to Top Hat, you’ll learn how to use our platform to engage your students before, during and after class.

January 7

3pm EST

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January 14

3pm EST

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SESSION #2

Level Up:
Building Dynamic Content

Learn how to personalize your course for more relevant, inclusive, and current learning.

January 21

3pm EST

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January 28

3pm EST

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On-Demand Sessions

Watch recordings of our best sessions

30 MINUTES

Activation Session:
Introduction to Top Hat

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who are either new to Top Hat or need a refresher on the platform’s features.

In this introduction to Top Hat, you’ll learn how to use our platform to engage your students before, during and after class. This session focuses on the key building blocks for creating a successful active learning experience in both synchronous and asynchronous environments. Learn how to navigate the platform, create interactive Top Hat content and digitally deliver that material in class.

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30 MINUTES

Level Up:
Building Dynamic Content

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who want to enhance their Top Hat experience with interactive and multimedia elements
In this session, you’ll see how our Top Hat Pages feature makes it easy to personalize your course for more relevant, inclusive, and current learning. You’ll learn how to add relevant and engaging interactive and multimedia elements to your Top Hat course. We’ll also explore how you can extend engagement outside of the classroom with content tailored to your students.
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30 MINUTES

Level Up: Gradebook

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who want to learn more about the capabilities of the Top Hat Gradebook
This session is a deep dive on the capabilities and functions of the Top Hat Gradebook. You’ll learn how to navigate the Gradebook and customize it to suit your specific needs and preferences. You’ll also learn how to manually adjust and input grades and attendance to keep track of student success. We’ll cover Gradebook reports for questions, assignments and individual students, allowing you to take full advantage of the data collected in the Gradebook.
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30 MINUTES

Level Up: Top Hat Test

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who are new to creating assessments, as well as those who are new to Top Hat

From formative quizzes to high-stakes exams, Top Hat makes it simple to design, manage, and deliver assessments. This session will cover the creation of Question Banks within Top Hat, and how to use those to your full advantage. We’ll also cover unmonitored and monitored testing options, as well as how to easily create assessments from within your course using Top Hat Test.
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30 MINUTES

Teaching and Learning
with Top Hat Ace

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who are interested in unlocking the power of AI in their teaching

This session is an overview of Ace, Top Hat’s AI assistant. Instructors will learn how to harness the power of Ace to enhance your lectures and course content with the click of a button. We’ll also explore how students can use Ace to help study and self-assess asynchronously.

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30 MINUTES

Interactive OpenStax
in Top Hat

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who are concerned about affordability and accessibility, but still want to provide a personalized and modern digital learning environment
This session takes a deep dive into using Top Hat’s Interactive OpenStax eTexts. You’ll learn about the features and functions of Interactive OpenStax texts, as well as how to take advantage of Top Hat’s interactive elements to foster an affordable and equitable active learning environment.
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20 MINUTES

Top Hat's Five Pillars of Dynamic Courseware & Learning Design

WHO'S THIS SESSION FOR?

Educators who are new to Top Hat or are familiar with Top Hat but want to experiment and integrate new teaching techniques in their courses

In this session, we cover Top Hat’s five pillars of a dynamic course, and introduce (or refresh!) viewers on Top Hat’s approach to learning and instructional design. What does a good course look like with Top Hat? How can I redesign some activities or lessons in my course to make use of Top Hat’s capabilities? Viewers will learn how to approach designing their course in-line with the same foundations of learning science that inform Top Hat interactive content.

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ASYNCHRONOUS SELF-PACED COURSE

Top Hat Certification:
Foundations of Active Learning

WHO'S THIS COURSE FOR?

Educators who are already familiar with Top Hat and want to expand the impact of Top Hat before, during, and after class. This is a mark of distinction for Top Hat professors and innovative educators!

Sign up for our Top Hat Certification course, where you’ll learn the fundamentals of bringing active learning to life with Top Hat. We’ll go in-depth on how to use Top Hat to motivate students, get real-time feedback, and enable you to teach with insight before, during, and after class. 

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