Feature: Assignments and Exams
Easy-to-build assignments and exams. Easy-to-see progress.
Homework assignments and assessments don’t have to stress your students out. When delivered in dynamic and interactive formats, they establish a learning environment that helps students build confidence in their learning. Top Hat makes it easy to create assignments and exams that support better learning outcomes.
93%
of students said the variety of assessment types in Top Hat helped them develop critical thinking skills1
Modern assignments for today's learners.
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Bring content to life with multimedia and interactive questions throughout your assignments for students
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Encourage students to show their learning in different ways through a variety of question types—including multiple choice, matching, click-on-target, and long-form answers
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Provide hints, multiple attempts, or make correct answers visible to give students immediate feedback so they learn as they go
Make assessments less stressful and more flexible.
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Academic integrity is protected in online or in-person assessments with flexible, secure testing features
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Students answer assessment questions and complete assessments on their own devices while you can monitor activity and get reports of irregular behavior
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Meet every students’ needs with homework assignment settings and adjustable due dates for individuals or groups
Actionable data for evolving teaching.
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Every interaction in Top Hat leads to actionable data you can use to help students and personalize your teaching
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Capture results from graded discussions in the Top Hat gradebook, along with quizzes, polls, and tests
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See how your students are responding to material in class and out, so you know who needs extra support
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Easily integrate with LMS platforms like Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, Moodle, and Sakai
Tools for teaching, learning, and engaging.
Assignments and exams are just two of the many ways Top Hat enables professors to teach with engaging content, tools and activities in online, hybrid or face-to-face classrooms.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are a variety of options to create homework assignments for students in Top Hat. You can find detailed instructions in this Support Center article.
Yes, Top Hat offers the ability to add auto-graded questions to a homework or review assignment, as well as assessments. Learn more about assignment grading in this Support Center article.
How students submit their assignments depends on how they are assigned. Content can be assigned as homework (graded) or for review (non-graded). When students complete homework assignments, their responses will be auto-graded (in the case of most question types) or require manual grading (in the case of discussions or long answer questions), and the gradebook will automatically be populated. Content that has been assigned to your students as review will NOT be graded. When students respond to items assigned as review, their submissions will not be recorded.
Why educators and students love Top Hat.
“I use Top Hat to assign online homework and create in-class interactive activities. Overall, Top Hat lowered the DFW rates and improved student performance in my course.”
Sherif Moussa
Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Top Hat makes me feel more confident that what I am teaching is working well. It definitely keeps students engaged; they are less likely to wander away from the lecture.”
Curtis Izen
Professor, Baruch College
“The entire platform was extremely user friendly; I wish that my entire university used this platform rather than just this one teacher.”
Jay Hyssong
Student, University of Southern Maine
