Feature: Interactive Labs

Level up your students'lab experience.

Still using static lab manuals? It’s time to tap into the power of visual learning with Top Hat. Engage your students with dynamic questions and video demonstrations, and give a richer, more engaging pre- and post-lab experience for high quality, consistent learning. Plus, our platform makes it easy to create or adopt customizable lab manuals to teach your course, your way.

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of students agree that Top Hat is easy to use

76%

of students agree that Top Hat is more engaging than most other educational products they have used in college

Dynamic labs for digital-first students.

Tailor pre- and post-lab content by editing text, embedding videos, and adding supplemental resources—or create your own using our authoring tools
Make complex concepts digestible with interactive diagrams, animations and recorded demonstrations
Incorporate pre-lab assessments to get immediate insights into comprehension and make the most of your time with students

Managing multiple labs made easy.

Manage classes and graduate assistants through one platform to ensure a consistent experience for everyone
Reduce admin time with auto-graded questions and automatically compile results in the Top Hat gradebook or your Learning Management System
Easily view grades and participation data at a student, class or program level

Actionable data for evolving teaching.

Every interaction in Top Hat leads to actionable data you can use to help students and personalize your teaching
Capture results from graded discussions in the Top Hat gradebook, along with quizzes, polls, and tests
See how your students are responding to material in class and out, so you know who needs extra support
Easily integrate with LMS platforms like Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, Moodle, and Sakai

Tools for teaching, learning, and engaging.

Interactive Labs are just one of the many ways Top Hat enables professors to teach with engaging content, tools and activities in online, hybrid or face-to-face classrooms.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Top Hat offers digital lab manuals full of interactive content like videos, animations, and more. These create an interactive lab experience for students before, during, and after their physical labs. Our digital lab manuals also give educators the option to customize content as they see fit. Top Hat also offers hybrid lab manual options so students can have a print component.