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Feature: Polls & Quizzes

Quiz and poll your way to instant insights

Live quizzes and classroom polls are one of the best ways to get a read on how your students are progressing. You can use them to highlight concepts in different, interactive ways and encourage student collaboration—but with Top Hat, they also create real-time insights that instantly let you know how your class is doing.

87%

of students said Top Hat helped them stay focused during lectures1

81%

of students said Top Hat helped to increase understanding of course material2

1 Executed customer proof points survey to 1632 instructors who currently use Top Hat (April 2017)
2 Executed customer proof points survey to 1632 instructors who currently use Top Hat (April 2017)
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See your students lean into learning.

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    Create media-rich, interactive polls and quizzes to help students apply knowledge in a variety of engaging ways

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    Choose from 14 question types, including matching, word answer, and click-on-target, that students can respond to on any device

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    Save time with our quizzing software’s autograding functionality and give students results instantly

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    Easily integrate frequent low-stakes assessments into your course with classroom polls, so students can practice and apply knowledge without added pressure

Really valuable insights delivered in real-time.

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    Every classroom poll and quiz gives you immediate insights to address learning challenges on the fly

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    View performance at a class or individual level to understand where students are struggling

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    Get a weekly summary highlighting your highest and lowest performers—and where they are having trouble making connections

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.

Quizzes and polls 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

Why educators and students love Top Hat.

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