Webinar Series
Top Hat Platform Training
Our new series of live and on-demand webinars is designed to help faculty bring active learning to your course—and get comfortable using the features of the Top Hat platform
Introduction to Top Hat
Join us for an introduction to Top Hat and learn how to use our platform to engage your students before, during and after class. This webinar will focus on the key building blocks for creating a successful active learning experience for your students, in face-to-face or fully remote settings. Learn how to create interactive Top Hat content and how to digitally deliver that material in synchronous classes.
By attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Create interactive material in Top Hat, including polls, quizzes, and discussions that make students active participants in class and give you immediate insights into student comprehension
- Track comprehension and engagement
- Effectively deliver course content synchronously
45
minutes attendance
Who's this webinar for?
Educators who are new to Top Hat and are interested in learning about Top Hat’s dynamic courseware platform.
Building Dynamic Content with Top Hat Pages
Today’s students are digital by default—they crave course content that is interactive, dynamic, and reflective of the diverse world around them. In this interactive session, we’ll look at how Top Hat Pages makes it easy for you to personalize your course with real-time events, historical milestones, articles, and multimedia to make your students’ learning more relevant, inclusive, and current. Join us and explore ways that you can extend engagement outside of the classroom with content tailored to your students.
By attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Learn how you can add relevant articles, and media to personalize your own assignments, OpenStax, or Top Hat textbook
- Understand how to use actionable insights from integrated assessments to course-correct as needed to ensure no student falls behind
45
minutes attendance
Who's this webinar for?
Educators who are new to creating interactive, digital assessments, as well as those who are new to Top Hat
Online Assessment & Remote Testing
From formative assessment to high-stakes exams, Top Hat makes it simple to create, manage, and deliver assessments. This webinar will begin with an overview of effective formative and summative assessment strategies using digital course tools. Attendees will then learn about Top Hat’s non-monitored and monitored testing options.
By attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Manage the entire assessment process—from creation to deployment to grading—all in one place
- Understand the difference between open book and monitored assessments with Top Hat
- Apply best practices before, during and after your test for a successful experience
45
minutes attendance
Who's this webinar for?
Educators who are new to creating online assessments, as well as those who are new to Top Hat
Teaching with Insight: The Top Hat Gradebook
Teaching with real-time insight empowers educators to unleash their students' potential. This webinar will examine what teaching with insight means in higher education, and what some successful approaches look like. We will take a deep dive into Top Hat’s reporting functionality in the Top Hat gradebook, which provides instructors with a holistic view of their courses, as well as specific insights on individual student comprehension. Our Weekly Course Report also helps instructors make data-driven decisions with their course content.
By attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Read the gradebook and adjust advanced settings for an optimal course experience
- Edit grades and enter manual grades as necessary
- Discern course-wide trends in student comprehension
- Utilize the Weekly Course Report to teach with insight and make data-driven decisions
45
minutes attendance
Who's this webinar for?
Educators who are familiar with Top Hat and want to learn more about its gradebook capabilities, as well as those who are new to Top Hat