Canvas and Top Hat
Canvas
Canvas by Instructure is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) used in higher education institutions. Canvas provides professors with course management and administration support and offers asynchronous polls and quizzes.

Top Hat
Top Hat provides professors with course management and administration support, as well as enhanced options for polling and quizzing, but also does so much more. With Top Hat you can:
- Seamlessly integrate with Canvas
- Securely take attendance
- Gauge student comprehension
- Adopt and customize affordable, interactive textbooks
Canvas alternative? Here’s how we compare:

More question types
More question types
Multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, click-on-targets—Top Hat offers a wealth of interactive questions

Secure attendance
Secure attendance
Top Hat’s proximity-based solution tracks attendance in class

Large community
Large community
Over 16,000 professors and
three million students already use Top Hat

Easy account creation
Easy account creation
For both students and professors, Top Hat is popular because it’s easy to use

Hybrid connectivity
Hybrid connectivity
Top Hat offers support through mobile, web and even SMS texting

Trackable engagement
Trackable engagement
Top Hat’s graded, interactive questions reveal which concepts to reinforce

LMS integration
LMS integration
In case you need to connect to Canvas LMS

Customizable content
Customizable content
Top Hat allows you to tailor content to suit the needs of your class
Create your perfect course with Top Hat’s all-in-one teaching platform

Classroom
Leverage students’ devices to increase in-class engagement and get real-time feedback

Before class

Textbook
Adopt and customize affordable, interactive textbooks, or create your own

During class

Classroom
Leverage students’ devices to increase in-class engagement and get real-time feedback


Elevate your classroom experience with Top Hat’s alternative to a traditional LMS like Canvas
Top Hat offers a better before, during and after student experience when compared to Canvas Instructure LMS. Did we also mention that Top Hat helps improve student retention, take attendance on-the-fly and much more?
Top Hat also provides unparalleled support and concierge services to professors—a service unmatched by learning management systems like Canvas.

Frequently asked questions
Of course. With instructional designers and 24/7 support, we can integrate Top Hat with your current LMS.
Two million students and thousands of professors across 750 campuses use Top Hat every semester.
Round the clock support, for students and professors with dedicated on-boarders and training personnel assigned to every professor.
One term costs students $30; for professors it’s free.