Kahoot vs. Top Hat
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform for creating, sharing, and playing learning games or trivia quizzes. Used in higher learning institutions, Kahoot! allows instructors to create multiple-choice games.
Top Hat
Top Hat is an end-to-end teaching platform that helps students and professors engage before, during and after class by emphasizing collaboration and active learning. With Top Hat you can:
- Seamlessly integrate with your LMS
- Gamify your lectures like Kahoot
- Securely take attendance
- Gauge student comprehension
- Adopt and customize affordable, interactive textbooks
Kahoot! alternative? Here’s how we compare:
More question types
More question types
Engage students with ten different question types—including multiple choice, click on target, and long answer questions
Secure attendance
Secure attendance
Top Hat’s proximity-based solution tracks attendance in class
Active learning
Active learning
Embed interactive questions between your slides to seamlessly align student comprehension with your lecture plan
Universal accessibility
Universal accessibility
Top Hat is SMS compatible for students with no smart phone or areas with low wifi capability
Dedicated support
Dedicated support
Top Hat offers industry-leading instructional design and technical support for educators and students
Trackable engagement
Trackable engagement
View your students’ progress, identify struggling students, and offer extra support with Top Hat’s Gradebook
LMS integration
LMS integration
It’s easy to measure student participation when integrating Top Hat with your 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
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Before class
Textbook
Adopt and customize affordable, interactive textbooks, or create your own
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During class
Classroom
Leverage students’ devices to increase in-class engagement and get real-time feedback
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Create deep engagement and encourage active learning with Top Hat
Top Hat’s enhanced functionality encourages students to focus on comprehension and understanding of concepts, not just on winning games.
Top Hat allows professors to confidently measure understanding before class, and activate student engagement in class with interactive and engaging activities. Professors can then provide immediate real-time feedback which means students have faster, more effective personalized assistance.
See what these professors have to say about Top Hat
“I absolutely love Top Hat! Not only can I prepare questions in advance, I can also create impromptu questions to gauge whether students are understanding a new concept. Top Hat definitely facilitates my goal to create an active learning environment.”
Michelle Newsom
Instructor, Chemistry, Wright State University
“The major thing that sets Top Hat apart from other teaching platforms is that it gives immediate feedback of students’ learning. I have seen students’ performance on assignments and homework improve since I started using Top Hat.”
Echu Liu
Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University
“I used Kahoot! this past semester based on a recommendation from a colleague. I will never use it again. Top Hat is by far the superior system. The immediate feedback and ease of use of the platform is definitely what sets Top Hat apart.”
Amanda Farmer
Lecturer, Accounting, University of Georgia
Frequently asked questions
Of course. Not only is Top Hat known for being easy-to-use, but we also offer 1:1 support with instructional designers for all of our users.
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.