Most faculty use PowerPoint when they teach. But wouldn’t you like to create engaging PowerPoint slides? Create an engaged learning environment where every student can participate and have a voice? Using Top Hat Classroom allows instructors to sync their lectures slides with students’ devices so they can follow along in real-time.

Instructors can build in question slides into their PowerPoint presentations making the experience more engaging for students. You can even embed interactive polling questions between your slides to create seamless presentation aligned to your lecture. And best of all, these slides can be downloaded into Blackboard, allowing students to study at any time.

Top Hat tracks student performance and automatically assign grading weight to interactive questions, attendance, and participation all uploaded directly into the Top Hat grade book and Blackboard’s grade center.

LIT is working with a team of WIT faculty to pilot Top Hat in this summer semester 2018.  We will be testing Top Hat’s use during faculty lectures and assess its student engagement capabilities as well as determine student outcomes.  If you’re interested in participating in the summer program, please contact Ron Frattura at 617-989-4396.

To learn more about Top Hat and its features visit: https://tophat.com/classroom/