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Upcoming Workshop: Teaching with Top Hat

Date: Thursday, August 12th Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Zoom Facilitator: Rhett McDaniel, CFT assistant director Guest Faculty: Jesse Blocher, associate professor of the practice of data science and finance   In this session you’ll hear about Top Hat, Vanderbilt’s student polling application. Top Hat allows you to ask multiple question types, receive responses, and generate discussions with real-time feedback…

Posted by on August 10, 2021 in Events, News, Top Hat, workshop

Upcoming Workshop: Teaching with Top Hat: Interactive Textbooks

Come explore some advanced features of Top Hat and learn about how you can host your e-textbook on Top Hat. During this session, Natalie Sela from Top Hat will show you how you can author your own e-textbook for your course and also make it available to others using Top Hat’s Content Marketplace. Facilitator: Natalie Sela Date: Thursday, January…

Posted by on January 13, 2021 in Events, Resource, Top Hat

Upcoming Workshop: Teaching with Top Hat: Synchronous & Asynchronous Strategies

The folks at Top Hat have identified specific strategies to build community and engage students in online and hybrid courses. Erin Vaianisi from Top Hat will share ideas about how best to incorporate Top Hat into your class, demonstrate the platform’s newest features, and answer your questions. If you are simply Interested in learning more about Top…

Posted by on January 12, 2021 in Events, Resource, Top Hat

Take advantage of our last Top Hat virtual office hour before classes start!

Interested in learning more about the new and advanced features of Top Hat? Are you using Top Hat but have some questions regarding your specific use case? Get help and answers about Top Hat during our virtual open office hour session. During these open sessions, you set the agenda! Quintin Peirce from Top Hat will…

Posted by on August 15, 2019 in Events, News, Top Hat, workshop

Get help and answers to you Top Hat questions during our virtual office hours

Interested in learning more about the new and advanced features of Top Hat? Are you using Top Hat but have some questions regarding your specific use case? Get help and answers about Top Hat during one of our virtual open office hour sessions. During these open sessions, you set the agenda! Quintin Peirce from Top…

Posted by on August 14, 2019 in Events, News, Top Hat, workshop

Top Hat Week Is Here!

by Derek Bruff, CFT Director It’s Top Hat Week at Vanderbilt! What does that mean? Well, we’re encouraging everyone teaching a class at Vanderbilt this week to try Top Hat, Vanderbilt’s in-class polling system. You can use Top Hat to pose a multiple-choice or free-response question to your students and have them respond using their…

Posted by on January 28, 2019 in Educational Technology, Events, Top Hat

Top Hat Week Begins Jan. 28th!

Are you interested in new ways to engage your students during class? Top Hat is Vanderbilt’s classroom response system, available for free to all faculty, staff, and students. Using Top Hat, instructors can pose polling questions and ask all their students to respond using their phones or laptops. Top Hat quickly collects and visualizes student…

Posted by on January 13, 2019 in Active Learning, Educational Technology, Events, Polling Systems, Top Hat

Intro to Top Hat Webinar Thursday, September 28

If you think you might want to incorporate polling in your class, then this demo session is for you! In this web-based introductory session, Kara Dingboom, Vanderbilt’s Enterprise Account Manager at Top Hat, will help you become familiar with the basic functions and features of the product and answer any questions you have about moving…

Posted by on September 25, 2017 in Events, Top Hat

Learn About Vanderbilt’s New Classroom Response System Monday, Sept. 11th

Monday, September 11, 2-3pm If you think you might want to incorporate polling in your class, then this demo session is for you! Top Hat is the first classroom response system to be adopted campus-wide at Vanderbilt. Top Hat is available to faculty, students, and staff across campus. In this web-based introductory session, Kara Dingboom,…

Posted by on September 5, 2017 in Events, Polling Systems, Top Hat, workshop

Learn About Vanderbilt’s New Classroom Response System Friday, August 11th

Top Hat is a “bring your own device” (BYOD) classroom response system that makes use of students’ personal mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops) as response devices. BYOD systems offer a number of logistical and pedagogical advantages over traditional, “clicker”-based systems. Top Hat is the first classroom response system to be adopted campus-wide and is now…

Posted by on August 7, 2017 in Events, student response, Top Hat, workshop

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