Attendance Tracking: Top Hat

Description

The Top Hat student response system utilizes students' personal devices (smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) combined with a random 4-digit attendance code to track attendance.

Access

• OHIO faculty and staff

• Active OHIO ID required for use

• Navigate to https://app.tophat.com/login and search for Ohio University. If you have not logged in before you will be prompted to sign-up.

Who can access

Instructors/Presenters

Instructors generate a 4-digit attendance code in Top Hat that students will need to input to be marked as present.

• System requirements (Instructor)

• Creating your Top Hat account (Instructor)

• Creating your Top Hat course (Instructor)

• Adding and managing students (Instructor)

• Initiating attendance code before or during a slide presentation (Instructor)

• Enabling secure geolocation attendance (Instructor)

Students/Participants

Students check in attendance by submitting the session's attendance code provided using a mobile application (iOS or Android) or web browser, or by texting the attendance code to the Top Hat SMS response number.

• System requirements (Student)

• Create your account and enroll in your course (Student)

• Logging your attendance (Student)

• Mobile apps

  • Student: iOS App Overview

  • Student: Android App Overview

Additional resources

Join the Teaching and Learning Technologies Advisory Community

• The Teaching and Learning Technologies Advisory Community is open to OHIO students, faculty, and staff who have an interest in teaching and learning technologies.

Service support

• You can learn more about service-specific roadmaps by visiting the IT Services Roadmaps page.

Get help

• Visit the Technology Help Center (help.ohio.edu) to get live support, view outages, and browse trainings.

• Book a Top Hat consultation with OIT employees

Accessibility

You can learn about accessibility features in Top Hat by visiting their website.

Ohio University strives to make its digital resources and services accessible to all visitors, including those with disabilities who may also be using assistive technology. If special steps are necessary in order to improve the accessibility of experiences for end-users, those steps must be taken. 
 
If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access OHIO websites, videos, online forums, documents, or other information technology, please let us know. 
For further information about OHIO's digital accessibility resources, see:

• Digital Accessibility

• Office for University Accessibility

• Student Accessibility Services

• Ohio University's IT Accessibility Policy

Security

The Ohio University Information Security Office strives to educate and empower the University community to appropriately manage risks and protect OHIO’s information and systems. This effort is facilitated through policies, standards, and information security risk management program, as well as other tools and guidance that are provided to the University community. This modern approach creates a safe computing environment in which the University community can teach, learn, and conduct research. 

For additional information about OHIO’s security resources, see:

• Resources for students 

• Resources for faculty and staff 

• Resources for researchers