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<v ->A bunch of folks here now, Jen,</v>

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do you think it's a good time to get started?

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<v ->Let's do it.</v>

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<v ->All right, and, Justin,</v>

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I see that you already started the recording.

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Thank you.

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We are recording these sessions,

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just so colleagues who can't join us during the live event

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will be able to view the recording after the fact,

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and they will be available on our website.

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So just wanna make you aware of that,

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and that we are doing the recording.

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I wanna welcome you all here.

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Thank you so much for being here today.

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I'm Holly Buckland Parker

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from the Center for Teaching and Learning, and my,

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so we are part of a student response system committee

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that is reviewing different software, hardware

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that actually allows students to do responses

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during live classes.

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And today's vendor is the Top Hat software and hardware.

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And actually you don't have hardware.

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You just have software.

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<v ->We use the devices they already own, Holly,</v>

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but thanks for sharing that, so I could slip that in there.

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<v ->Students have the hardware already.</v>

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<v ->And I just wanted to give Jen a brief moment</v>

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to introduce herself as the co-chair of our committee

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with me.

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<v ->Yes, hi, everybody.</v>

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Jen Garrett-Ostermiller

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from the Center for Teaching and Learning.

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Happy to have you all here and to watch this demo.

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<v ->Thanks, Jen.</v>

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And I'm going to turn things over to the folks at Top Hat.

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They have a demo prepared for us.

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They will be sharing their screen.

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Chat will be available.

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We're going to have 20 or so minutes,

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is that right, Francis,

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of kind of a presentation,

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and then we'll have the question and answer?

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<v ->Yep, that sounds good, Holly.</v>

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We'll try to get through it within 20 minutes.

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<v ->Okay, so if you could hold any verbal questions</v>

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till we have that break that would be helpful.

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But Cole did tell us that he would be monitoring the chat

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along with myself and Jen and other folks on the committee.

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So we can also try to answer some questions

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as things are rolling right along.

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And I'm gonna turn things over to Francis, Cole, and David.

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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<v ->And I will say just as, sorry, Francis,</v>

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as the guy working the chat.

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We have a Q&amp;A time at the end,

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but I'd suggest if you've got any burning questions

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that are gonna maybe distract you from the presentation

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'cause you just gotta know, shoot 'em in the chat,

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and I should be able to address them.

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<v ->Thank you so much, Cole.</v>

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And thank you, Holly, for allowing me to practice

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how to share my screen on Microsoft Teams.

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I'm gonna go ahead and flex my new skills here,

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and hopefully you're able to see

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a slide that says "Active learning anywhere."

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Cole, can you give me a thumbs up if you can see that?

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<v ->Two thumbs up.</v>

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<v ->Beautiful, (Francis laughing) thank you.</v>

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All right, so the theme here is active learning anywhere.

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The reason why we're emphasizing this is

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right now, over the last year,

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learning has been taking place

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in all sorts of different environments,

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whether it be remote, face-to-face, hybrid,

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and Top Hat really is a solution

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to make active learning easy

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regardless of where the faculty and the student are.

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So that's something we wanna highlight

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since that has really come to the top sort of

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of faculty needs lately.

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But quickly, just a quick introduction.

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So Cole is our Institutional Partnerships Director.

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David and I

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are the Senior Educational Technology Consultants

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working directly with faculty, boots on the ground,

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or at least when we were able to travel to Vermont,

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which I really miss.

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We were actually working directly with faculty there.

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So the learning objective of today's demo

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is really to walk away with a meaningful preview

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of what makes Top Hat sort of the best option for UVM.

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And Cole, I'll let you walk through

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some of the key takeaways for everybody here.

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Oh, you're on mute, Cole.

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<v ->So thanks, Francis.</v>

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I think it's important

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before we jump into a broad demonstration

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that we just give you a couple things to focus on.

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And the three main key takeaways

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I'd like you to focus on, well, the first is

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that Top Hat is the best and most robust polling solution

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as well as being the easiest to use.

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Number two, our one-on-one instructional design support

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which every professor who uses Top Hat will get,

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and our concierge team who will do all the work

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that you don't wanna do when transitioning tools

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like converting questions, building questions into Top Hat,

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they'll do that for you.

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These two teams will help you transition

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from another tool painlessly.

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Finally, Top Hat integrates seamlessly with Blackboard,

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but we're not just gonna integrate the tool,

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set up grade and roster sync and leave it at that.

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how to use Top Hat within these tools.

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with Blackboard, from Blackboard.

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Thank you, Francis.

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<v ->And thank you, Cole.</v>

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All right, so for today's agenda,

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we'll quickly go through what is Top Hat?

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build and run a lecture, so you can get a very concrete look

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at what it is to make something within Top Hat

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and just how easy it is,

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which is really what we're trying to drive home

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is Top Hat's intuitiveness.

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And then of course, our setup and our support

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which we feel is part of our secret sauce,

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what makes Top Hat really unique,

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what helps really for faculty

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to make the most of the technology.

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we'll have enough time for a Question and Answer period

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at the end there.

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So what exactly is Top Hat?

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That's something that a lot of faculty

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scratch their heads and ask.

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We're essentially an app

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that allows you to assess students anywhere at any time.

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They love apps.

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so we've optimized an app for their cell phone.

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you can even use your flip phone.

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you can use to interact with Top Hat,

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really making learning accessible

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and leveraging the devices

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that are already in the classroom

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rather than introducing new devices.

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I wanna quickly give you a fun fact about the platform.

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13 years ago, in 2008 at the University of Waterloo,

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two computer engineering students were sitting

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in a classroom, and they said to each other,

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their names were Mike and Mohsen,

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now, you know, not surprisingly, the co-founders of Top Hat,

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said to themselves, we are very much passive participants

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in this massive lecture.

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They conceived this idea of what if, you know,

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at the time smartphones were becoming a very popular item

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well, what if we took these smartphones,

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instead of these, you know, remote controls

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that students have to bring to class,

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what if we leveraged those devices we already have

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to actually immerse ourselves in the lecture

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and create an active learning experience.

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Fun fact number two, the very first Top Hat customer

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was the professor of our co-founder.

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They asked him if he could try it in class.

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So in a nutshell, Top Hat was actually developed

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by students, for students.

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Let's fast forward to what the classroom looks like in 2021.

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Many of you may be familiar with what I like to call

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You're staring at a bunch of black boxes,

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and the reason the fatigue comes is because as an educator,

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you just don't know.

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Are they learning?

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Maybe this person is making a sandwich?

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which I'm a huge fan of personally,

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one of the key things I miss about being in Vermont.

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and the new for engagement has never been

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stronger or higher.

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So with that, let's jump right into it.

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Oh, before that, one thing I really wanna highlight

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as a summary, active learning on any device,

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in any environment, but we know that because faculty come

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from all different technological backgrounds,

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it has to be simple and it has to be easy.

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So let's show you exactly what I mean by that.

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Let's go ahead and make some stuff.

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So I'm gonna switch over to my Top Hat application.

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Cole, thumbs up?

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Two thumbs up, awesome.

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<v Holly>Yes you can.</v>

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<v ->Just one this time?</v>

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So I'm gonna go ahead.

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I'm on the Top Hat website.

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I'm gonna click log in,

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to my professor homepage.

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You know, many of you teach different courses.

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What a coincidence.

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So I'm gonna go in there, click that.

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Let's say that I'm a professor.

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I wanna implement active learning.

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I wanna use Top Hat.

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Let me show you from beginning to end

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how that's gonna be done.

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So one of the differentiators of Top Hat

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is that you can actually upload your slides

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into the platform, so that you're not toggling

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between your clicker tool, your response system

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and your slides. It's kind of all in one.

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So I'm gonna click the create button,

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and that you'll notice,

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one thing that I want to emphasize here

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is just how clean and simple the interface is.

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There's only one button here.

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and they use it for the questions,

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but many faculty actually

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wanna make their slides interactive.

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So I'm gonna upload some slides here.

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Those are gonna start uploading directly into Top Hat.

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so yes you can, after uploading these slides,

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you can edit them within Top Hat as well

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to make those last minute changes before your lecture.

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I'm gonna go ahead and start adding some questions.

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whether it be engineering, physics, food science,

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regardless of what it is, there is a question type

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that can challenge your students, right?

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where students can actually draw chemical diagrams,

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a lot to pick and choose from.

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What is the best place to eat in Burlington?

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but I'm gonna go ahead

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that are being automatically tracked.

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that I just kind of took from Google.

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I'm gonna ask students to select the aorta.

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Laura, I'm probably gonna get this wrong.

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I know you're an AMP professor,

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so I'm just gonna choose this and hope this is right.

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and then I can actually choose multiple correct answers

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just by clicking on this image.

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what it's gonna look like for the student, right?

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they can actually place.

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I click save.

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Again, all of those points are being fed

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to your Top Hat grade book.

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that really helps, especially those shy students

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in discussion is our discussion tool.

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within the settings.

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this turns into kind of a live feedback board.

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then you won't be able to see students' names.

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let's say asking students to identify a weakness,

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something they found difficult in class,

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making it anonymous can be very, very powerful.

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So I'm gonna call this end of class discussion.

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one question about every 15 minutes,

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that our instructional designers teach faculty.

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If they need that, if they need those, need to learn how to,

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like the frequency of adding questions,

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we do recommend, you know, three to four per hour

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to keep the lecture going.

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<v ->Hey, Francis?</v>

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<v ->Yep?</v>

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<v ->Can you do me a favor?</v>

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Could you go to question two, edit it,

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increase it to 20 because I'd like the team

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to see what it looks like when 20 students or more

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are interacting with a click on target question.

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And I will be those 20 students on my phone.

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<v ->Sounds good.</v>

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So you can always give students different attempts here.

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So I'm gonna select 20, very generous professor here.

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All right.

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So that from start to finish is building a lecture

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So most people would find that really easy to do.

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And so what I'm gonna do now is go ahead

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just go ahead and click that.

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So this is one way to actually motivate attendance

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or if faculty are tracking attendance manually,

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that can save them a lot of time.

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So I can click the take attendance button.

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A unique code will appear every time

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so that students can't cheat the system.

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You'll notice on the right side, the attendance has come up.

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I input the code.

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So I'm gonna input 3782.

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And we also have secure attendance.

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So you can have a GPS, it kind of creates a geo-fence

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around your classroom

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so that students physically have to be in the class

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to mark themselves present.

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then you can actually have students mark themselves present

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from wherever they are.

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you'll be into, you'll be in your slides now.

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And you can skip ahead to other slides that you have

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or you can just go through your slide show

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by clicking the next arrow on your keyboard.

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So what is the best place to eat in Burlington?

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I can go ahead, start the question.

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So notice how it's directly embedded in my slides.

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So I never have to kind of leave or go anywhere.

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And so as a student, I can actually participate.

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Let me just use my iPhone here.

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you can actually track how many students

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are actually participating.

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So do, do, do, gig.

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There we go.

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Perfect. And thank you, Cole for responding as well.

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So on the bottom, I can go ahead,

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show the responses to my class,

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highlight the correct response.

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All of this data is then immediately sent

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into my grade book.

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Cole, you look really happy.

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<v ->I couldn't remember the Gaku part,</v>

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but I know the ramen place.

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<v ->Yeah, there we go.</v>

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The ramen place.

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And of course, here you can go ahead

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and show your word cloud,

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which is a really fun way to demonstrate student results.

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Now, moving forward, we're back in our slide show.

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So our slides are presenting.

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And then again, this seamless experience

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where our slides go uninterrupted with our questions.

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Select the aorta.

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All right, let's do this, probably--

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<v ->Give me a moment for all 20 question.</v>

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All 20 students in this class to respond.

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I'm on it.

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We're at we're at about four or five and counting.

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A couple of these students are way off.

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And in fact, I'm not even sure if that's the correct answer.

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We just guessed, so.

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<v ->All right, Cole.</v>

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I'm gonna click add 60 second timer

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because I'm, oh, there you go.

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<v ->I got it right in there.</v>

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<v ->I was running out of time there,</v>

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so I had to put the timer on.

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So let's see the responses.

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All right, so let's see the responses.

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Okay, so Laura's probably shaking her head right now.

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This does not look good.

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I don't think we did really well,

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but oh, but we did get, you know,

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one of your attempts was in the correct area.

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And one of my attempts was.

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I kind of just clicked everywhere. So good job.

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<v ->Nice.</v>

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<v ->Most instructors would not give 20 attempts, however, so.</v>

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You got lucky this time, Cole.

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All right.

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So finally, let's go over to our discussion question.

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So what was the muddiest point of today's lecture?

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I can go ahead and just say the,

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I can type something in here,

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and then you'll notice that these are anonymous.

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So these will start coming in.

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Sounds like Cole is typing something.

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<v ->Oh, sorry.</v>

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I'll mute myself. I was answering a question in the chat.

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<v ->Oh, gotcha.</v>

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Oh, I thought you were submitting something

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into the discussion board.

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So what students can do is they can actually,

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like Facebook, they can like each other's responses.

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So I can click this like button and actually up votes.

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We've got "Huh?" here.

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I can comment on other student's responses,

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and you can actually sort these responses by the most liked.

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<v ->Francis, do you think I can maybe tell a quick story here?</v>

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<v ->Yes, of course.</v>

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<v ->So anybody who's watching</v>

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who teaches more than a hundred students

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may be imagining to themselves, like how is it possible

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that I'm gonna get a hundred responses in real time

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and be able to work with that data?

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How is that possible?

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The answer is maybe Francis was just getting to this,

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but I've got a good story to add,

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in the top right, When he selects most liked,

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it orders the 100 responses

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by the responses that your students have liked the most.

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So you really only have to respond

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to the top one or two questions.

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You ask the question, ask students to read through them

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and like the ones that resonate with them.

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And you'll be able to have a conversation

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with the whole class,

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just by responding to one or two questions.

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This has proven so effective that it's become the essential,

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an essential piece to the largest human sexuality course

524
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in Canada, taught at Dalhousie University

525
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to a 450 student lecture for the past five years,

526
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where he is able to get students to anonymously share

527
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stories and facts or their opinions

528
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on things that they normally

529
00:21:10.210 --> 00:21:13.580
would absolutely never speak about in a classroom.

530
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I certainly wouldn't.

531
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So when used effectively,

532
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this tool can completely change the way students feel

533
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about sharing information in class

534
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and open up discussions that were otherwise

535
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completely impossible.

536
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Sorry about that, Francis. I think you were getting to that,

537
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but I had to tell my Dalhousie story.

538
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<v ->Nobody tells a story like you, Cole,</v>

539
00:21:33.455 --> 00:21:35.000
so no, that was wonderful.

540
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So what I can do now at the end of my lecture

541
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is I can click on my slides, click on the responses.

542
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Do you see this assign button in the corner?

543
00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:46.150
I can assign them so that students can actually review

544
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the slides and the responses to the questions

545
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on their phone, on their device, wherever they want.

546
00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:52.911
Now they can review all of that.

547
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That's another differentiator of Top Hat.

548
00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.050
Let's throw in another differentiator of Top Hat.

549
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You can actually,

550
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we didn't leave the asynchronous lectures out.

551
00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:03.360
We know that there are many many more asynchronous courses

552
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now after the remote, you know, era of education.

553
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So you can easily turn this lecture

554
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into an asynchronous lecture

555
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using what we call a Top Hat page.

556
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And so I just went ahead and created a sample

557
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of what that can look like.

558
00:22:20.346 --> 00:22:23.630
So within Top Hat, I just typed in lecture to the brain

559
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into a blank Top Hat page.

560
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I had a discussion question where I'm asking my students,

561
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you know, what's one thing you'd like to learn

562
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about the brain?

563
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This is the same discussion question you just saw,

564
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but in an asynchronous format.

565
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It works just the same.

566
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In an assignment, you can actually have that.

567
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So you notice one student has some, you know,

568
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wants to learn about phantom limb pain.

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The other wants to learn

570
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why does my brain like chips but not carrots?

571
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So as I go through

572
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you actually have your lecture videos and then questions.

573
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So you can track, have that same interactivity,

574
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break up your video, your lecture video,

575
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and then more interactivity.

576
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So you can actually track student progress.

577
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And then again, end of class reflection,

578
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what was the muddiest point?

579
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So very similar to what we just did

580
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in a synchronous fashion,

581
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but now you can actually do it asynchronously as well,

582
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especially for those students

583
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who didn't come to the synchronous session.

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<v ->Hey, Francis?</v>

585
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<v ->Yes?</v>

586
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<v ->I'm just wondering,</v>

587
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let's say I built those three questions

588
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in our lecture, and I was gonna teach

589
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with them synchronously and then, oh, for some reason

590
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I'm gonna have to switch this lecture to asynchronous.

591
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Is it easy for me to get my questions

592
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out of my deck and into this format?

593
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<v ->Great question, Cole.</v>

594
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So I can actually edit this assignment,

595
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and let's say that I just wanna throw in the lecture slides.

596
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I don't wanna double my work.

597
00:23:45.089 --> 00:23:46.852
I don't wanna make those questions again

598
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that I just created with all of you today.

599
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I can just click this.

600
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Sorry, sometimes I do things way too fast

601
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'cause I know the platform.

602
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Do you see this blue--

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<v ->You're doing great, Francis.</v>

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<v ->Do you see this blue plus button here?</v>

605
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You just click that, click import,

606
00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:02.440
and you can actually import questions

607
00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:04.889
that you just created in your lecture.

608
00:24:04.889 --> 00:24:07.620
So I can preview what's the best place to eat in Burlington.

609
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Okay, select the aorta.

610
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I can import those.

611
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And now they're part of my asynchronous lecture,

612
00:24:13.635 --> 00:24:15.010
so look at that.

613
00:24:15.010 --> 00:24:16.430
I don't have the double the work.

614
00:24:16.430 --> 00:24:18.390
I don't have to create those questions again.

615
00:24:18.390 --> 00:24:21.490
And now they're part of my asynchronous lecture assignment.

616
00:24:21.490 --> 00:24:23.550
Thank you so much, Cole, for asking that.

617
00:24:23.550 --> 00:24:24.970
<v ->No problem.</v>

618
00:24:24.970 --> 00:24:28.290
<v ->Perfect, so that's the Top Hat polling,</v>

619
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the polling part of Top Hat,

620
00:24:30.326 --> 00:24:32.160
synchronous/asynchronous at a glance.

621
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Let's quickly hop into grade book and weekly report.

622
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Let's look for some insights.

623
00:24:38.151 --> 00:24:39.470
Since Top Hat makes it really, really easy

624
00:24:39.470 --> 00:24:43.030
to actually be able to track student progress,

625
00:24:43.030 --> 00:24:45.323
not just through the grade book.

626
00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:49.260
So I'll give you a quick preview of the grade book here.

627
00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:54.220
So the grade book is where you're actually able to assess,

628
00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:57.203
manipulate results that are all sent over to Blackboard.

629
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So I can see my attendance score here.

630
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I can open it.

631
00:25:01.626 --> 00:25:03.300
I can view an attendance report.

632
00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:06.520
I can open my asynchronous lecture, my synchronous lecture.

633
00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:07.890
I can see trends.

634
00:25:07.890 --> 00:25:09.760
I can focus in on students,

635
00:25:09.760 --> 00:25:11.390
but this can be a lot of work

636
00:25:11.390 --> 00:25:13.580
if you're constantly digging through this data.

637
00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:17.265
So what's another differentiator of Top Hat?

638
00:25:17.265 --> 00:25:19.330
We have something called a weekly insight report,

639
00:25:19.330 --> 00:25:20.970
and it looks like this.

640
00:25:20.970 --> 00:25:23.860
So Top Hat takes all of this data

641
00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:27.905
from students interacting with your lectures,

642
00:25:27.905 --> 00:25:29.400
synchronous, asynchronous, our assignments,

643
00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:32.190
and it gives you an easily digestible report

644
00:25:32.190 --> 00:25:33.533
that you can action.

645
00:25:35.106 --> 00:25:36.700
So you'll know which are the questions

646
00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:39.944
that students are doing really well in, okay?

647
00:25:39.944 --> 00:25:42.545
Which are sort of the concepts that students understand.

648
00:25:42.545 --> 00:25:44.240
So you don't have to sift through that data.

649
00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.270
Which are the concepts that students aren't getting,

650
00:25:47.270 --> 00:25:49.750
so that, you know, perhaps I should be covering this

651
00:25:49.750 --> 00:25:51.113
more in class.

652
00:25:52.026 --> 00:25:53.876
The idea here is actionable insights.

653
00:25:54.803 --> 00:25:56.804
You can actually click this button

654
00:25:56.804 --> 00:25:59.070
and save the questions for the next lecture.

655
00:25:59.070 --> 00:26:01.683
And then if you scroll down, at the student level,

656
00:26:02.530 --> 00:26:05.380
you can actually see which students

657
00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:08.250
in particular are doing exceptionally well in class.

658
00:26:08.250 --> 00:26:11.330
But then what can be more insightful

659
00:26:11.330 --> 00:26:14.100
is which students are struggling

660
00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:16.120
or at risk of not doing well,

661
00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:18.280
giving you the opportunity to intervene.

662
00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:20.020
Now these are the students worth helping

663
00:26:20.020 --> 00:26:22.022
because they're the ones

664
00:26:22.022 --> 00:26:23.529
that are actually showing up to class.

665
00:26:23.529 --> 00:26:25.380
They're responding, but they're getting consistently,

666
00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:28.040
they're trending towards getting inconsistent

667
00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:30.180
or sorry, incorrect grades.

668
00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.710
So really helping you to make sure

669
00:26:31.710 --> 00:26:34.390
no student falls through the cracks,

670
00:26:34.390 --> 00:26:37.310
making that easy for you, right?

671
00:26:37.310 --> 00:26:38.930
Because with collecting all of this polling data,

672
00:26:38.930 --> 00:26:41.267
there's a lot of valuable data in there

673
00:26:41.267 --> 00:26:42.120
that can actually help you make

674
00:26:43.168 --> 00:26:44.463
some pretty important decisions for your class.

675
00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:47.028
All right.

676
00:26:47.028 --> 00:26:48.859
So let's move forward. Cole, do you wanna talk a moment

677
00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:51.943
about Top Hat with Blackboard and Teams?

678
00:26:52.902 --> 00:26:55.800
<v ->Sure, and also I was just gonna respond to Laura Engelken.</v>

679
00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:57.906
Yes, absolutely.

680
00:26:57.906 --> 00:26:59.786
In fact, Laura, a simpler way to put this is

681
00:26:59.786 --> 00:27:03.310
once you import questions into Top Hat,

682
00:27:03.310 --> 00:27:06.850
they can extremely easily be exported and imported

683
00:27:06.850 --> 00:27:08.620
to other courses.

684
00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:10.323
That's very easy to do.

685
00:27:11.990 --> 00:27:14.490
Let me jump into this question about Blackboard.

686
00:27:14.490 --> 00:27:19.490
So we'll be completing a full LTI integration

687
00:27:19.524 --> 00:27:21.823
which allowed for one click grade sync

688
00:27:21.823 --> 00:27:23.727
and one click roster sync.

689
00:27:23.727 --> 00:27:25.440
Okay, so that means the grades and rosters

690
00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:28.390
within Top Hat and Blackboard will be synced automatically

691
00:27:28.390 --> 00:27:29.323
with one click.

692
00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:33.770
This saves professors a lot of time,

693
00:27:33.770 --> 00:27:36.388
but I also want to speak briefly

694
00:27:36.388 --> 00:27:37.450
to what I was saying at the beginning of the presentation.

695
00:27:37.450 --> 00:27:40.810
We are not just going to integrate with Blackboard.

696
00:27:40.810 --> 00:27:42.963
We want to supercharge Blackboard.

697
00:27:44.143 --> 00:27:46.987
So that means the trainings that we run

698
00:27:46.987 --> 00:27:49.402
or we design with the UVM CTL,

699
00:27:49.402 --> 00:27:51.846
we'll see exactly how that works when we get there,

700
00:27:51.846 --> 00:27:53.740
they will start in Blackboard.

701
00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:57.187
Top Hat will not be this additional thing

702
00:27:57.187 --> 00:27:59.863
that you need to figure out separate from Blackboard.

703
00:27:59.863 --> 00:28:00.966
They're going to work together,

704
00:28:00.966 --> 00:28:02.700
and we're going to show you how to use them together.

705
00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:05.050
So not only are we going to provide the integration

706
00:28:05.050 --> 00:28:07.750
that ensures they work together seamlessly,

707
00:28:07.750 --> 00:28:12.460
we're going to train you to use Top Hat with Blackboard

708
00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.203
the way that works best.

709
00:28:16.924 --> 00:28:18.290
<v ->Thank you very much, Cole, and Holly, quick question.</v>

710
00:28:18.290 --> 00:28:20.006
I know that it's 2:30.

711
00:28:20.006 --> 00:28:22.590
Is it okay if we go a couple minutes over?

712
00:28:22.590 --> 00:28:24.350
<v ->Yes, and I just wondered, Cole,</v>

713
00:28:24.350 --> 00:28:26.950
if you have a second, can you check the chat?

714
00:28:26.950 --> 00:28:29.846
<v ->Yep, there are no plugin requirements to use this browser.</v>

715
00:28:29.846 --> 00:28:33.870
I can, yeah, there's no plugin requirements at all.

716
00:28:33.870 --> 00:28:36.643
I mean, a student would have to download the app

717
00:28:36.643 --> 00:28:37.650
to use it on their phone in the app store,

718
00:28:37.650 --> 00:28:40.110
but the whole idea with the browser as a backup

719
00:28:40.110 --> 00:28:42.590
is you can just go to TopHat.com

720
00:28:42.590 --> 00:28:44.870
and get right in there and present if you need to.

721
00:28:44.870 --> 00:28:46.103
No plugins required.

722
00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.000
<v ->Awesome, thank you, Cole.</v>

723
00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.833
All right.

724
00:28:49.833 --> 00:28:51.610
Let's talk about setup and support.

725
00:28:51.610 --> 00:28:53.530
Cole and I are really, really excited to talk about this

726
00:28:53.530 --> 00:28:54.820
because we feel in many ways,

727
00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:57.240
this is exactly what makes Top Hat super strong.

728
00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:59.270
We don't just like to provide a good product.

729
00:28:59.270 --> 00:29:01.470
We believe that it really is also about providing

730
00:29:01.470 --> 00:29:05.317
an amazing over the top service with that product.

731
00:29:05.317 --> 00:29:07.495
So we are not your average 1-800 number.

732
00:29:07.495 --> 00:29:09.830
In fact, I don't think we ever do that for support.

733
00:29:09.830 --> 00:29:14.320
So some of you may remember in 2004.

734
00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:16.640
This moment right here, for those of you who do remember,

735
00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.262
I apologize.

736
00:29:18.262 --> 00:29:21.130
We're not about to give you all free cars for today.

737
00:29:21.130 --> 00:29:22.230
Really sorry about that.

738
00:29:22.230 --> 00:29:23.980
But what we are going to provide

739
00:29:25.321 --> 00:29:26.900
every single Top Hat user

740
00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.870
is their very own instructional designer.

741
00:29:27.870 --> 00:29:30.460
So everyone will be paired

742
00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:32.270
with their own instructional designer.

743
00:29:32.270 --> 00:29:35.330
Someone that helps you train and really evolve the product,

744
00:29:35.330 --> 00:29:37.378
but will be an extension

745
00:29:37.378 --> 00:29:39.000
of whatever support you would get from UVM.

746
00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:41.818
So you get an instructional.

747
00:29:41.818 --> 00:29:42.670
You get an instructional designer.

748
00:29:42.670 --> 00:29:47.461
You and all faculty, you know, we don't discriminate,

749
00:29:47.461 --> 00:29:49.800
will get their very own instructional designer.

750
00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:51.698
So we think of this as our secret sauce.

751
00:29:51.698 --> 00:29:53.660
Think of it as your own personal 100% friendly,

752
00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.993
organic Canadian.

753
00:29:56.297 --> 00:29:57.300
someone in the chemistry department

754
00:29:58.281 --> 00:29:59.460
actually calls her instructional designer

755
00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:02.010
her personal helper Smurf, which I thought was adorable.

756
00:30:02.010 --> 00:30:04.240
So I just threw that in there.

757
00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:06.760
And here are some examples of instructional,

758
00:30:06.760 --> 00:30:08.543
yeah, too long of a word, whoa.

759
00:30:10.031 --> 00:30:11.320
Instructional designers that have worked at UVM

760
00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:13.335
helping faculty so far.

761
00:30:13.335 --> 00:30:14.570
We've got Patrick, Karen Harris,

762
00:30:14.570 --> 00:30:16.270
and many, many others on our team.

763
00:30:17.517 --> 00:30:18.870
<v ->Hey, Francis, could you,</v>

764
00:30:18.870 --> 00:30:20.320
I guess you could stay here on this slide.

765
00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:22.836
I just wanna quickly jump in and say something.

766
00:30:22.836 --> 00:30:25.303
So I would like to point something out.

767
00:30:26.517 --> 00:30:30.690
We have the most, and maybe the only, you know,

768
00:30:30.690 --> 00:30:33.030
large instructional design team

769
00:30:33.030 --> 00:30:34.830
of any vendor in education technology

770
00:30:34.830 --> 00:30:36.453
that's working with professors,

771
00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:39.177
but it's not our secret sauce

772
00:30:39.177 --> 00:30:41.230
because people need this team to use Top Hat.

773
00:30:41.230 --> 00:30:42.930
All of the innovators in the room,

774
00:30:43.798 --> 00:30:45.958
people have used tools like Top Hat.

775
00:30:45.958 --> 00:30:47.618
You know, they will not be named in this presentation,

776
00:30:47.618 --> 00:30:48.810
but you know exactly what I'm talking about

777
00:30:48.810 --> 00:30:52.050
using Top Hat for the first time will be like riding a bike.

778
00:30:52.050 --> 00:30:55.060
But the reason why this is our secret sauce

779
00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:58.650
is because we are able to onboard 87-year old professors

780
00:30:58.650 --> 00:31:01.135
who have never used Chrome before.

781
00:31:01.135 --> 00:31:03.059
That's a recent case that happened recently,

782
00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:05.760
and it took many hours, but we've got the team to do it.

783
00:31:05.760 --> 00:31:06.930
I don't wanna give the impression

784
00:31:06.930 --> 00:31:09.300
that everyone's gonna need this support.

785
00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:12.450
Oftentimes the most tech savvy faculty at a school

786
00:31:12.450 --> 00:31:15.017
will tell us to leave them alone,

787
00:31:15.017 --> 00:31:16.161
and they don't want any training.

788
00:31:16.161 --> 00:31:17.160
That's fine.

789
00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.496
They'll have someone to reach out to if they'd like,

790
00:31:18.496 --> 00:31:21.310
but I find, this is our secret sauce

791
00:31:21.310 --> 00:31:23.237
because it allows us to work

792
00:31:23.237 --> 00:31:26.918
with every faculty member at UVM, ensure they're successful,

793
00:31:26.918 --> 00:31:29.330
ensure their students have a fantastic experience,

794
00:31:29.330 --> 00:31:32.560
no matter where they lie on the adoption curve,

795
00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.393
whether you're an innovator

796
00:31:33.393 --> 00:31:36.200
or technology's something you've never really used before.

797
00:31:37.090 --> 00:31:38.093
Thank you, Francis.

798
00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.681
<v ->No, thank you, Cole.</v>

799
00:31:40.681 --> 00:31:43.317
That was an extremely, extremely important point to add.

800
00:31:43.317 --> 00:31:44.520
So a bit more detail on the instructional designer.

801
00:31:44.520 --> 00:31:47.560
Like I said, an extension of your institution support

802
00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.690
with in-house experts that tailor your training

803
00:31:48.690 --> 00:31:51.130
for your specific needs, pedagogical goals.

804
00:31:51.130 --> 00:31:52.460
I'll give you a couple examples

805
00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:54.394
of what they can help you with.

806
00:31:54.394 --> 00:31:55.227
Let's say you're migrating

807
00:31:55.227 --> 00:31:57.159
from a different student response system.

808
00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:58.741
Let's say you're using Poll Everywhere

809
00:31:58.741 --> 00:31:59.640
and you wanna switch to Top Hat.

810
00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.780
They'll do the heavy lifting

811
00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:02.630
behind transferring those questions.

812
00:32:02.630 --> 00:32:04.530
Let's say that you wanna learn best practices

813
00:32:04.530 --> 00:32:07.020
around implementing active learning online.

814
00:32:07.020 --> 00:32:08.950
Many instructors haven't taught online.

815
00:32:08.950 --> 00:32:11.780
They are trained to really help you with that.

816
00:32:11.780 --> 00:32:15.420
And with a small or large classroom to help you use Top Hat

817
00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:17.240
in tandem with Blackboard,

818
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:20.540
to provide the best active learning experience.

819
00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:23.040
How can I increase attendance in class?

820
00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:25.039
You can ask them if they can see

821
00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:27.210
if there's any OER available for your course.

822
00:32:27.210 --> 00:32:29.875
Or maybe you just wanna upload some quizzes

823
00:32:29.875 --> 00:32:32.998
that you have to Top Hat. Really, there's just so many ways

824
00:32:32.998 --> 00:32:34.448
that we're ready to help you.

825
00:32:35.656 --> 00:32:38.894
And then Cole, can you speak to the concierge service

826
00:32:38.894 --> 00:32:39.894
a little bit?

827
00:32:39.894 --> 00:32:41.577
<v ->Sure, so the concierge service.</v>

828
00:32:41.577 --> 00:32:42.410
I'm just gonna read this slide,

829
00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:44.333
and then I'll speak a bit about it

830
00:32:44.333 --> 00:32:46.175
because I think it speaks for itself.

831
00:32:46.175 --> 00:32:47.360
We've got a team, a scalable team,

832
00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:50.750
a big team that can build stuff for you

833
00:32:50.750 --> 00:32:52.903
that you don't want to do.

834
00:32:52.903 --> 00:32:53.736
If you're sitting here thinking,

835
00:32:53.736 --> 00:32:55.850
Oh, the last thing I wanna do is take all of my stuff,

836
00:32:55.850 --> 00:32:58.120
what I'm using now and get it into Top Hat.

837
00:32:58.120 --> 00:33:01.180
This team is the one that's gonna take that off your plate.

838
00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:03.740
Okay, they can build Top Hat questions for you.

839
00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.650
Convert question banks from other tools

840
00:33:05.650 --> 00:33:07.513
into Top Hat for you

841
00:33:07.513 --> 00:33:09.490
and arrange them into a format of your liking.

842
00:33:09.490 --> 00:33:10.757
One day, you just pop into Top Hat,

843
00:33:10.757 --> 00:33:13.320
and all of your content's already in there.

844
00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:15.070
I'm not exaggerating when I say this.

845
00:33:15.070 --> 00:33:17.930
You can give us a word document with 500 questions

846
00:33:17.930 --> 00:33:19.520
that you've built out in there,

847
00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:21.730
and we will build them into Top Hat for you.

848
00:33:21.730 --> 00:33:23.563
There's no limit on questions.

849
00:33:25.470 --> 00:33:28.143
And this is a scalable, this is so scalable

850
00:33:28.143 --> 00:33:30.420
that this is a tool that's being taken advantage of

851
00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.530
or will be taken advantage of

852
00:33:31.530 --> 00:33:33.680
by the State University of New York system.

853
00:33:34.610 --> 00:33:38.070
It is scalable, and it makes transitioning from another tool

854
00:33:38.070 --> 00:33:39.840
quick and easy.

855
00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:41.970
We just need a two week turnaround time.

856
00:33:41.970 --> 00:33:45.270
So as long as you don't send us 500 questions

857
00:33:45.270 --> 00:33:47.928
a day before the first day of class,

858
00:33:47.928 --> 00:33:49.670
and you give us two weeks to get it into your course,

859
00:33:49.670 --> 00:33:53.613
we can make this transition painless and seamless for you.

860
00:33:54.786 --> 00:33:55.785
All right.

861
00:33:55.785 --> 00:33:56.785
Our support system is designed

862
00:33:56.785 --> 00:33:58.103
for helping you transition to Top Hat.

863
00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.270
<v ->And just to add to that,</v>

864
00:34:01.270 --> 00:34:03.905
we do have many faculty that are using Top Hat

865
00:34:03.905 --> 00:34:07.410
for assessments, for assignments and quizzes, tests.

866
00:34:07.410 --> 00:34:08.810
And that's where these question banks

867
00:34:08.810 --> 00:34:10.776
are especially helpful.

868
00:34:10.776 --> 00:34:11.868
So there's actually someone

869
00:34:11.868 --> 00:34:12.866
in the biomedical sciences department

870
00:34:12.866 --> 00:34:15.380
who we recently helped get 500 of his immunology questions

871
00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:17.820
into Top Hat so that he could run in class questions

872
00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.823
and also assessments for her students.

873
00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.660
So we're not exaggerating when we say 500.

874
00:34:23.660 --> 00:34:25.473
In terms of student support, Cole?

875
00:34:26.390 --> 00:34:27.940
<v ->Yeah, but this will be quick.</v>

876
00:34:29.149 --> 00:34:32.530
Students should never come to any of you about Top Hat

877
00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:35.270
unless they're excited and wanna tell you how awesome it is.

878
00:34:35.270 --> 00:34:37.290
They have their own support line at Top Hat,

879
00:34:37.290 --> 00:34:39.708
support@tophat.com,

880
00:34:39.708 --> 00:34:40.890
and the support agents that work

881
00:34:40.890 --> 00:34:42.600
with those students are incentivized

882
00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:45.430
based on how quickly they can help them

883
00:34:45.430 --> 00:34:47.000
and their satisfaction.

884
00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:51.123
So we take all of the student support off of your plate.

885
00:34:51.123 --> 00:34:53.147
You can send, in fact, we encourage you

886
00:34:53.147 --> 00:34:55.680
to send them all to support@tophat.com

887
00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:57.370
and tell them there's a team there

888
00:34:57.370 --> 00:34:58.970
waiting to answer your question.

889
00:35:00.906 --> 00:35:02.920
So you never need to worry about dealing with students

890
00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:06.307
having any sort of difficulties, not that they do,

891
00:35:06.307 --> 00:35:08.450
but we've got a team to take care of that for you.

892
00:35:08.450 --> 00:35:11.240
Except when we help you collect student evaluations

893
00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.947
which we will do.

894
00:35:12.947 --> 00:35:13.970
We want you to evaluate your students

895
00:35:13.970 --> 00:35:16.280
on Top Hat about Top Hat

896
00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:19.550
because this is the data that makes us look the best.

897
00:35:19.550 --> 00:35:20.780
Students love it.

898
00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:24.010
So you don't, you don't need to worry about Top Hat

899
00:35:24.010 --> 00:35:26.110
in terms of your students, unless they love it

900
00:35:26.110 --> 00:35:28.110
and they wanna tell you how great it is.

901
00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.820
<v ->I'll just run through this next slide pretty quickly</v>

902
00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:33.671
in the interest of time.

903
00:35:33.671 --> 00:35:37.300
But so the instructional design process is really simple.

904
00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.280
Every professor, it's just three easy steps.

905
00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.830
We call it the Top Hat Academy.

906
00:35:40.830 --> 00:35:43.192
You meet and greet your instructional designer,

907
00:35:43.192 --> 00:35:45.360
talk about your goals, halfway, you know,

908
00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.870
if it were all 21 that you'd be using Top Hat,

909
00:35:47.870 --> 00:35:49.970
that would be in around March maybe.

910
00:35:49.970 --> 00:35:51.789
Sometime in the summer

911
00:35:51.789 --> 00:35:53.646
you would talk about the most effective way

912
00:35:53.646 --> 00:35:55.369
to drive engagement, participation in class.

913
00:35:55.369 --> 00:35:57.007
And then finally you'd invite your students

914
00:35:57.007 --> 00:35:59.649
to the platform, and we would continue supporting you

915
00:35:59.649 --> 00:36:00.482
into the semester.

916
00:36:02.130 --> 00:36:03.290
Back to you, Cole.

917
00:36:03.290 --> 00:36:07.750
<v ->Yep, so the point of the presentation thus far</v>

918
00:36:07.750 --> 00:36:10.480
was, you know, it was to ensure that everyone feels

919
00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:15.206
that Top Hat is the best and most robust polling solution,

920
00:36:15.206 --> 00:36:17.530
that we've got the top of the market

921
00:36:17.530 --> 00:36:18.810
white glove service support

922
00:36:18.810 --> 00:36:21.000
that will make it a painless and seamless transition

923
00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.010
onto our platform,

924
00:36:22.010 --> 00:36:24.800
and that not only do we integrate well with Blackboard,

925
00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.603
we'll train you how to use Top Hat in Blackboard.

926
00:36:28.563 --> 00:36:30.526
You know, depending on the priorities of the CTL,

927
00:36:30.526 --> 00:36:32.073
we'll work with them to design those trainings.

928
00:36:32.923 --> 00:36:36.865
But once we've won this polling solution evaluation,

929
00:36:36.865 --> 00:36:38.980
something great will happen afterwards.

930
00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:42.790
After we win polling solution evaluations,

931
00:36:42.790 --> 00:36:44.773
which is what we need to focus on here,

932
00:36:45.690 --> 00:36:47.760
we introduce our low cost content

933
00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:52.530
and OER marketplace to faculty at partner institutions

934
00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:56.080
and help you adopt this content with all that support

935
00:36:56.080 --> 00:36:58.890
which lowers your student costs.

936
00:36:58.890 --> 00:37:02.053
This is already being done at the University of Vermont.

937
00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.223
And if you choose to go this route,

938
00:37:06.244 --> 00:37:08.147
if you could just go back quickly, Francis,

939
00:37:08.147 --> 00:37:11.160
Top Hat will become your all in one solution.

940
00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:12.770
Next slide.

941
00:37:12.770 --> 00:37:13.850
<v ->Thank you, Cole.</v>

942
00:37:13.850 --> 00:37:15.450
So the way we're thinking about this is

943
00:37:15.450 --> 00:37:19.665
as Cole said today, yes, it is the focus the polling system,

944
00:37:19.665 --> 00:37:22.070
but in the future, you know, we are conscious of the fact

945
00:37:22.070 --> 00:37:24.987
that faculty will be using there different tools,

946
00:37:24.987 --> 00:37:26.390
and tech fatigue can be a real thing.

947
00:37:26.390 --> 00:37:30.020
So there will be faculty who adopt

948
00:37:30.020 --> 00:37:31.840
or create their own content in Top Hat.

949
00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:34.340
There are faculty at UVM right now who've done this,

950
00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:37.580
where Top Hat is actually their all in one solution.

951
00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:40.480
It's not just their polling system, it's their assessment,

952
00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:43.070
it's their textbook, it's their homework platform.

953
00:37:43.070 --> 00:37:44.890
It's quite literally,

954
00:37:44.890 --> 00:37:47.922
there is a faculty member that has a hundred percent

955
00:37:47.922 --> 00:37:49.390
of their grade on Top Hat.

956
00:37:49.390 --> 00:37:52.350
So it really is as much or as little as you wanna do with it

957
00:37:52.350 --> 00:37:55.580
to really create this seamless experience for students.

958
00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:58.420
And so, as Cole mentioned, this is already happening at UVM.

959
00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:00.780
In geography we have an author,

960
00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:03.970
we have somebody who created a Top Hat textbook

961
00:38:03.970 --> 00:38:05.440
and has it in the same platform

962
00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:07.410
that they use to poll students.

963
00:38:07.410 --> 00:38:11.720
In chemistry, we have people who stopped using Sapling

964
00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:15.380
in order to use Top Hat's interactive homework packs.

965
00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.550
In Biomedical sciences, we have faculty

966
00:38:17.550 --> 00:38:21.180
who have stopped using paper lab manuals

967
00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:23.650
and are now using interactive lab manuals

968
00:38:23.650 --> 00:38:24.793
right within Top Hat.

969
00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:29.570
And then finally just our marketplace at a glance.

970
00:38:29.570 --> 00:38:31.490
The average cost of a textbook

971
00:38:31.490 --> 00:38:33.880
on the Top Hat marketplace is $35.

972
00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.640
We have over 600 textbooks.

973
00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:37.680
65% of the content is free,

974
00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:40.120
and there's over 2000 resources, course packs,

975
00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:45.120
homework packs, you know, syllabus-week question packs,

976
00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:48.022
tons and tons of stuff out there.

977
00:38:48.022 --> 00:38:50.043
It's just a massive resource for students.

978
00:38:50.043 --> 00:38:51.403
And I'm sorry, for instructors.

979
00:38:53.363 --> 00:38:54.196
And this is just a preview

980
00:38:55.685 --> 00:38:56.846
of the low cost dynamic interactive content.

981
00:38:56.846 --> 00:38:58.270
And then finally, Cole.

982
00:38:58.270 --> 00:39:01.580
<v ->So I'll talk a little bit about how over the course</v>

983
00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:06.470
of this pandemic accessibility,

984
00:39:06.470 --> 00:39:09.310
and especially due to the fact that it's so now,

985
00:39:09.310 --> 00:39:13.530
the terms inclusivity, diversity and accessibility of all,

986
00:39:13.530 --> 00:39:16.830
though there's a lot of interaction between these terms,

987
00:39:16.830 --> 00:39:19.810
and they're all, I find that they all impact each other

988
00:39:19.810 --> 00:39:23.510
very strongly, and this is very, very important right now

989
00:39:23.510 --> 00:39:26.700
when it's more, it can be more difficult than ever

990
00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:29.330
for some students to get the learning experience

991
00:39:29.330 --> 00:39:33.110
they could have had prior to COVID, et cetera.

992
00:39:33.110 --> 00:39:34.990
And we now pride ourselves

993
00:39:34.990 --> 00:39:39.460
on being the most accessible ed tech vendor and publisher

994
00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.293
in the market.

995
00:39:40.293 --> 00:39:42.020
And I'm gonna give you an example of this.

996
00:39:42.020 --> 00:39:45.033
At Brown University, which has adopted Top Hat,

997
00:39:46.361 --> 00:39:48.056
and similar to how I just explained,

998
00:39:48.056 --> 00:39:49.470
adopted us as a polling solution

999
00:39:49.470 --> 00:39:54.193
but then became a big low cost and OER content partner.

1000
00:39:55.170 --> 00:39:59.400
They have turned off, they've turned off LTI integration

1001
00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:02.320
at Brown University for every ed tech vendor and publisher,

1002
00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.856
except for Top Hat and McGraw-Hill

1003
00:40:04.856 --> 00:40:07.515
because we're the only two that are accessible enough

1004
00:40:07.515 --> 00:40:08.570
to meet their standards.

1005
00:40:08.570 --> 00:40:11.240
We take this very seriously, and we approach accessibility

1006
00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:13.083
with a spirit of the law approach.

1007
00:40:13.917 --> 00:40:15.500
Meaning we don't just try and get a certification.

1008
00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:18.450
We build every part of our product in the spirit

1009
00:40:18.450 --> 00:40:21.170
of making it accessible for students everywhere.

1010
00:40:21.170 --> 00:40:22.540
And that will continue.

1011
00:40:22.540 --> 00:40:23.910
Thank you, Francis.

1012
00:40:23.910 --> 00:40:25.210
<v ->Thank you so much, Cole.</v>

1013
00:40:26.130 --> 00:40:29.807
All right, so Cole, take us away with the key takeaways.

1014
00:40:30.753 --> 00:40:31.930
<v ->Sure, I think I've said this already</v>

1015
00:40:31.930 --> 00:40:33.400
which is good because it's been through a lot today.

1016
00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.750
Top Hat is the best polling solution

1017
00:40:35.750 --> 00:40:36.583
and the easiest to use.

1018
00:40:36.583 --> 00:40:39.133
Our one-on-one instructional design support

1019
00:40:39.133 --> 00:40:40.420
and concierge team will help you transition

1020
00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:43.110
from another tool painlessly,

1021
00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:45.180
and Top Hat integrates seamlessly with Blackboard.

1022
00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:47.480
And we will show you how to use them together.

1023
00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:54.460
Finally, the best schools in the Northeast

1024
00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:57.150
are partnering with Top Hat, and we'd love UVM to be next.

1025
00:40:57.150 --> 00:40:58.972
And when I say the best schools,

1026
00:40:58.972 --> 00:41:00.640
I'll mention right now our two most recent partners

1027
00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:02.240
in the Northeast, Brown University

1028
00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:04.420
and Penn State University.

1029
00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:07.890
Brown University partnered with us in a non-monetary fashion

1030
00:41:07.890 --> 00:41:10.190
where the price is discounted for students.

1031
00:41:10.190 --> 00:41:12.790
Whereas Penn State purchased a site license

1032
00:41:12.790 --> 00:41:14.587
for Top Hat in October.

1033
00:41:14.587 --> 00:41:17.533
We'd love for the University of Vermont to join this team.

1034
00:41:17.533 --> 00:41:20.090
The market, the market is here, and we're ready.

1035
00:41:20.090 --> 00:41:20.923
Thank you.

1036
00:41:22.109 --> 00:41:23.109
<v ->Thank you so much.</v>

1037
00:41:23.109 --> 00:41:24.190
And Holly, sorry that we went a little bit over time there,

1038
00:41:24.190 --> 00:41:25.600
so thank you for your patience

1039
00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:27.600
and thank you, Cole, for taking us home.

1040
00:41:29.472 --> 00:41:30.900
<v ->No problem.</v>

1041
00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:33.030
Thank you, Francis and Cole.

1042
00:41:33.030 --> 00:41:36.100
And now we'll open it up for question and answer,

1043
00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:41.100
and you can raise your hand using the raise your hand tool.

1044
00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:44.133
You can also continue to post some things in the chat.

1045
00:41:55.636 --> 00:41:56.469
<v ->We weren't that good.</v>

1046
00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:04.860
<v ->Were there a lot of questions coming up in the chat, Cole?</v>

1047
00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:08.040
<v ->Just some normal key clarification questions</v>

1048
00:42:08.040 --> 00:42:10.750
I think I answered which were all pretty good questions

1049
00:42:10.750 --> 00:42:13.093
that should have been asked frankly.

1050
00:42:14.060 --> 00:42:14.893
<v ->Awesome.</v>

1051
00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:21.440
<v ->I saw something about a group question,</v>

1052
00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.243
and I'm wondering what or a group response is?

1053
00:42:25.421 --> 00:42:27.223
I'm wondering if you can talk a little bit more about that.

1054
00:42:29.624 --> 00:42:30.622
<v ->Yeah, absolutely.</v>

1055
00:42:30.622 --> 00:42:32.880
So that's, there's a question setting

1056
00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.720
where students can actually,

1057
00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:37.270
the instructor can set pre-assigned groups

1058
00:42:37.270 --> 00:42:41.130
where rather than it being one response per one student,

1059
00:42:41.130 --> 00:42:43.410
regardless of the question type, so if it's a discussion,

1060
00:42:43.410 --> 00:42:46.864
if it's a numeric, it actually encourages group work.

1061
00:42:46.864 --> 00:42:51.100
So it will be one response submitted by a group of students.

1062
00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:54.170
And so they will all get the same grade for that response.

1063
00:42:54.170 --> 00:42:56.820
So that's kind of more for group work style questions

1064
00:42:58.080 --> 00:43:00.580
<v ->Presumably that that would work better</v>

1065
00:43:00.580 --> 00:43:02.203
for an in-person setting?

1066
00:43:04.170 --> 00:43:06.870
<v ->You know, I heard it definitely works good</v>

1067
00:43:06.870 --> 00:43:07.870
for in-person settings.

1068
00:43:07.870 --> 00:43:10.221
I haven't heard too much about online,

1069
00:43:10.221 --> 00:43:12.671
but I imagine it could still work online as well.

1070
00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:15.262
<v ->Yeah, I think Jen's probably right</v>

1071
00:43:15.262 --> 00:43:16.644
that it would work better in person,

1072
00:43:16.644 --> 00:43:17.477
but let me paint a picture for you

1073
00:43:17.477 --> 00:43:18.620
how I've seen this used.

1074
00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:20.450
I guess, ideally in-person,

1075
00:43:20.450 --> 00:43:23.399
you've got all of your students sitting in groups,

1076
00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:25.017
but I mean, realistically,

1077
00:43:25.017 --> 00:43:25.920
I'm not sure that always ends up being the case

1078
00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:27.233
for a student lecture.

1079
00:43:28.161 --> 00:43:29.020
They end up scattered around

1080
00:43:30.082 --> 00:43:32.210
and not necessarily able to collaborate next to each other,

1081
00:43:32.210 --> 00:43:35.860
but the way, I mean, I took a couple of marketing classes

1082
00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:37.690
when I went to school at McGill, we were,

1083
00:43:37.690 --> 00:43:40.000
did most of our teamwork outside of class

1084
00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.720
and during the lecture we were paying attention

1085
00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:43.283
and listening.

1086
00:43:43.283 --> 00:43:45.710
And in this case, the work you're doing outside together

1087
00:43:45.710 --> 00:43:49.690
as a group, you're gonna want to, as a group,

1088
00:43:49.690 --> 00:43:52.957
respond to that question together and get it right.

1089
00:43:52.957 --> 00:43:54.380
And it's not necessarily about the collaboration in class.

1090
00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:57.784
It's just the fact that there's gonna be one answer

1091
00:43:57.784 --> 00:43:58.980
assigned to the four of you,

1092
00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:00.524
and the knowledge that you gained

1093
00:44:00.524 --> 00:44:01.357
working together outside of class

1094
00:44:01.357 --> 00:44:03.840
will determine how well you do on these questions in class.

1095
00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:05.510
So yeah, I suppose it works best

1096
00:44:05.510 --> 00:44:06.880
when you've got students sitting together

1097
00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:08.570
in groups in class,

1098
00:44:08.570 --> 00:44:10.770
but it's still certainly very useful outside of class,

1099
00:44:10.770 --> 00:44:14.240
especially, or in a remote setting,

1100
00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:17.870
especially now when students are communicating remotely.

1101
00:44:17.870 --> 00:44:20.178
I mean, that's the only way they can communicate.

1102
00:44:20.178 --> 00:44:21.278
So I think yes and no.

1103
00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:29.597
Oh, Holly, I think you're muted, sorry.

1104
00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:32.493
<v ->Other questions folks have?</v>

1105
00:44:45.430 --> 00:44:47.720
<v ->Do instructors have to download software</v>

1106
00:44:48.598 --> 00:44:50.890
for Top Hat or is it all browser-based?

1107
00:44:50.890 --> 00:44:53.720
<v ->Browser-based, we want this to be,</v>

1108
00:44:53.720 --> 00:44:55.600
we designed this in the spirit

1109
00:44:55.600 --> 00:44:58.330
of being able to use different devices and being flexible.

1110
00:44:58.330 --> 00:45:01.640
So, you know, if your laptop, if you bring your laptop

1111
00:45:01.640 --> 00:45:03.460
to a class, and you've got a desktop there,

1112
00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:05.750
your laptop dies, you can just go to TopHat.com,

1113
00:45:05.750 --> 00:45:07.540
use it on the desktop immediately.

1114
00:45:07.540 --> 00:45:09.340
You don't need to download anything.

1115
00:45:11.902 --> 00:45:14.516
<v ->And is there an instructor mobile app</v>

1116
00:45:14.516 --> 00:45:17.510
if that were something people wanted to use?

1117
00:45:17.510 --> 00:45:22.403
<v ->Well, the mobile app, there's not a,</v>

1118
00:45:22.403 --> 00:45:26.084
there is an app for the, for presenting with the, okay.

1119
00:45:26.084 --> 00:45:28.120
There is an app that allows a professor to present

1120
00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:30.880
in a certain way, but it's really designed

1121
00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:33.700
to use the browser, and it's optimized for that.

1122
00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.980
And I hear where you're coming from,

1123
00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:38.123
but I don't think we've ever received a request

1124
00:45:38.123 --> 00:45:39.500
to use an app instead.

1125
00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:42.930
This seems to be easier and just better for people,

1126
00:45:42.930 --> 00:45:45.810
but maybe something to look into.

1127
00:45:45.810 --> 00:45:48.790
<v ->If an instructor were using a mobile device,</v>

1128
00:45:48.790 --> 00:45:53.733
primarily for teaching, they would just be using a browser?

1129
00:45:54.824 --> 00:45:57.024
<v ->Ah, yes, we have an iPad presentation app.</v>

1130
00:45:58.081 --> 00:45:59.683
So if you're using an iPad as a professor,

1131
00:45:59.683 --> 00:46:01.029
you wanna walk around the class,

1132
00:46:01.029 --> 00:46:02.820
we do have an iPad app to make it easier for you to present.

1133
00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:04.451
You're right.

1134
00:46:04.451 --> 00:46:05.490
You asked the right question.

1135
00:46:05.490 --> 00:46:06.609
I forgot to mention that.

1136
00:46:06.609 --> 00:46:07.870
<v ->I can actually add to that, Cole.</v>

1137
00:46:07.870 --> 00:46:10.060
So we do have instructors in chemistry who use Top Hat

1138
00:46:10.060 --> 00:46:14.511
on their iPad, both to present and to edit their courses.

1139
00:46:14.511 --> 00:46:16.750
But if you're talking about a mobile device

1140
00:46:16.750 --> 00:46:20.751
and like an iPhone, we don't have an app

1141
00:46:20.751 --> 00:46:22.792
for kind of like editing and presenting on there.

1142
00:46:22.792 --> 00:46:24.750
Since the experience would be tough to optimize,

1143
00:46:24.750 --> 00:46:27.583
but for the iPad we certainly do and for tablets.

1144
00:46:29.093 --> 00:46:31.554
<v ->Yeah, since it seems like there's not many many questions,</v>

1145
00:46:31.554 --> 00:46:32.570
I may as well elaborate.

1146
00:46:32.570 --> 00:46:33.403
We did try this.

1147
00:46:33.403 --> 00:46:37.951
We used to have a phone presenter app,

1148
00:46:37.951 --> 00:46:39.873
but it just doesn't give a great experience

1149
00:46:39.873 --> 00:46:40.871
for the professor.

1150
00:46:40.871 --> 00:46:43.990
It's too small and very few people used it.

1151
00:46:43.990 --> 00:46:47.640
And it seems to us that smaller than an iPad

1152
00:46:47.640 --> 00:46:50.830
doesn't seem very practical to be presenting with.

1153
00:46:50.830 --> 00:46:52.840
That's what our customers have told us.

1154
00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:55.205
So we've designed our product accordingly,

1155
00:46:55.205 --> 00:46:56.493
but we did try that once upon a time.

1156
00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:01.750
Who knows, maybe a UVM faculty will teach us differently.

1157
00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:05.290
We love that. We love to learn from our customers.

1158
00:47:05.290 --> 00:47:06.680
That's how we build everything.

1159
00:47:15.405 --> 00:47:16.360
<v ->I don't want to monopolize time,</v>

1160
00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:18.543
but I'll ask another question,

1161
00:47:18.543 --> 00:47:20.700
and folks feel free to jump in.

1162
00:47:20.700 --> 00:47:23.850
The vendor support I saw was strong for instructors,

1163
00:47:23.850 --> 00:47:27.040
is that same support available for students?

1164
00:47:27.040 --> 00:47:31.270
<v ->So professors get one-on-one instructional design support.</v>

1165
00:47:31.270 --> 00:47:33.980
So think of it as having your person

1166
00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:35.685
that you can call or email

1167
00:47:35.685 --> 00:47:37.061
whenever you want to schedule a training,

1168
00:47:37.061 --> 00:47:38.360
and you can schedule unlimited training sessions

1169
00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:41.345
with your person or your instructional designer.

1170
00:47:41.345 --> 00:47:42.178
It's up to you.

1171
00:47:42.178 --> 00:47:44.520
Students have their own support line

1172
00:47:44.520 --> 00:47:47.481
which is support@tophat.com.

1173
00:47:47.481 --> 00:47:48.400
That is designed for students,

1174
00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:51.402
but professors can also use it if, you know,

1175
00:47:51.402 --> 00:47:52.563
let's say your person is sick.

1176
00:47:52.563 --> 00:47:54.310
You can use support at tophat.com to get urgent assistance,

1177
00:47:54.310 --> 00:47:57.460
but all students should be using support@dtophat.com.

1178
00:47:57.460 --> 00:48:01.961
We will get on phone calls with students and help them.

1179
00:48:01.961 --> 00:48:03.715
And we have a whole system

1180
00:48:03.715 --> 00:48:05.010
built around ensuring students get helped

1181
00:48:05.010 --> 00:48:07.464
as quickly as possible.

1182
00:48:07.464 --> 00:48:10.040
And that they're satisfied after the experience.

1183
00:48:10.040 --> 00:48:12.660
That is a big part of our support team.

1184
00:48:12.660 --> 00:48:15.423
So yeah, students have their own support line,

1185
00:48:15.423 --> 00:48:17.281
but they don't get a one-on-one.

1186
00:48:17.281 --> 00:48:18.114
That wouldn't be practical.

1187
00:48:24.401 --> 00:48:28.124
I would say, Laura, that actually the biggest problem

1188
00:48:28.124 --> 00:48:29.880
that students have is not really a problem.

1189
00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:33.230
The biggest problem that actually is for faculty

1190
00:48:33.230 --> 00:48:35.486
which is why we take it off your hands

1191
00:48:35.486 --> 00:48:38.682
is that students like to, when they don't show up to class

1192
00:48:38.682 --> 00:48:40.986
and lose their attendance marks claim that they were there

1193
00:48:40.986 --> 00:48:42.665
and say, oh, attendance, didn't work. I was there.

1194
00:48:42.665 --> 00:48:43.498
What the heck?

1195
00:48:43.498 --> 00:48:46.150
But we have ways of checking if they actually were.

1196
00:48:46.150 --> 00:48:48.850
So that's why you defer everything over to us.

1197
00:48:48.850 --> 00:48:50.860
When it comes to technical problems,

1198
00:48:50.860 --> 00:48:52.170
there are no common issues.

1199
00:48:52.170 --> 00:48:55.670
There are random things that go wrong now and then,

1200
00:48:55.670 --> 00:48:57.540
usually right now it's to do with students

1201
00:48:57.540 --> 00:48:59.196
working from home.

1202
00:48:59.196 --> 00:49:00.040
Well, I guess maybe they're getting used to it now,

1203
00:49:00.040 --> 00:49:03.080
but over the last year, it's been more using things at home

1204
00:49:03.080 --> 00:49:05.070
for the first time,

1205
00:49:05.070 --> 00:49:08.590
installing things or something like that.

1206
00:49:08.590 --> 00:49:10.969
But there's really no common problems

1207
00:49:10.969 --> 00:49:12.210
that we run into with students

1208
00:49:12.210 --> 00:49:14.270
other than trying to claim that something didn't work

1209
00:49:14.270 --> 00:49:15.103
when it did.

1210
00:49:17.970 --> 00:49:19.700
<v ->So I just have a follow-up to that.</v>

1211
00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:21.770
Do they have an account?

1212
00:49:21.770 --> 00:49:23.810
Do the students maintain an account

1213
00:49:23.810 --> 00:49:27.311
that then they access all their different courses through?

1214
00:49:27.311 --> 00:49:28.820
Or do they just do things separately

1215
00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:31.645
through different courses?
<v ->No, they have one dashboard.</v>

1216
00:49:31.645 --> 00:49:34.070
So similar to as a professor, when Francis signed in,

1217
00:49:34.070 --> 00:49:36.452
and you had three courses to choose from,

1218
00:49:36.452 --> 00:49:38.090
the student would also have their current three courses

1219
00:49:38.090 --> 00:49:39.693
to choose from.

1220
00:49:39.693 --> 00:49:41.410
And then to make the dashboard simple

1221
00:49:41.410 --> 00:49:42.760
and not confusing and cluttered,

1222
00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:44.140
at the end of the semester,

1223
00:49:44.140 --> 00:49:46.810
those three courses will become inactive.

1224
00:49:46.810 --> 00:49:48.360
They can still access them, but they'll disappear.

1225
00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:50.560
And their active courses will show up there.

1226
00:49:51.486 --> 00:49:53.213
So they only see in their dashboard,

1227
00:49:53.213 --> 00:49:55.300
current courses they're taking with Top Hat,

1228
00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:57.380
but they can still go back and access material

1229
00:49:57.380 --> 00:50:00.672
from the past in their inactive courses section.

1230
00:50:00.672 --> 00:50:01.840
So they certainly get an account.

1231
00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:04.220
And that's important for,

1232
00:50:04.220 --> 00:50:06.251
we shouldn't get into the weeds on this,

1233
00:50:06.251 --> 00:50:07.610
but privacy and security reasons.

1234
00:50:07.610 --> 00:50:12.450
It's very important that they use their UVM email

1235
00:50:12.450 --> 00:50:14.000
to build their student account.

1236
00:50:16.050 --> 00:50:17.630
Good question.

1237
00:50:17.630 --> 00:50:18.463
Thank you.

1238
00:50:20.073 --> 00:50:21.153
I think Holly has a question.

1239
00:50:22.670 --> 00:50:27.670
<v ->I was just curious how the data is saved?</v>

1240
00:50:28.166 --> 00:50:30.560
So if you as a student wanna go back,

1241
00:50:30.560 --> 00:50:33.630
can you see any polling questions that were asked

1242
00:50:33.630 --> 00:50:35.710
during a class session?

1243
00:50:35.710 --> 00:50:38.050
Are there any tools that are available

1244
00:50:38.050 --> 00:50:43.050
for studying what was covered in class, and yeah?

1245
00:50:45.051 --> 00:50:46.010
<v ->Yeah, great question, Holly.</v>

1246
00:50:46.010 --> 00:50:48.790
So I know we went through a lot today

1247
00:50:48.790 --> 00:50:50.900
and Francis expertly went through it very quickly.

1248
00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:52.060
Thank you, Francis,

1249
00:50:52.060 --> 00:50:55.220
but every piece of content in the Top Hat platform,

1250
00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:57.970
when you click on it, you have the option to present it

1251
00:50:57.970 --> 00:50:59.570
or assign it.

1252
00:50:59.570 --> 00:51:02.890
So the idea is you present your slides with the polls,

1253
00:51:02.890 --> 00:51:05.130
and then you assign them to the students indefinitely.

1254
00:51:05.130 --> 00:51:07.886
They can go back, they can go through the results.

1255
00:51:07.886 --> 00:51:10.250
They can go through everything, but you're in control.

1256
00:51:10.250 --> 00:51:13.250
If you don't want to assign a certain lecture,

1257
00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:14.700
you don't have to.

1258
00:51:14.700 --> 00:51:17.160
So the professor needs to assign the material

1259
00:51:17.160 --> 00:51:18.270
after it's been presented,

1260
00:51:18.270 --> 00:51:21.090
and the students have access to everything that's assigned.

1261
00:51:21.090 --> 00:51:25.193
So for example, when I'm in my Top Hat course

1262
00:51:25.193 --> 00:51:28.193
which Francis built, this might be a bit small,

1263
00:51:29.030 --> 00:51:31.740
but at the bottom, there's an assigned, oops,

1264
00:51:31.740 --> 00:51:33.580
an assigned option.

1265
00:51:33.580 --> 00:51:35.620
And I can see all the material that's been assigned

1266
00:51:35.620 --> 00:51:38.145
in there, but then I can go into the classroom

1267
00:51:38.145 --> 00:51:39.473
and see what's being presented right now.

1268
00:51:40.610 --> 00:51:41.443
Good question.

1269
00:51:42.533 --> 00:51:43.670
<v ->Thank you.</v>

1270
00:51:43.670 --> 00:51:44.670
<v ->Thank you.</v>

1271
00:51:49.871 --> 00:51:52.813
<v ->Sorry, just to follow up on that, so I'm clear,</v>

1272
00:51:52.813 --> 00:51:57.813
if an instructor presents presents content

1273
00:51:58.810 --> 00:52:02.229
but then doesn't assign it after the fact,

1274
00:52:02.229 --> 00:52:04.760
can students go back and see what happened during class?

1275
00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:05.593
<v ->Nope.</v>

1276
00:52:06.470 --> 00:52:08.133
<v ->Okay.</v>

1277
00:52:08.133 --> 00:52:09.752
<v ->Yep, the professor has to assign it</v>

1278
00:52:09.752 --> 00:52:10.585
for the students to have access to it

1279
00:52:10.585 --> 00:52:11.903
after it's been presented.

1280
00:52:13.060 --> 00:52:16.370
<v ->And that assignment is tied to points</v>

1281
00:52:16.370 --> 00:52:18.733
in the Top Hat grade grade book.

1282
00:52:19.632 --> 00:52:21.730
<v ->Yes, every assessment in Top Hat.</v>

1283
00:52:21.730 --> 00:52:24.370
Think of it as, you know, the multiple choice question

1284
00:52:24.370 --> 00:52:27.300
that Francis built, the word answer question,

1285
00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:30.170
that same question can be used in a homework assignment.

1286
00:52:30.170 --> 00:52:32.792
That same question can be used in a quiz.

1287
00:52:32.792 --> 00:52:36.860
And every assessment is tied to the Top Hat grade book

1288
00:52:36.860 --> 00:52:39.773
which syncs with one click to the Blackboard grade book.

1289
00:52:41.200 --> 00:52:43.260
<v ->But if you didn't want students,</v>

1290
00:52:43.260 --> 00:52:45.090
like you didn't want it to be an assignment,

1291
00:52:45.090 --> 00:52:46.830
you just wanted to give them access

1292
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to what happened in class.

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You'd have to go through and sort of reset things

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to zero points or something so that it didn't.

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<v ->No, nope, we make it much easier.</v>

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So we're conflate,

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well, I'm probably conflating the terms

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assign and assignment, Jen.

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These are different things.

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You have the option to present or assign a piece of content.

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Then you'll see that that asynchronous course

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that Francis had.

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That's what I'm referring to as an assignment,

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a piece of asynchronous content.

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When you click assign, it gives you the option for,

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Francis what's the term?

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It's to review or?

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<v ->Yep, it's review or homework.</v>

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<v ->Review or homework.</v>

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Homework is graded, review is not graded

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because we don't want you to have to go back

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and reset everything.

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That was, five or six years ago that was a big thing

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that we fixed by adding the review option

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where it's just low stakes,

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go through the questions as many times as you want.

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So a professor would assign an assignment first as homework,

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and then once the grades have been collected,

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you then assign it as review

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so they could study with it before the exam.

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<v ->So I'll just give a quick visual here.</v>

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<v ->That would probably be better, thank you, Francis.</v>

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<v ->No worries.</v>

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You're very descriptive, but I'll just--

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<v ->I try my best.</v>

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<v ->I'll make everyone's life a bit easier.</v>

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So here you can see that the orange icon,

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so what I did is I clicked my lecture after I ran it.

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I clicked, now I can unassign it because it's assigned,

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but I assigned this,

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and that's why it's actually highlighted in orange.

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That means it's assigned as homework.

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And then all my students--

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<v ->Uh oh, Francis, don't leave me here.</v>

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I'm kidding, it's fine.

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We'll be okay.

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<v ->I think he must have lost connection, but Cole,</v>

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00:54:31.228 --> 00:54:33.830
Travis has put a question in the chat

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that we could attend to and then hopefully Francis

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will make his way back to us.

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<v ->No, Travis, we do not discriminate amongst partnerships.</v>

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All of our partners, whether monetary or non-monetary

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receive that SSO integration.

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00:54:50.350 --> 00:54:51.910
We want all of our partner schools

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to have the best experience,

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even if you don't have the budget

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00:54:55.350 --> 00:54:57.363
to invest in a site license.

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00:54:58.470 --> 00:55:02.850
We treat our school pay and student pay partners

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as equally valuable partners.

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00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:09.483
<v ->Sorry, I think I got kicked out.</v>

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00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:13.270
<v ->That's okay.</v>

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00:55:13.270 --> 00:55:14.670
We had a question in the chat.

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So we did that until you came back to us.

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<v ->Okay, so sorry about that.</v>

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Not sure what happened there, but if I may,

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I'm just gonna quickly hop back

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to what I was trying to show

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right before I accidentally left.

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00:55:27.550 --> 00:55:31.020
So to go back to when you assign things in Top Hat,

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so can everyone hear me?

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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<v ->Okay, perfect.</v>

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And there's the, it's highlighted in orange,

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meaning to the instructor that it's assigned.

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On the student device, so you'll notice on the bottom,

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I have three options.

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I have what's going on in my classroom.

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I can click on what's assigned to me.

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So if you're using a Top Hat textbook,

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you'll be able to assign, assess your readings here

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or just your assignment

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or whatever else your instructor assigned

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which in this case was actually the lecture slides.

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So I can go in, I can actually view the slides

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from the class on my phone,

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and I can view the questions as well

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and what my response was.

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I can also just on my device,

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always refer to my Top Hat grade book at the bottom.

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So I, as a student,

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can not only see my attendance at a glance,

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but also how I'm doing in the class,

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and how I'm actually doing at a more granular level

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on my assignments

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in the different polling sessions

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that have taken place as well.

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So that's a quick summary of assigning.

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Thank you.

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<v ->And you see the, did you explain</v>

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the assigned to individuals?

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00:56:36.773 --> 00:56:38.986
There's also another step there where you can be assigning

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different things to certain groups of students.

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We make that really easy.

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<v ->Yeah, so this comes back to Top Hat</v>

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being inclusive and accessible.

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So you can have special accommodations.

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If some students require more time,

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you can actually select specific deadlines

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for certain students that may, you know,

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have differently abled students

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who may require more time for the assignment.

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And that's one of the pieces that is related to

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the accessibility and inclusivity of Top Hat.

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Thank you, Cole.

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<v ->Not a problem.</v>

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00:57:14.490 --> 00:57:16.500
<v ->Well, thank you very much, gentlemen.</v>

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This has been really helpful for us to see the product

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and hear all the services that you all provide.

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And we are very happy that you were able to join us today.

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<v ->Well, we're very happy to be here.</v>

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00:57:31.240 --> 00:57:33.580
Had nothing but pleasant experiences with your team

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and UVM faculty in general.

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00:57:35.140 --> 00:57:37.560
So I'd like to thank everyone for attending,

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taking the time to listen to us talk as we like to do.

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00:57:41.967 --> 00:57:44.667
And we certainly hope to get the chance

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to speak with all of you again soon.

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<v ->Jen, you had something you wanted to add?</v>

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<v ->Yes, I just wanted to say to folks who are here,</v>

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we have a short survey

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that should take you about five minutes to fill out

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00:57:56.040 --> 00:57:57.980
so that our committee can collect some feedback

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on what you learned today.

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So I'll put that here in the chat,

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and we'll also send that out as an email this afternoon

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or tomorrow morning.

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<v ->And if you, if you are going ahead to click on that,</v>

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it's a Microsoft form.

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So you'll need to log in

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00:58:15.040 --> 00:58:18.373
with your UVM ID and password to fill it out please.

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Thank you so much.

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00:58:23.450 --> 00:58:26.148
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the day.

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<v ->You have a wonderful day and week two.</v>

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00:58:27.380 --> 00:58:28.810
<v ->Thank you so much, Holly.</v>

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Thanks, everyone.

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Bye.

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<v ->Take care.</v>

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<v ->Bye.</v>