Upload and Manage Top Hat Content
To present slides to your students from within Top Hat, you'll need to upload them onto the platform. Once you have content within Top Hat, you can present or assign that content to students. For more information on presenting or assigning Top Hat content, please visit the help pages below:
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Upload Slides
Note
- Only PPT, PPTX and PDF files can be uploaded as slides.
- File names must not be more than 200 characters.
- File size must not be more than 500MB.
Step 1
To upload a PowerPoint or PDF slides deck into Top Hat, select the Add to course button at the upper-left side of the course content page, and select Slide Upload from the menu that appears.
Step 2
Drag and drop the .ppt or .pdf file to upload into the window that appears, or select the click to browse your computer link in the window to browse your computer for the file.
Step 3
Once selected, wait for the Uploading slides progress bar to fill and then select Done. Your slides will take a few moments to process before appearing in the content tree to the left of the course main page.
Note
- As your slides are rendered, you will see a progress bar in the lower-left of the screen that will fill as the slides continue to render.
- Slides render in Top Hat as PDFs for optimal resolution and enhanced interactivity.
- When your slides have finished loading fully, the entire deck will expand beneath the file title in the content tree.
Download Slides
Step 1
To download a set of slides from your Top Hat course (e.g. a slide deck you uploaded previously), select the file name of the slideshow in the content tree.
Step 2
Choose Download PPT above the Preview Pane.
Note
If the Allow students to download original is enabled, students will have access to download the slides.
Re-upload Slides
Step 1
To re-upload a set of slides, click Re-upload slides above the Preview Pane.
Step 2
You will be presented with options to keep any embedded questions or discussions in the same order amongst the re-uploaded slides, or to push them all to the end of the slideshow for redistribution later.
Step 3
Once you select either option, you will be presented with the same file upload window from which you can drag and drop, or browse for the slideshow file that you wish to swap in.
Embed Questions and Discussions
Step 1
To embed questions and/or discussions between your slides, select the Add to course button in the upper-left side of the course content page.
Step 2
Choose Question/Poll and/or Discussion from the first column in the menu that appears.
Step 3
Proceed with creating the question(s) and/or discussion(s) by filling in the fields in the creation window.
Step 4
Choose Save.
Step 5
Once you've saved your content, you can drag and drop your questions into your desired folder and order.
Note
- For more information on question creation, please visit our Create Top Hat Content help page.
- Once you have saved your question(s) and/or discussion(s), you will see them appear amongst your slides in the content tree.
Preview Content
Whenever you have a slide or interactive element highlighted in the content tree, a preview of that item will be shown in the pane on the right side of the course content page.
Rearrange Existing Content
The simplest way to rearrange your slides and/or the interactive elements between them is to drag and drop them into place within the content tree. This method can be used to move questions and discussions between slides, rearrange slides within a deck, or move slides between decks.
Copy Content
Step 1
To duplicate slides and/or interactive elements, check the corresponding box in the content tree.
Step 2
Select Copy at the top of the tree.
Delete Content
Step 1
Select the item to remove a slide and/or interactive element entirely from the content tree.
Step 2
Select Delete above the Preview Pane. If you wish to remove multiple items at a time, check them off and select Delete at the top of the tree.
Rename Content
If you need to rename an individual slide or slide deck file, select that item in the content tree and choose Rename above the Preview Pane.
Edit Slides
Step 1
Select the slideshow file (or an individual slide) in the content tree.
Step 2
Choose Edit in PowerPoint on the right side of the Preview Pane. This will open the slideshow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Online.
Step 3
Your slides can now be edited using the full functionality of PowerPoint. This works for slideshows uploaded to Top Hat in the ".pptx" file format. If you want to edit a set of slides in a different file format, we recommend converting the original file to ".pptx" and re-uploading it to Top Hat.
Note
- Adding, rearranging and/or deleting slides should be done using the Edit in PowerPoint functionality wherever possible. Edits made outside of Edit in PowerPoint will be overwritten when the slides are synced back to Top Hat.
- Selecting Edit Anyway will allow you to proceed with editing your slideshow. Keep in mind that the additions/deletions/rearrangements you made to your slides in the content tree will not be preserved when you sync your edited slides back to Top Hat.
- If you had embedded questions within a slideshow that you then edited, the questions will remain in their original location amongst the newly edited slide.
Step 4
Once you have completed the edits to your slides, select the Saved to Top Hat drop-down in the upper center section of the window.
Step 5
Select Save and return to... in the window that appears.
Step 6
Once changes to a slide have been processed, that slide will re-appear in the content tree. If needed, you can download a copy of your edited slides once the updated deck has been fully synced back to Top Hat.
Support
If you have any questions or concerns about Top Hat, please reach out to the UCATT Instructional Technology team at intech@arizona.edu, or Top Hat's support team at support@tophat.com.