Top Hat is a teaching tool that enables instructors to engage students with compelling content and activities, online, in person, or both. For additional details, see the "Overview of Top Hat" article.

This article provides instructions on linking a Top Hat course to a Moodle course, which also allows for deeplinking of Top Hat content, along with grade syncing between the two platforms.

Connecting a Top Hat Course with Moodle

First, enable the activity in the activity picker using the "Managing LTI External Tools in Moodle" article.

To add the Top Hat activity to a Moodle course:

1. Open the Moodle course to link to Top Hat.
2. In the top right corner of the Moodle window, enable Edit mode using the toggle.
3. In a section, click the Add content icon (which looks like a plus sign).
4. In the drop-down menu that appears, select the Activity or resource option.
5. In the activity picker, find and select the Top Hat activity.
6. In the New External tool page, enter a descriptive title for students in the Activity name field (ex. "Access Top Hat here"). 
7. Do not click the Select Content button, which is used to add deeplinked activities as described in the "Deeplinking Top Hat Activities in Moodle" article.
8. At the bottom of the page, click the Save and return to course button.

After the activity has been added, the Top Hat activity in Moodle will need to be linked to a Top Hat course.

To link a Top Hat course to the Moodle course:

1. Click the newly-created Top Hat activity.
2. On the Top Hat login page, enter NC State into the search field.
3. In the list of results, find the NC State option.
4. Click the Log in with school account option.

If this is the first time accessing Top Hat, an account creation screen will appear. Select the account type Professor and complete the steps provided by Top Hat to create the account.

A Top Hat course will need to be linked. If the Top Hat course hasn't been created yet, follow the guidance in Top Hat's "Educator: Course Creation" article.

After selecting the school account login option:

1. Click Log in with school account, sign in using a Unity ID.
2. On the Connect Your Courses screen, select a Top Hat course and click Continue. 

The Top Hat course should now be successfully linked in the Moodle course.

Syncing rosters between Top Hat and Moodle

After the course is connected to Moodle, the roster of students, instructors, and instructional support can be synced to Top Hat manually using the instructions in Top Hat's "Educator: Moodle LTI 1.3" guide.

Users added to a Moodle course with the Teaching Assistant role will be synced to Top Hat as a Student. To add them as a Teaching Assistant in Top Hat, change their role to Instructional Support using the directions in the "Adding or Removing People in a Moodle Course" article.

Additional Resources

Connecting the Course (Top Hat Knowledge Base)

Top Hat Student Roster (Top Hat Knowledge Base)

Grade Sync (Top Hat Knowledge Base)

For additional assistance, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk at learntech@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-7094, or via the Get Help form on the DELTA Knowledge Base.