Loyola Support Documentation

How do I add the Top Hat tool to my course?

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Sakai has many different tools available to use in your course or project site.  You may choose which tools you want to use and may add or remove tools at any point.

Instructors who use Top Hat can add the tool to their Sakai courses for a more seamless teaching experience.

For assistance with the Top Hat tool, please reach out via the Service Desk at [email protected].

Go to Site Info.

Site info button

Select the Site Info tool from the Tool Menu of your site.

Select Manage Tools.

Site info manage tools

Select the Top Hat tool.

Top Hat tool site info

Please note: a student fee is required to use this tool.

Select Continue.

Continue button

Once you have made all of your tool selections, scroll down and select Continue.

(Optional) Customize tool instances

Customize tool instances

If you wish to give Top Hat a different name in your course, enter next in the Title box. Once finished, select Continue.

Confirm tool selection.

Confirm tool selection finish

Newly added tools appear with red font. Confirm the tools listed are the ones you'd like to add, and select Finish.  

New tools are typically added to the bottom of the Tool Menu once you save your changes.  See the How do I reorder tools? tutorial for instructions on how to change the tool order.

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