Top Hat FAQs

1. How long will my questions and responses be available through Top Hat? 

We currently do not batch delete any content from Top Hat, so everything that was created by the instructor since Top Hat was implemented should still be there.

 2. Can the answers students provide be anonymous, even to the instructor? 

You can make questions anonymous to the instructor and other students when creating questions. See https://support.tophat.com/s/article/Professor-Anonymous-Questions for more information.

3.  For new Top Hat accounts how are usernames and passwords assigned to students?

Single Sign-On (SSO) is now available for Top Hat. Students with an existing Top Hat account linked to a @ucalgary email address will need to merge their accounts. For more information on merging accounts or creating a new user account, please see the Top Hat SSO account setup guide. 

For Continuing Education students who do not have a @ucalgary.ca email address, please select University of Calgary – Continuing Education as your organization and create an account using the same email address associated with your D2L account.