Launch a Course
Click on the + icon on the top right corner of your course page
Click on the Tool Link on the dropdown list.
Fill in Top Hat LTI 1.3 - Course Launch as the name and Top Hat LTI 1.3 - Course Launch from the type.
Press Submit.
You should see the newly created link on the left.
Make sure the link is set to show or else it’s not visible to the students.
Connecting to a “Standalone" Course
After completing the steps above, select the standalone course you want to connect to and click “Continue”.
Your courses should now be connected!
Automatic Roster Sync
When your roster syncs for the first time after you connect your Blackboard course to Top Hat, you will see student names from Blackboard appear in the Top Hat Student Manager. Next to their names, you will see a course access status [learn more here]
To map your Blackboard course to Top Hat, please see our article below:
Within that initial sync, for students from Blackboard to port to the Top Hat course roster, the students must:
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Have accepted the course invite to the Learning Management System (Blackboard) course.
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Have clicked on any LTI link connecting to Top Hat (Top Hat launch link or deep link)
Students should not manually enroll in the course (via the Join Code or direct URL) otherwise risk being removed from the Top Hat course.
As an instructor, you can either:
- Invite students to Top Hat from the Student tab in your Top Hat course (See: Managing Students). Please note that Roster Sync removes the option to add students directly from within the Top Hat student tab. This invitation is different from invitations sent to non-integrated courses, in that it will direct students to click the Top Hat launch link in their LMS so that they create the connection between their LMS and Top Hat accounts.
- Tell students to click the Top Hat launch link in the Learning Management System and complete the subsequent steps to enroll.
Manual Roster Sync (On-Demand Roster Sync)
On-demand roster sync or manual roster sync can be used when you don't want to wait for the nightly roster sync to run.
Once a course has been connected through the course launch, from the student tab on Top Hat you will see a banner telling you the roster is synced automatically every day at 12:00 AM.
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You will now see a Sync Roster button in the top-right of your screen on this page. Clicking on this will run a manual roster sync. |
After refreshing the tab the students will appear in the student list. You will also notice that the banner running across the top of your course now lists your last successful sync.
Please refresh the Student Manager page after pushing a manual roster sync. If you do not see an updated time stamp, please reach out to our support team for further assistance (support@tophat.com).