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RedShelf vs. Top Hat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RedShelf
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
RedShelf is an eTextbook platform. For Publishers, RedShelf offers a content distribution network and market intelligence; for schools, it offers a digital content platform campus bookstores can use to provide affordable, accessible texts, with reporting and analytics for instructors to track student usage; for students, RedShelf provides an online eReader with collaboration tools to read, highlight, and take notes on eTextbooks.N/A
Top Hat
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Toronto-based Top Hat offers their higher education teaching apps, comprising Top Hat Classroom supporting flipped classroom and gamified lessons, Top Hat Textbook for delivering course content, Top Hat Assignment for customizable quizzes and graded tasks or homework, and Top Hat Test for delivering secure tests with auto-grading and reporting.
$30
per term (4 months) per student
Pricing
RedShelfTop Hat
Editions & Modules
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Pro
$30
per term (4 months) per student
Basic
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RedShelfTop Hat
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
RedShelfTop Hat
Considered Both Products
RedShelf
Ikki Penta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ikki Penta
Lead Data Scientist
Chose RedShelf
RedShelf and TargetX have something in common, and that is that they help transform the way colleges and universities support their students with their books from digital learning.
Top Hat
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Top Hat
Top Hat generally stacks up pretty well against other industry leading or popular learning management systems. Top Hat is comparable to learning management systems used in most educational institutions. The features such as allowing the educator to create an interactive …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Top Hat
Turning Technologies' bread and butter was its rock-solid integration with PowerPoint and physical devices. Their move to the cloud was a very rocky road and opened the door to Top Hat who was a cloud-first solution. Overall Turning Technologies was better at ensuring every …
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User Ratings
RedShelfTop Hat
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
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(0 ratings)
9.5
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User Testimonials
RedShelfTop Hat
Likelihood to Recommend
RedShelf is an award for today's publishers, schools, businesses, and students. Provides them materials, digital course textbooks easily accessible in a faster and more efficient way.
Ikki Penta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ikki Penta
Lead Data Scientist
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I think Top Hat can be used in any classroom size to help student learning. it is user-friendly for both students and teachers.
RN
Ricardo Nogueira
Senior lecture
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Pros
  • Online Textbooks
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Access
John Bayerl | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Bayerl
LMS Administrator & Trainer
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  • Offers a good variety of interactive tools such as polls and quizzes
  • It is relatively easy to create and customize pages on the class site
  • Educators have access to good analytics and insightful performance information
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • I work at Sydney University of Technology and can only say that this tool has been of great help to me and my students.
Ikki Penta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ikki Penta
Lead Data Scientist
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  • It would be great if the exams could have settings to set-up start and finish times.
  • The grade book still needs improvement in the formatting.
RN
Ricardo Nogueira
Senior lecture
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Support Rating
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The initial rollout of Top Hat was not without its issues. Top Hat was very responsive, and even sent representatives to be onsite during the first couple of days of the start of class to help instructors and students. They were very knowledgeable about the product, but the sales team was pushy at times. At several times, we had to inform them not to reach out to instructors directly to pitch their service while we were still piloting.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
I don't believe I'd used many products that are similar to RedShelf.
John Bayerl | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Bayerl
LMS Administrator & Trainer
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Top Hat generally stacks up pretty well against other industry leading or popular learning management systems. Top Hat is comparable to learning management systems used in most educational institutions. The features such as allowing the educator to create an interactive experience by leveraging tools such as quizzes and polls is comparable. Data on student performance is also a helpful feature that is comparable to that of other similar learning management systems.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • Tools to be a strong independent College bookstore
  • Great support for rolling out day one digital access
  • Good margin for the eText
Meredith Schreiber | TrustRadius Reviewer
Meredith Schreiber
Director Bookstore and Auxiliary Services
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  • One of the better ways to track attendance in a mostly secure and automated way.
  • Promotes more active learning, especially in large classrooms.
  • Unpopular if students have to pay.
Verified User
Anonymous
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