Top Hat: Adding Courseware with Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1 in Blackboard

In this article, you will find the steps to connect your Top Hat courseware to Blackboard Learn and/or Blackboard Ultra views using the Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1 tool with your campus program. 

• Part One: Pairing Your Course
  • Using your Product Token
• Part Two: Adding links to your course
• Part Three: Connecting to your Top Hat course
• Additional Support

Part One: Pairing Your Course

Step 1.

Navigate into your Blackboard course.

Step 2.

For Blackboard Learn users, click into a Content Area on the left-menu of your Blackboard course (or you may choose to create a brand new Content Area). Content Areas are menu items listed on the left-menu of your course.

Step 3.

In the Content Area selected (1), please click Build Content (2). Click Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1 (3) from the list of tools that appear from the drop-down.

For Blackboard Ultra users, please click View course & institution tools located under the Books & Tools heading on the left-menu of your Blackboard Ultra course.

a) A list of Instructor Tools will appear on the right-menu. Please click on Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1.

b) If you do not see the Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1 tool listed from the right-menu, please click on the option to Browse all course tools located at the bottom of this menu.

From the list of all instructor tools, please find and click on Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.1 from the list presented to you.

Step 4.

Click the Continue in new window button.

Step 5. 

You should see a single course, or a selection of courses to choose from if you're teaching multiple courses / sections. If the correct course information appears, click the appropriate green Select button. If you do not see a course listed, or if the course information is incorrect, please skip to the Product Token section below.

Step 6.

On the Review Selected Course Materials screen, review the course and product information to ensure it is correct. If the course information is correct, click the Confirm Selection button. 

Step 7.

The next screen will display a message indicating that the course was paired successfully. Click the Course Management button and skip to Step 8.

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Using your Product Token

• Note: This step is only necessary if your course materials do not auto-populate in Step 5.

To use your Product Token, click the grey I have a Product Token button on the Product Course Pairing page (see step 5 above), then enter the six-digit Product Token number into the empty field. If you do not have a Product Token, please submit a support request.

Click the Verify button.

Look over the product and course details and verify that the details are correct. If everything looks good click Course Management and continue to Step 8 below.

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Part Two: Adding links to your course

Step 8.

On the next screen, select the Add Product Links option on the right side. 

Step 9.

Click (place a check-mark in) the boxes next to Course Support and Top Hat. Click the blue Return link(s) to LMS.

NOTE: The Instructor Self Service link will bring you to the Course Management page where you can adjust certain course details if necessary. If you feel this will be a useful function to have, please feel free to select the Instructor Self Service link in addition to the other links. If you do add the Instructor Self Service link to your course, be sure to keep it hidden from students.

Step 10.

Next, click Close window.

Step 11.

The next screen will let you know that the links have been added to your course.

NOTE: This may take a few moments for this to load.

Once the content has deployed into your course, return to your Blackboard course and refresh the course.

a) For Blackboard Learn users, the links will appear in a new content area entitled Imported Course Resources on the left menu of your Blackboard course. Navigate into this content area (menu item), then click the Top Hat link.

b) For Blackboard Ultra users, return to your Blackboard course homepage to locate your Top Hat link in a new content area entitled Imported Course Resources.

Part Three: Connecting to your Top Hat course

Step 12.

Click the link for Top Hat.

Step 13.

Select your Academic Term and then click Submit.

Step 14.

Login to your Top Hat account or select Create account if you don't already have one. 

NOTE: If you attempt to create a Top Hat account with anything other than your school email address (e.g., Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, etc.), it will not be accepted and you will be prompted to input an email address with a suffix that matches your institution.

Step 15. 

Next, search for and select your Top Hat course to connect with your course in Blackboard. Next, click Continue.

Step 16. 

Your courses are connected. You can now close this tab and return to your course. 

Additional Support

If you have any questions or would like further assistance, please Submit a Support Request, or reach out to your publisher representative.