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i>clicker 6 User Guide
Copyright 2011

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  • Page 1 6 User Guide Copyright 2011...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6 User Guide Table of Contents Introduction to i>clicker 1 - The Basics: Setting Up and Starting i>clicker Overview (Optional) Download and Update the i>clicker Software Connect i>clicker to Your Computer Create Your Course(s) Start a Polling Session 2 - Preparing For Class 2.1 - Changing Your Settings...
  • Page 3 6 User Guide Exporting Grade Data Searching for Student Data 5 - For Administrators Managing Default Settings 6 - Additional Support System Requirements Frequenty Asked Questions Converting From i>clicker 5.3 or Earlier Contact Us...

  • Page 4: Introduction To I>Clicker

    6 includes many improvements to i>clicker and i>grader. The upgrade to i>clicker v6 is not required. You may continue to use your current version of i>clicker if you prefer not to upgrade. You may also continue to download i>clicker v5.5 from the...

  • Page 5: The Basics: Setting Up And Starting I>Clicker

    6 User Guide 1 - The Basics: Setting Up and Starting i>clicker Overview Using i>clicker to poll your class can significantly change the way you and your students interact by enabling you to assess your students’ knowledge, keep their attention, provide immediate feedback, and encourage all students to participate.

  • Page 6: (Optional) Download And Update The I>Clicker Software

    4. The i>clicker software will be downloaded to your hard drive as a ZIP file. Navigate to the location on your hard drive to which the file was saved and extract the ZIP file. Locate the iclicker Win or i>clicker Mac folder.

  • Page 7: Connect I>Clicker To Your Computer

    – just insert the flash drive into any computer to access i>clicker and your course folders. You may also copy and paste the iclicker Win or i>clicker Mac folder to use i>clicker from any location, such as a network or computer hard drive. You will need to have easy access to the iclicker Win or i>clicker Mac folder location during your lectures.

  • Page 8: Create Your Course(S)

    IMPORTANT: For i>clicker 5.3 users, it is no longer necessary to make a separate copy of the MyCoursePC or MyCourseMac folder for each i>clicker class or section. A single copy of the new iclicker Win and i>clicker Mac folder now gives you access to all your courses and sections.

  • Page 9: Start A Polling Session

    Viewing Student Responses for more details. 8. Repeat steps 4 - 6 for each question you ask in class. When you are finished polling, close the Session Toolbar by clicking the Close (x) button in the top left corner of the toolbar.

  • Page 10: My Settings Overview

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Changing your Settings My Settings Overview You can use the My Settings options to customize i>clicker and i>grader. Select My Settings from the i>clicker Home Page to change your settings. My Settings can also be accessed from the i>clicker Session Toolbar by clicking the Options Button and selecting My Settings.

  • Page 11: General Settings

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Changing your Settings General Settings The General Settings allow you to add an instructor remote, change the frequence of the response system, and setup web>clicker. General Settings tab in My Settings window Course Name The course name field shows the course name that you entered when you created your course.
  • Page 12 6 User Guide track of your individual and loaner remotes. TIP: To use the C and D functions on the instructor's remote, your presentation software must be the "active" application on your computer screen. If i>clicker becomes the "active" program, click the presentation screen to make the presentation the "active"...
  • Page 13 6 User Guide web>clicker/SPS Setup web>clicker is a web-based, "virtual" remote that your students can use to answer questions on their laptops or smartphones (e.g., iPhone). When web>clicker is enabled in your i>clicker software, i>clicker will collect votes from the standard i>clicker remotes as well as from web>clicker remotes.

  • Page 14: Registration And Export Settings

    Moodle, Sakai, and Desire2Learn. For additional help with CMS support, contact support@iclicker.com. If you are using i>clicker with your CMS, please follow the directions located in the course management system documentation (available on iclicker.com) to ensure your registration data is consistent with your course management system.

  • Page 15: Polling Session Settings

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Changing your Settings Polling Session Settings The Polling Session settings allow you to customize the polling timer, response grid, and results chart format. Polling Session tab in My Settings window Polling Timer When you start polling a timer begins.
  • Page 16 6 User Guide Response Grid showing answer choices from five i>clicker remotes TIP: During polling, your students can freely change their votes at any time until you select Stop (their last vote is recorded). Students may use the color coding if you show response choices to quickly identify the most popular answer and change their vote in response.

  • Page 17: Scoring Settings

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Changing your Settings Scoring Settings The Scoring Settings allows you to establish the point values earned for actively participating in class and for answering questions correctly. Scoring tab in My Settings window Participation (Session-Based) Points Participation points are awarded to students who attend and vote during lecture (encouraging student engagement).

  • Page 18: Demographics Settings

    Selected Questions list. 6. (Optional) Click the Left Arrow button to remove a question from the Selected Questions list. 7. (Optional) Click the Auto advance checkbox and select the amount of time that each demographic question should appear on screen.
  • Page 19 6 User Guide My Settings > Demographics tab NOTE: You can view each of the questions in the Available Questions list by double-clicking the question title. Questions must be moved to the Available Questions list to be edited. NOTE: You can add, edit, delete, and import questions in the Available Questions list (see instructions below).
  • Page 20 6 User Guide 3. Click Save. Edit a demographic question in the Demographics Editor IMPORTANT: Editing a demographic question will overwrite the original question. Once you have edited a question, you cannot revert back to the original. To get the original question back you must select the question, click Edit, and re-enter the original question title, question, and answer choices.

  • Page 21: Registering Your Students

    TIP: Research studies show (Caldwell, J.E. “Clickers in the large classroom: Current research and best-practice tips.” Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 9-20, 2007.) that students participate and vote using clickers more consistently when clicker points are worth at at least 10% of their overall grade. When clickers are worth 5% or less of the total course grade, students take voting less seriously and participate less frequently.

  • Page 22: Create A Course Roster

    4. Save the roster file as Roster.txt. the file must be saved in your course folder (within the Classes folder in your iclicker Win or i>clicker Mac folder). You will need to follow the steps above for each section or course in which you are using i>clicker. An example...
  • Page 23 Refer to the user guide for your specific CMS, which is located in the Customer Support section of iclicker.com. Following the instructions provided for your specific CMS, save the CMS roster to your iclicker Win\Classes\[course name] or i>clicker Mac:Classes:[course name] folder.

  • Page 24: Registration Options

    Register Your i>clicker button. iclicker.com registration screen showing Captcha Verification Image TIP: The key to successful web registration is deciding what student ID will be used and sharing those directions with students before they register their clickers online. Consider including instructions in your syllabus that describe and/or give examples of the student ID so your students follow the proper registration protocol.
  • Page 25 6 User Guide Sample i>clicker remote ID 4. Enter the letters or numbers in the captcha security image on the screen. This verification image is a slightly distorted series of characters used to prevent spam bots from submitting the form.
  • Page 26 5. When a remote is registered, the remote ID appears next to the students name/ID (e.g., Song, Patrick, 90B, #1A081909B). 6. When registration is complete, click Close to end the registration. The registration window will continue cycling through the student names until all registrations are complete or you decide to close the registration window.

  • Page 27: Loaning A Clicker

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Registering Your Students Loaning a Clicker If students forget their i>clicker remote, you can loan one for a single lecture. To associate the loaned clicker with a student for one lecture only, you should perform a temporary or loaner registration.

  • Page 28: Creating A Question List

    6 User Guide 2 - Preparing for Class > Creating a Question List Question List Overview Creating a question list allows you to customize the settings for each individual clicker question ahead of class. For example, you may have a presentation that you plan to use in your class and would like to assign a correct answer to each of the i>clicker questions in the presentation.
  • Page 29 6 User Guide i>clicker Toolbar and Question List window...

  • Page 30: Create A Question List

    My Settings. 6. (Optional) A correct answer may be designated by selecting one of the options from the Answer: drop-down menu. If there is no correct answer for the question, leave the menu on the default <None> option.
  • Page 31 6 User Guide Question List Editor showing Question Information tab NOTE: The number of characters available in the text fields are limited and punctuation or special characters (e.g., @#$%&*) are not allowed in the Question Title or Results Chart Labels fields.
  • Page 32 6 User Guide Sample questions in the Question List Editor During a polling session, in the Question List window the Select Question: menu and Answer: field are displayed. The Select Question: menu will automatically display the first question in the question list. Any question from the list may be selected at any time.

  • Page 33: Edit A Question List

    5. To create additional questions, select the Newbutton and fill in the new question data. 6. To remove questions from the question list, select a Question Title and then click the Deletebutton. 7. To reorder questions, select the Question Title and then click the Up or Down buttons.

  • Page 34: Using I>Clicker In The Classroom

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Polling Students 1. Double-click the i>clicker icon to start the program. 2. The Welcome screen appears. Select the desired course from the list of available courses and click Choose.
  • Page 35 Vote Status light on their remotes will flash red three times to indicate that a response was not received. 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each question you ask in class NOTE: Students can turn on their i>clicker remotes and vote at any time while polling is active by pressing the ON/OFF button on the remote.

  • Page 36: Viewing Student Responses

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Viewing Student Responses The i>clicker Session Toolbar includes a Results Chart that you can use to view your students' responses in a horizontal bar chart, vertical bar chart, or a pie chart.
  • Page 37 6 User Guide 3. To clear the correct answer select <None> from the popup menu. TIP: When you designate a correct answer on the results chart, it is saved into i>grader. If you have chosen to award students points for correct answers, all points will be adjusted accordingly. If you select a correct answer on the chart and then click <None>...

  • Page 38: Session Toolbar Options

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Session Toolbar Options The i>clicker Session Toolbar contains buttons for three key functions: Start/Stop polling, View/Hide the Results Chart, and access the Session Toolbar Options. Click the Options button to access the Session Toolbar Options menu.

  • Page 39: Asking Questions On The Fly

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Asking Questions On The Fly By selecting Question On the Fly, you can ask a question spontaneously and have it recorded in a screen capture, without closing out of your presentation application. For example, you could be using PowerPoint or Keynote in slide show mode, decide to ask an unplanned question mid-lecture, and ask it using the Quesiton On the Fly option without ever having to exit or close your PowerPoint or Keynote slide show.

  • Page 40: Anonymous Polling

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Anonymous Polling Anonymous polling questions are ideal for allowing students to answer sensitive questions without worrying that you will link their responses to their student IDs later. When you poll students anonymously, their answers are not associated with their student names or IDs in the course roster.

  • Page 41: Collecting Demographic Data

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Collecting Demographic Data Once you have selected your demographic questions, you can collect student demographic data by asking the demographic questions in class and having students answer with their clickers. There are two ways to ask demographic questions: (1) ask all demographic questions at once or (2) ask each demographic question individually.
  • Page 42 Start and Stop buttons. After time runs out for each question i>clicker will automatically advance to the next question and continue until questions are complete. 6. Click OK on the Demographic questions complete window. Demographic questions complete window...
  • Page 43 Toolbar to begin polling. Students answer the demographic question by pressing A-E on their clickers. 5. Click Stop on the Session Toolbar when all students have answered the question. 6. Click Close to dismiss the Question Viewer window. The student demographic data for the question is saved and can be used to filter student results.

  • Page 44: Filtering Student Results By Demographics

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Filtering Student Results by Demographics If you have collected student demographic data you can filter any polling question that you ask in class by that data. Filtering by demographic data is easy and is a great way to stimulate class discussion.

  • Page 45: Load Question List

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Load Question List If you have created a question list ahead of class, you can open it during your lecture and presentation. Opening a Question List To open a question list at the beginning of a polling session: 1.
  • Page 46 Results Chart with question title and chart labels 7. Repeat steps 2-6 for each question list question. 8. Click the Close button on the Question List window to close the question list.

  • Page 47: Resuming Your Last Session

    6 User Guide 3 - Using i>clicker in the Classroom Resuming Your Last Session In addition to the option to start a new session, there is also the option to Resume Last Session from the i>clicker Home Page. Choosing this option allows you to resume a lecture rather than starting a new one. This option is especially useful if you accidentally exit the i>clicker application or have a computer crash.

  • Page 48: Grading And Viewing Results

    These numbers appear in red at the end of the student list. 6. By default, each Lecture column is labeled by polling session date. If you conduct two polling sessions on the same day, those two sessions will be shown separately on the main i>grader screen. The example screen above indicates that clickers were used in three lectures to date (on November 23rd, 25th, and 27th of 2010).
  • Page 49 6 User Guide Wagner, and Wallace) while the other three have not. The four remote IDs (#00004141, #000005A5A, #00008080, and #00009D9D) at the bottom of the list belong to unregistered students who have participated in voting sessions. TIP: If you choose Resume Last Session from the i>clicker Home Page, your additional polling data will be...

  • Page 50: Synchronizing Web Registrations

    6 User Guide 4 - Grading and Viewing Results Synchronizing Web Registrations Once your students have completed the registration form at iclicker.com and you have held at least one i>clicker session, you may update your course registration information using the Sync... button.

  • Page 51: Managing Unregistered Clicker And Student Data

    6 User Guide 4 - Grading and Viewing Results Managing Unregistered Clicker and Student Data i>grader contains tools that allow you to search and delete batches of unregistered clicker records and generate reports of unregistered students. To access these tools, click the Unregistered Students & Remotes icon Unregistered i>clicker(s)
  • Page 52 6 User Guide Search Options window For example, let's say that several students voted only once or twice before dropping your class, and never registered. You can use the Search option to search for unregistered remotes with averages or total points in a very low range (such as between 0 and 10 total points).

  • Page 53: I>Grader Functions

    6 User Guide 4 - Grading and Viewing Results i>grader Functions i>grader's editing functions available from the i>grader Home Page include: Editing a Student Editing the Session Information Editing a Student This feature allows you to modify which remote IDs are associated with a particular student ID.
  • Page 54 6 User Guide least the minimum number of questions to receive participation points. They do not have to answer the questions correctly. These points are awarded by session, not by question--the student either answers the minimum number of questions and receives all participation points, or does not and receives zero participation points.
  • Page 55 6 User Guide you to ask on-the-fly questions easily by providing you with an automatic record of your lecture questions. To scroll through the questions, click the Previous or Next buttons . Once you have assigned points values for each question, use the Set and Close button in the bottom right corner.

  • Page 56: Reporting

    The Term/Session Summary and Review report and the Student Voting Data report are both placed directly in your course folder within the iclicker Win\Classes or i>clicker Mac:Classes folder. You may access and open them from that location at any time. All other reports (Summary and Question Data for single sessions, and Student Score reports) are linked from one of these two reports or accessible from the Reports folder within your course folder.
  • Page 57 6 User Guide To view more detailed session information, click Session Summary and Question Data for any session, to display the Session Summary report. The Session Summary data is displayed at the top of this report, followed by information about individual questions.
  • Page 58 6 User Guide Report Settings window The Cumulative Student Scores link will bring you to the Student Term Report. Note that the student Student last name, first name, student ID Their total number of points for the term Their point average...
  • Page 59 6 User Guide The table shown below lists each student's answer to each question. Clicking the question titles in this report will show you the relevant information from the Session Summary and Question Data report described above. Student answer choices TIP: Clicking on any of the session titles will bring you to the same report as the Student Reponses link for that session in the Student Data report.

  • Page 60: Exporting Grade Data

    5. Click Export. 6. The Save Export File window appears. Select the filename and folder location in which to save the exported file. (By default, the export file is named UploadFile.csv and is saved in your class folder.
  • Page 61 6 User Guide NOTE: By changing the filename each time you save an exported file you can keep a history of your exports. For example, you might choose to add today's date at the end of each export (SessionExport_11_24_10.csv).

  • Page 62: Searching For Student Data

    3. The search results appear. To clear the results click Clear. Search Student window showing results for search on "Bender" 4. Click Export to export the filtered results as .CSV file. The exported .CSV file saveds to your course folder (e.g., iclicker Win\Classes\Physics-101-001 or i>clicker Mac:Classes:Physics-101-001).

  • Page 63: For Administrators

    5. Click Set for Course when you are finished managing your campus default settings. 6. Close i>clicker. 7. Copy the file Config.csv from the Session Data folder within your course folder (e.g., iclicker Win\Classes\Sample Cal State Course-101-001\Session Data). 8. Paste the Config.csv file into the iclicker Win\Resources or i>clicker Mac:Resources folder.

  • Page 64: Additional Support

    One available USB port Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels Macintosh Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.4.21 or higher (including OS 10.5 and OS 10.6) 500MHz G4 (or faster) processor 256MB RAM (or larger) recommended One available USB port Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels In addition to these computer requirements, a projection system is highly recommended for presentation purposes.

  • Page 65: Frequenty Asked Questions

    6 User Guide 6 - Additional Support Frequently Asked Questions Please visit our support page at iclicker.com for a continually updating FAQs page.

  • Page 66: Converting From I>Clicker 5.3 Or Earlier

    Converting from i>clicker 5.3 or Earlier With i>clicker version 6, you do not have to make a separate copy of the MyCoursePC and MyCourseMac folders for each course/section in which you are using i>clicker. Follow the instructions below if you are upgrading to i>clicker version 6 from i>clicker 5.3 or earlier.

  • Page 67: Contact Us

    6 User Guide 6 - Additional Support Contact Us We'd like to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us at any of the following numbers. Sales and Ordering Information 9am – 5pm EST, M – F sales@iclicker.com...

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