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Introduction

 

iClicker is a third party program used by many to poll their classes during lecture. Main program support is provided by the iClicker company. ITS provides access to the necessary instructor hardware and the base stations in the classrooms. ITS also coordinates the integration of the tool with our LMS, UVaCollab. 

Before the Semester

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  1. Order Devices:  

    Many faculty at UVa incorporating clickers in their courses use iClicker 2.

    Faculty

    Faculty should include the appropriate ISBN (1429280476) in their book order.

    It's

    It’s best to order

    iclicker2

    iClicker2 devices separately (rather than in a textbook bundle) since students may already own the device. A student can use the same device in multiple classes. 

  2. Verify your Classroom has a Base Station: Determine whether a base station has already been installed in the classroom where you'll be teaching by either looking for one in your classroom or contacting a classroom support group administrator by mailing cradmin@virginia.edu. If a base has not yet been installed, they will have one installed for you.  

    Please check your room, and if it does not have an iclicker base unit on the podium, please request one by contacting classroom support at classrooms@virginia.edu. We will have a base installed for you.

  3. Obtain an Instructor Kit: If you do not have  

    You can order an instructor kit directly from iClicker (preferred) or you can email

    cradmin@virginia

    classrooms@virginia.edu to arrange to pick up one from our support office in New Cabell 300.

     

    The kit includes an instructor remote and a test base station for your use.

     

    Note: Current best practice is to keep your program data in an iClicker folder that you have set

    up on

    upon your Home Directory (or on your own laptop).

    After each class, you'll sync those data with the iClicker server. Although there are other ways to keep your data, these instructions assume that you are using your Home Directory.

    By doing so, you will have access to all your data from your office, home, or classroom.

  4. Using UVaCollab: 

    If you integrated

    Using Collab: You will want to integrate iClicker into your UVaCollab course site to enable you to take daily roll-call using the clicker software and use the class members' responses as part of their class participation, etc... If you integrate

    iClicker into UVaCollab, you can easily grade assignments and import

    these

    your data into your gradebook.

     

    For the most current copies of the needed software and notification of changes it is recommended that you join the Clickers Site in UVaCollab.

      The

    This site is open to

    all 

    all (Navigate to MyWorkspace: Membership: Joinable).

Before Your First Class

Obtain the Software

The latest version of the i>Clicker software combined with the files that make collab integration possible can be found on the Clicker site on UVaCollab.  Once you have downloaded the appropriate zipped file, expand the files into a folder on your Home Directory or directly to your laptop if you don't use the classroom computer for teaching.   To set up a folder on your Home Directory

  1. Navigate to http://its.virginia.edu/homedir/utilities.html

  2. Follow the steps detailed there to access your Home Directory,
  3. Create a new folder for iClicker. The file version change frequently, so it is a good practice to download a new set of files each semester. You can use a naming convention similar to 2015-fall-iclicker, 2014-fall-iclicker, etc., to keep the files separate.
  4. Unzip the downloaded files to this directory. 

Install the iClicker Tool

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  1.   The University of Virginia specialized software for use with Collab can be found at http://files.iclicker.com/support/UVA/

  2. Before Your First Class    NEW SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD SITE!

  1. Obtain the software for use with UVACollab from iClicker.com:  Current Required Version is 7.22 as of 7/15/2019
  2. Install the iClicker Tool in Collab

In the UVACollab site for your course, install the iClicker Tool.

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 This will allow your students to register their devices for your class.

    • Site Info
    • Edit Tools
    • Check the box for iClicker
    • Save
  2. Instruct your students to register their iClicker device:
    1. In your UVaCollab course site
    2. Select i>clicker from the tools
    3. Enter your ID number from your iClicker into the text window
    4. Click register

 

    1. Using iClicker during class:
      1. (If you are using your own laptop, disconnect the iClicker drive in the room and use a USB cable from your instructor kit to connect your iClicker drive to your laptop.)
      2. click Mac files or Windows files as appropriate,
      3. note, you will save your class iclicker data to this folder or to your folder on your Home Directory,
      4. pose a multiple choice question to the students,
      5. click the A-E box to poll students,
      6. click to close the poll.
    2. Using iClicker after class to analyze the data:
      1. click iGrader,
      2. choose the appropriate class,
      3. click Sync to move the data from your Home Directory or your laptop to UVaCollab.

For More Information

    1. Join the Clickers UVaCollab site. There is an active community of faculty using clickers. They have a joinable UVaCollab site called Clickers. (If you need help joining the UVaCollab site, write to

       

       

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      .) This site is maintained by Lela Marshall. There you will find additional documentation, announcements, discussion boards, and links to documentation. Within the UVaCollab site Clickers, under Resources, the IClicker Files, and IClicker UVaCollab Integration, you will find links for Windows and Mac to log in to your CMS. Through here, you can: transfer your course roster from CMS to IClicker and IGrader, and transfer scores from IGrader into CMS.

    2. Read the iClickers Quick Start Guide and Instructor's Guide. The instructor's guide provides instructions for preparing for class (changing your settings, registering students, creating questions), using iClicker in the classroom, and how to grade and view results. More user guides can be found.

    3. iClickers provides complementary training webinars. To register for trainings, please see iClickerssite.

    4. Consult the iClickers FAQs. (see subpage below)

Please write

 

 

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if you experience any problems.

 

Getting Help

Thecan offer guidance and technical support with clickers and, should you wish to try them out, has a demo set of Turning Technologies clickers for up to 100 students for two weeks. Additionally, Michael Palmer (mp6h@eservices.virginia.edu) at the TRC will meet with interested instructors to discuss Clickers further.

Expert Faculty

  • Edward Murphy (

     

     

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    ) Department of Astronomy, School of A&S
  • Sarah Farrell (

     

     

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    ) School of Nursing
  • Michael Fowler (

     

     

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    ) Department of Physics, School of A&S

Additional iClickers Documentation

Important documentation includes:

    • Verify Your Settings:

3. Create your SSO Key to log into Collab once you are in the iCLICKER tool . Here is a link to step by step instructions, Signing into iClicker Classic with your SSO Security Key

These instructions will also walk you through setting up your course in iClicker to use with Collab.

 

Using iClicker

  1. Support for the actual use of the software is provided by the iClicker company and its representatives. ITS acts as a liaison between UVa and iClicker to coordinate the integration with UVaCollab and to provide hardware support for the rooms. The website is  https://www.iclicker.com/school/university-of-virginia 
  2. If you are using the provided computer, the base station will be connected to this computer for you.
  3. If you are using your laptop, you should plan on bringing your personal base station to class to use and the USB cable provided with your base.  Please do not detach the USB able connected to the room computer as this will impact your fellow instructors adversely. 
  4. To start using iClicker to ask a question, navigate to your Home Directory or other location of the iclicker folder you created to start the program. iClicker runs directly from your Home Directory . No files are stored on the room computer.
  5. iClicker has detailed instructions available at their website.

 

 

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