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Getting Started

  1. Order Devices: Many faculty at UVa incorporating clickers in their courses use iClicker 2. Faculty should include the appropriate ISBN (1429280476) in their book order. It's best to order 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. 
  3. Obtain an Instructor Kit: If you do not have an instructor kit you can email cradmin@virginia.edu to arrange to pick up one from our support office.  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 set up on 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.
  4. 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 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 site is open to all  (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

  1. In the collab site for your course, install the iClicker Tool. This will allow your students to register their devices for your class.
    1. Site Info
    2. Edit Tools
    3. Check the box for iClicker
    4. 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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support@iclicker.com

 

 

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:

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