iClickers

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 Classrooms has a Base Station: Determine whether a base station has already been installed in the classroom where you'll be teaching by contacting a classroom support group administrator by mailing cradmin@virginia.edu. If it 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.

Before Your First Class

1. Set up before class
   1. Install the iClicker tool in your UVaCollab course site:
      1. In your UVaCollab course site,
      2. click site info,
      3. click edit tools,
      4. check i>clicker,
      5. click continue,
      6. click finish.
   2. Update your iClicker file:
      1. Plug your base station into your computer using the USB cable,
      2. insert the iClicker flash drive,
      3. click Kingston,
      4. click iclicker for either Mac or Windows, as appropriate,
      5. drag that file to your computer,
      6. click WebUpdate and follow on screen instructions.
   3. Download the Integration Wizard files to your iClicker folder from the UVaCollab FAQ:
      1. In UVaCollab,
      2. click Home,
      3. click FAQ,
      4. click For Instructors,
      5. click i>clicker,
      6. click on Mac files or Windows files, as appropriate,
      7. drag CMS Integrate Wizard files to your Mac or Win file as appropriate.
   4. Register your instructor remote:
      1. In your UVaCollab course site,
      2. click i>clicker,
      3. enter your ID number from the instructor remote into the text window,
      4. click register.
   5. Set up an iClicker folder on your Home Director:

      1. Go to,

      2. follow the steps detailed there to access your Home Directory,
      3. create a new folder to store your iClicker data during class.
   6. Instruct your students to register their iClicker device:
      1. In your UVaCollab course site,
      2. click i>clicker,
      3. enter your ID number from your iClicker into the text window,
      4. click register.
   7. 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.
   8. 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.

1. 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)

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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
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  ) Department of Physics, School of A&S

Additional iClickers Documentation

Important documentation includes:

• iClicker UVaCollab Guide For Students
• iClicker ID Finder Guide
• iClicker FAQ (see subpage below)