i>Clicker is a third party program used by many to poll their classes during lecture. Main program support is provided by the i>Clicker 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.
Many faculty at UVa incorporating clickers in their courses use i>Clicker 2. Faculty should include the appropriate ISBN (1429280476) in their book order. It’s best to order i>Clicker2 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.
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 classroom support by mailing classrooms@virginia.edu. If a base has not yet been installed, they will have one installed for you.
If you do not have an instructor kit you can email classrooms@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 i>Clicker folder that you have set upon your Home Directory (or on your own laptop). After each class, you’ll sync your data with the i>Clicker server. Although there are other ways to keep your data, these instructions assume that you are using your Home Directory.
You will want to integrate i>Clicker 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 integrated i>Clicker into UVaCollab, you can easily grade assignments and import 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. This site is open to all (Navigate to MyWorkspace: Membership: Joinable).
The latest version of the i>Clicker software combined with the files that make UVaCollab 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.
Download the appropriate ZIP file for either Windows or MacOS
To setup a folder on your Home Directory
Navigate to http://its.virginia.edu/homedir/utilities.html
Follow the steps detailed there to access your Home Directory
Create a new folder for i>Clicker. The file version changes frequently, so it is a good practice to download a new set of files each semester. You can use a naming convention similar to 2016-spring-iclicker, 2016-fall-iclicker, etc., to keep the files separate.
Unzip the downloaded files to this directory
The software ZIP file contains all of the necessary files you need. Please check to make sure the software is set up for use with our Sakai LMS (UVaCollab)
Start i>Clicker
Select the New button to create a new course. Enter your course information and save
Choose your course
Select My Settings | CMS/Registration Tab | Sakai
Click Set for Course
I>Clicker provides videos explaining these requirements. Part 1: Setting Up i>Clicker Integrated, Step 1 has been done for you. https://macmillannv.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2518862-i>clicker-integrate-sakai- instructor-guide-for-i>clicker-6?b_id=10300 provides video instructions for
Setting up i>Clicker Integrate
Synchronizing your Roster
Uploading i>Clicker Polling Data into your LMS (UVaCollab)
i>Clicker provides videos explaining these requirements. Part 1: Setting Up i>Clicker Integrate, Step 1 has been done for you.
http://support.iclicker.com/customer/portal/articles/1567685-i%3Eclicker-integrate-sakai-v7- provides instructions for
Read the Documentation: The instructor's guide provides instructions for preparing for class (changing your settings, registering students, creating questions), using i>Clicker in the classroom, and how to grade and view results. More user guides can be found at http://support.iclicker.com/.
Attend a Webinar: i>Clicker provides complementary training webinars. You can register for live sessions or view recorded sessions from their support web page.