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1. Enter their i gt clicker remote ID The remote ID is the 8 character alohanumeric code printed below the barcode on the back of their remote 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 Click the Enter button An on screen message confirms that registration was successful The student s ID is now tied to their unique i gt clicker remote ID After your students have registered online you need to synchronize i gt grader to update the information in your class folder Refer to Synchronizing Web Registrations on page 16 NOTE If a student has not voted with their i gt clicker remote the online registration will not synchronize with your i gt grader application The student must vote at least once in class We recommend that you ask at least one clicker question such as an attendance or ice breaker question on the first day of class in order to capture remote IDs before requiring your students to register TIP Students can use a single i gt clicker remote for multiple classes and only need to register on the web once If a student makes a registration mistake they can simply register a second time i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 12 In Class Roll Call Registration Option 2 This registration option is only recommended for small classes with fewer than 50 students The two registration
2. Minimum number of required responses to qualify for points 4 Performance Points per question Total performance points for this session 0 nat teary o gue bagr s O Not to exceed points pe ahr Question Title Question 3 E are C Delete this question Correct Answer lt Previous Next gt A VIEW SCREENSHOT Points 0 Vote Count 2 of Votes 40 B 0 1 Delete Session Set and Close coon n ooo ooom 20 Cancel This screen allows you to delete and modify question data and award Participation Attendance Points and Performance Points for this lecture In the example shown above detailed information is displayed for a question in the session held on 5 6 2008 The Session Summary on the top part of the screen gives the course name date and time of the session and indicates that five students participated and six questions were asked during the lecture From here you also have the ability to edit your Session Name There is a 10 character limit on session names If questions are deleted from the session the Number of Questions value will change but you can still view the deleted questions by using the Previous Next controls on the bottom right of the screen below the thumbnail image The Deleted questions will be marked as deleted on the thumbnail image and the Delete this question box will be checked Participation Attendance Points are used to credit students for attending class and for participating in the
3. Once you have assigned points values for each question use the Set and Close button in the bottom right corner All points allocations will be saved and you will return to the main i gt grader window where you will see your overall session scores have been adjusted Notice that i gt grader has updated the summary for this lecture and the column of averages As more sessions are recorded the columns to the right of the one labeled 9 23 09 will be populated and you will be able to assign grades for these sessions as well You are able to change the grading assignments point values for any session at any time Deleting a Question To delete a question open the Set Scores screen for the session that contains the questions you wish to delete Use the Previous and Next arrows to open the question then select the Yes option for Delete this Question under the question title The question will no longer be calculated in your participation requirements and student scores for the session It will remain visible in the Set Scores screen At any time you may restore the deleted question by returning to the session finding the question in this screen and changing the Delete this Question option to No i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh l 1N Reporting The Run Update HTML Reports feature creates summary information in an easily readable and printable format Clicking the Run Update HMTL Reports button generates the reports liste
4. Open the file and spot check it to make sure it is formatted correctly To import a course roster from your course management system CMS Refer to the user guide for your specific CMS which is located in the Support gt User Guides section of www iclicker com Following the instructions provided for your specific CMS save the CMS roster to your i gt clicker Mac Classes course name folder Registration Options i gt clicker offers you three straightforward registration options a web option that can be done outside of class an in class option for your entire class and a manual option for individual students Minimal information is required of your students and all registration options are tied to your class roster There are no site license or registration fees for i gt clicker software TIP In class and online registration are not mutually exclusive and both can be used to register students in one class i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 11 l 1N Web Registration Option 1 Online registration is recommended especially for classes of fifty students or more To register online send your students to www iclicker com and have them click the Register Your i gt clicker button 000 i gt clicker Register Your i gt clicker bala i gt http www iclicker com registration Q7 Google p e e iclicker The Decision is S imple Register Your i gt clicker Thank you for using i gt clicker
5. Toolbar z The i gt clicker toolbar floats on the screen above your presentation material Toolbar Size Small O Large Reset i gt clicker toolbar to its start position Reset Frequency Code The two letter frequency code helps prevent accidental interference between different bases in close proximity Students must set their i gt clicker remote to match this code Subfrequency Code 1 A O8B Oc Oo Subfrequency Code 2 a OB OC Op When frequency code is changed show an alert message until manually closed for 5 Seconds O for 30 Seconds O Not at all O for 15 Seconds web gt clicker Satellite Polling System web gt clicker enables your students to vote using a web based clicker Q Satellite Polling System allows you to poll students from multiple classrooms using 7 satellite bases C web gt clicker SPS Setup Cancel Set For Courses Set For This Session Course Name The course name field shows the course name that you entered when you created your course You can change your course name by editing the text in the course name field NOTE Editing the course name in General Preferences only affects the course name that appears in i gt grader on the Main Menu screen and on your reports To change the course name on the I7 I7 Z1 Z1 Welcome screen you must edit the course folder name in i gt clicker Mac Classes Instructor s Remote ID You may designate one remote as
6. sssuseseserseseseseoseseseseosesereseososeseressosesesersesereere 31 Sc ring Settings and Preferences srrrsrerrarirkE rritni rE RENS EEE EREDE Rnd waa EEE ETI Ae REEE NAS REEERE 33 Performance Question Based POINTS ssiirrssrisroeiiiovesteipunke iiiter Eru en NEN AE ADEE 34 Chapter 6 Resuming Your Last Session Chapter 7 Updating the Software Chapter 8 Pre Assigning Question Titles and Answers F rmatting the Questionlist ENG x sc 5 sn90 eos ss acu cen aoa aa ee ae no EREE TU Oe ee eee nee eevee rs Maintaining Multiple Question List Files 5 5 a0anesu n4 no ns ae ea ncenoean pk ose eno ato eG eo ee oe ree eee Getting Started Overview Using i gt 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 An audience response system can also be used in conference settings to poll the audience on the content of your choice The i gt clicker software for Macintosh is completely packaged in a single folder This folder contains the i gt clicker application for polling the i gt grader application for assigning credit to students and the Web Update utility for checking for software updates e 00 W i gt clicker Mac Y DEVICES 3 Macintosh HD Te i Bo Eg Y PLACES 108 iclicker Hel E Desktop i gt clicker app i gt grader app EALER ETE Dropbox Downlo
7. In Class Roll Call registration For more information on in class and manual registration options see page 12 of this Guide Question On the Fly Ask a spontaneous question and have it recorded as a screen capture without closing out of your presentation application Settings and Preferences Access the program settings and preferences directly from i gt clicker For more information about these options see pages 28 34 of this Guide Anonymous Polling Ask a question and collect polling results without associating any student information with the responses This type of question is particulary useful for polling students on sensitive topics where they may not want their names or student IDs associated with their answers i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Asking Questions On The Fly By selecting Question On the Fly you can ask a question spontaneously and have it recorded ina screen capture without closing out of your presentation application For example you could be using Keynote in slide show mode decide to ask an unplanned question mid lecture and ask it using the On the Fly option without ever having to exit or close your Keynote slide show To use this feature click the arrow menu button from the floating toolbar and select the Question On The Fly option From the dialog window that appears type in a question title in the Question Title field your question in the Question field and if so desired the correct answer in the An
8. Please complete the form below Your professor will then be able to give you credit for using your i gt clicker in class NOTE If you registered your i gt clicker last semester you are still registered no need to re register Cap tch a Verifica tion Image If your remote ID has rubbed off or is illegible you can locate your remote ID by using our lookup tool 562259 First Name Last Name Student ID Remote ID Having trouble finding your clicker ID n55622597 i Please type in the verification word in the image Your student ID is assigned to you by your school You may have more than one possible student ID e g your email address your Blackboard ID a numeric ID Your instructor likely has instructions about which student ID to use Check your syllabus or with your instructor 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 To complete the student registration form students must Enter their First Name and Last Name in the appropriate fields Enter their student ID This student ID must match the one that is in your Roster txt file or your CMS roster file
9. and Export all Sessions as CSV Excel file grader SR Psych 101 001 Name bg SS Student 1 Sample Average 0 50 Student 2 Sample Average 1 00 Student_3 Sample Average 0 50 Student 4 Sample erage 0 00 Av Student_5 Sample Average 1 00 Student 6 Sample Average 0 00 Output formatted for CMS General Export Selected Sessions This function allows you to select specific sessions to export In the above example Lecture 1 has been selected by checking the box to the left of that session s name You may select one session or multiple sessions When you click the Export Selected Session s button you will be asked what data you would like to export You may export any combination of the following data provided that the data is availabe Student Data First Name Last Name and Student ID Session Data Performance Points Participation Points and Total Points for each individual session The total session points includes the performance and participation points for each session NOTE This option is only available when you are using i gt clicker with the General Non CMS setting If you are exporting i gt clicker data in a format specific to your campus CMS you will only be able to export the total points for each individual session and the aggregate points for all or selected Sessions Aggregate Data The combined Performance Points Participation Points and Total Points for all of your selected
10. following options are available in the roll call registration screen 1 You can control the speed at which your students names scroll down the screen with the Scrolling Speed option in the top right hand corner 2 The instructions for students are outlined on the screen and are easy to follow 3 You can modify the information that appears about your students on the screen Choose to display Student names only Student IDs only or both For more on this feature see page 30 NOTE If students names scroll off the screen before they are able to complete the registration they must wait for their names to reappear as the list loops around Names will continue to scroll on the screen in a continuous loop until either all students have registered or you click the Close button at the bottom of the screen i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 13 TIP Students accidentally registering their clicker to the wrong name should press the D button on their i gt clicker remote twice to clear the incorrect registration and restart the registration process In Class Individual Registration Option 3 If only a few students need to register an individual registration option is available This registration process is typically used when new students join your class after you ve already completed Roll Call registration Because this option is limited to registering a single student at a time it is not recommended for registering a large nu
11. of charge using the WebUpdate application that you can find in the i gt clicker Mac folder e WebUpdate Icon Double click on the WebUpdate icon in your i gt clicker Mac folder making sure the computer you are using has access to the internet The WebUpdate application checks the i gt clicker website for the version numbers of the latest available i gt clicker and i gt grader applications and compares these to the ones in your current i gt clicker folder If either or both of your applications are not the most recent you will be given information about the newer version s and the opportunity to update IMPORTANT It is strongly recommended that you not use WebUpdate to upgrade from i gt clicker 5 3 and earlier to i gt clicker 5 5 When upgrading to i gt clicker 5 5 please download the latest version from the Downloads page at www iclicker com and refer to the Conversion Guide for instructions on upgrading Once i gt clicker 5 5 is downloaded you can begin using WebUpdate to update i gt clicker This is necessary because the folder structure changed from version 5 3 to version 5 5 of the software The 5 3 folder structure cannot be updated using WebUpdate 800 Web Update i gt clicker Web Updater 1 0 5 i gt clicker Current Version Up To Date i gt grader Current Version Up To Date View Report Install Updates You will be asked about i gt clicker and i gt grader separately Click on the Install Updates button to update y
12. performance points to reward correct answers Performance points if any are assigned to each question individually If you have already set a point value for correct answers in i gt clicker Settings and Preferences you may simply designate the correct answer in the Performance Points area and that answer choice will automatically be awarded the correct number of points You may also assign credit or partial credit for multiple answers by manually adding point values in any of the five boxes above the answer choices A B C D E Performance Points per question Total performance points for this session 0 C Not to exceed points Question Title Question 3 paana 0 nmen apate C Delete this question Correct Answer lt Previous Next gt VIEW SCREENSHOT Points A 0 Vote Count 2 of Votes 40 Delete Session Set and Close 0 Cancel Since you may not remember the details of each question you asked in lecture i gt clicker takes a screen capture for you every time you begin a question by clicking START on the floating menu bar To view this image in i gt grader click on View Screenshot next to the question title field The button changes to Hide Screenshot and can be clicked again to return to the Set Scores screen The screen shot function allows 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 on Previous or Next
13. register your students you must first create a file containing student information in your course folder If you are not planning to integrate voting data with your CMS system you will create a text file named Roster txt NOTE Students can still vote with their i gt clicker remotes before registering but until they ve registered their remotes their votes will be linked within i gt grader to only the i gt clicker remote ID i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 10 a I7 1N The roster file must have one line for each student in your class with each line containing the student s Last Name First Name and Student ID separated by commas The Student ID may be a college ID number email alias or any other easily readable text string as long as it is guaranteed to be unique for each student We recommend that you use an ID number or naming convention that you currently use personally or as required by your institution to record your students other grades for easiest import of i gt grader data into your course grade book Roster txt File The TextEdit application or any other plain text editor can be used to easily create your roster file To create a TXT file using TextEdit Go to the Applications folder and open TextEdit Add the student information for each student in your class either by typing or copy and pasting it from an existing roster in Excel or any other format into TextEdit Save the roster file a
14. the Instructor s Remote for your own use in class The Instructor s Remote controls polling and moves between slides in your presentation software allowing you freedom to move around the room while conducting i gt clicker polling sessions Rather than counting the five choices A B C D E as student votes the buttons control key functions of the i gt clicker polling software A Start Stop polling B Hide Display graph C Advance slide most effective when using PowerPoint or a similar application D Backup slide most effective when using PowerPoint or a similar application E Denote correct answer Using E you can toggle between your five choices on the graph The choice upon which you remain will be highlighted as green and the other choices will become red Note that you must display the graph in order to enable the E functionality To activate the Instructor s Remote enter the clicker s serial ID located on the bottom of the back of your i gt clicker in the Designated Instructor s Remote field in General Settings and Preferences If you plan to use the Instructor s Remote regularly we recommend you set the code for the entire course or term TIP Many teachers use the blue remote as their Instructor s Remote There are no technical differences between a blue Instructor s Remote and a white student remote The color is designed to make it easier for you to keep track of your individual an
15. top left corner of your computer desktop indicating that polling is active START STOP START _ bpispLay y Minimize polling i option DISPLAY HIDE polling graph Options tool You can reposition the toolbar anywhere on your desktop The floating toolbar allows you to run i gt clicker with your presentation application s For example if you use PowerPoint or Keynote both your presentation and the i gt clicker toolbar will be active see example below The toolbar floats above any application including Word Acrobat Web browsers Mathematica etc i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 7 TIP FOR KEYNOTE USERS In order for the i gt clicker menu bar to float over your presentation be sure Keynote is set to allow other programs to share the screen In the Keynote Preferences menu please select the option below A Slideshow Preferences ftm x Lime Auto Correction When Presenting Scale slides up to fit display M Exit presentation after last slide Reduce Cube transitions to avoid clipping M Allow Expos Dashboard and others to use screen Caution Can reduce animation performance on some hardware Show pointer only on slides with hyperlinks or movies Show pointer when the mouse moves M Show playback controls when pointer is over a movie Present on primary display O Present on secondary display Open Display Preferences 3 TIP If you reposition the toolbar on your desktop t
16. voting activities Students only needs to place a vote for at 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 NOTE Students can receive participation points for Anonymous Polling questions Anonymous Polling questions do not however have a correct answer and therefore cannot be used for Performance Points In the Settings and Preferences area of the i gt clicker program you can set a participation requirement by percentage of questions answered The minimum number of responses will be automatically calculated for you From the Set Scores screen shown here you can modify the minimum number of questions your students must answer in order to receive participation points You also determine the total number of participation points possible for that session The minimum number of questions required will be adjusted each time you delete and restore questions from your session TIP We strongly encourage you to utilize the participation attendance feature which is designed to promote student engagement and teacher student interaction i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 21 Performance Points are awarded to students by question for specific answers Many professors use
17. you will be using i gt clicker near another professor using i gt clicker for the term we recommend you set your default frequency for the entire term If i gt clicker is in use across your institution you may also need to coordinate frequencies with your IT administrator They may have already assigned channels to each classroom If you change your frequency from the default your students will need to change their remote frequency at the beginning of each session When you begin polling an alert will appear with instructions for your students To change their remote frequencies ask students to Press and hold the On Off power button on their i gt clicker until the blue Power light begins flashing Press the two letter code that you ve designated in your Settings Preferences In the example below that new code is AD A green Vote Status light will indicate your students have successfully reset their remote frequency Base Frequency set to BB Hold your On Off button for 2 seconds the blue light will flash Press BB Your Vote Status will turn green after you ve entered the code Your frequency has changed Vote v Warn again on next question C ose This remote frequency will be set for as long as the remote is on Students will need to repeat this procedure for every session or each time they turn on the remote Freqency Code Alert Message You may alter the length of time that the frequency code al
18. HTML O Student last name first name student id Student last name student first name O Student last name student ID Student ID only The Student Voting Data report contains your individual students polling statistics by session and by question Your customizations chosen here will affect how individual student data will be displayed i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 24 The Cumulative Student Scores link will bring you to the Student Term Report Note that the student data displayed here includes e Student last name first name student ID e Their total number of points for the term e Their point average e The number of points received for each individual polling session Student Term Report Intro Course 101 Total Number of Sessions 2 Total Number of Students in Class 7 Total Number of Points for Term 8 Beta Student aes 0 Jane Smith Average 38 To view your students responses click on the session title date at the top of the column and you will quickly receive a complete review of each student s activity during the session If you have designated a correct answer for any of the questions it will appear in this report in green and incorrect answers will appear in red If you did not designate a correct answer the voting choices will appear in black Date 9 23 09 Number of Students 3 Total Questions 2 Total Points Available 2 Session Average 1 67 Questions As
19. Student This feature allows you to modify which remote IDs are associated with a particular student ID Locate and click on the student ID or name You will see the pop up dialog shown below To remove the association of a particular clicker to that student highlight the clicker remote ID in the pop up and then click Remove This will remove the student remote ID association but the remote ID and its data will stay in i gt grader To associate a new remote ID with this student click Add You will see an additional pop up window to add a new remote ID Enter the new remote ID and click OK The ID will then appear in the list of Registered Clickers tied to that student Highlight the new clicker ID and click Add Click Save and then OK on the final confirmation message Student ID astudent Name Alpha Student Registered Clickers 0028AF87 Remove Add Cancel i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 20 Siz 1N Setting Session Scores To assign credit and establish the points for any given polling session locate the session and click on the session title That session s information will appear and be available for editing grader Session Summary Course Title Intro Course 101 Session Name 5 6 08 Number of Students 5 Number of Questions 6 Session Date 5 6 08 Class Average 1 00 Total Points Available 1 Session Time 9 28 PM Participation and Attendance Points per session Points Awarded 4
20. Student 5 56789 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 7 Foxtrot Student 6 67890 4 1 5 2 0 2 1 0 NOTE Your file may be saved named slightly differently if you are using i gt clicker with your campus course management system and have followed the steps required to enable i gt clicker files to be formatted for your particular course management system TIP Each time a file is exported the same filename UploadFile csv is used This will overwrite any existing files of the same name from previous exports If you wish to keep more than one file simply rename the first one something different or move the file out of your course folder before using the Export option again This will avoid the second report overwriting the first Export All Sessions This option also creates a file named UploadFile csv in the course folder While similar to the Session Report the Term Summary Report includes session and aggregate data for every session you have held to date See Export Selected Session for a more information on exporting session data NOTE Please see the course management documentation available via the User Guides page at www iclicker com for detailed instructions on integrating i gt clicker and i gt grader with your course management system i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh FPR RF ENN 27 Customizing i gt clicker and i gt grader You can use the Settings and Preferences options to customize i gt clicker and i gt grader Select Y
21. additional installation is needed Optional You may now copy the i gt clicker Mac folder to a flash drive or network drive Setting Up i gt clicker i gt clicker is a plug and play system that requires no installation and minimal set up for both the hardware and software The i gt clicker software is provided on a flash drive included in the i gt clicker instructor kit If you did not receive the flash drive see Obtaining the i gt clicker Software above To set up your computer and folder structure Connect the i gt clicker receiver base to your computer through the USB port The LCD screen on the receiver will light up signaling that your computer is powering it IMPORTANT To be sure that the receiver has sufficient power plug the receiver directly into the computer and do not connect through the keyboard or a non powered USB hub If you are running i gt clicker from a flash drive connect the i gt clicker flash drive to the USB port on the back of the i gt clicker receiver base Double click the flash drive icon that appears on your desktop The i gt clicker flash drive contains two folders iclicker Win and i gt clicker Mac These folders contain the software for PC and Mac users respectively WebUpdate will walk you through the steps to ensure you are using the latest version of i gt clicker The latest software can also be downloaded free of charge from www iclicker com NOTE We recommend you double click the WebUpdate icon the f
22. ads e EO N sray ES ES A Applications webupdate app Resources Classes i Documents lt Public r v System Requirements Before starting make sure that your computer system meets or exceeds the following i gt clicker system requirements e Mac OS X version 10 4 2 or higher including OS 10 5 and OS 10 6 e 500MHz G4 or faster processor e 256MB RAM or larger recommended e one available USB port e Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels In addition to these computer requirements a projection system is highly recommended for presentation purposes If you are using Mac OS 10 4 but do not have 10 4 2 or higher check for free Mac OSX updates by running the OSX Software Update utility Be sure that the option to install 10 4 2 or higher is checked in the Software Update list and click the Install button i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Obtaining the i gt clicker Software Don t have the i gt clicker software yet You may download the latest i gt clicker software free of charge from the i gt clicker web site To get i gt clicker from the web Go to the i gt clicker website at www iclicker com In the top navigation select Downloads and click Instructor In the Instructor Downloads section under i gt clicker 5 5 click Macintosh The i gt clicker software will be downloaded to your hard drive Navigate to the location on your hard drive to which the file was saved and locate the i gt clicker Mac folder No
23. ame Student ID Export to CSV Student_1 Sample Student1 Student_2 Sample Student2 Export to Text Student_3 Sample Student3 Student_4 Sample Student4 Student_5 Sample Student5 Student_6 Sample Student6 From this screen you have the option to export the list of unregistered students in two formats comma separated csv or text txt Choosing either of these options will create a file named Unregistered Student List in your course folder NOTE While you can create two separate files using this tool exporting the same type of file more than once will overwrite your data For example if you have previously exported this list to CSV then clicking Export to CSV again will overwrite the existing file but clicking Export to Text will not i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 19 i gt grader Functions From the main screen of i gt grader you can edit student registrations as well as session and scoring information Editing a Student Setting Session Scores ibgradfr SR Psych 101 001 Student _1 Sample 1 00 1 00 AB Student _2 Sample 2 00 AB 2 00 Average 1 00 Student 3 Sample 1 00 AB 1 00 Average 0 50 Student _4 Sample 0 00 AB AB Average 0 00 Student _5 Sample 2 00 AB 2 00 Average 1 00 Student _6 Sample 0 00 AB AB Average 0 00 Output formatted for CMS General Synchronize Web Registrations Run Update HTML Reports Export Term Summary as CSV Excel file Exit AB Editing a
24. ating in class and for answering questions correctly OOO Your Settings and Preferences Scoring Participation Session Based Points Participation points are awarded to students just for responding regardless of how they respond and are earned for the overall session not individual questions Participation points are useful for rewarding attendance and encouraging student engagement and accountability Session Participation Points 1 Points are awarded all or nothing for the session Requirement to Earn Participation Points O Students must respond to 100 of the questions O Students must respond to all but one question Students must respond to at least 75 of the questions O Students must respond to at least 50 of the questions O Students must respond to at least one question Performance Question Based Points Performance points are awarded on a per question basis and are earned in addition to any session based participation points a Question Performance Points Points for Responding 0 o Each question is worth the total Points for Correct Response 1 of these two point values Total Performance Points No limit to the total performance points earned in a session O Limit total performance points in a session to maximum of Cancel Set For Course Set For This Session 3 Participation Session Based Points Participation points are awarded to students who attend and vote during lecture en
25. bgrader Synchronize Web Registrations The remote 143B436C has been registered on the web to the names in the yellow box and may match the students in the right box who are in your roster Choose a name from the roster and press Accept to load web registration information into your roster Charlie Diliott 67 890 Tammy Akbar 64355 Isaac Buckman 66952 0 v Charles Elliott 67890 Daniel Everett 66267 Richard Horton 67411 verifying student 7 of 8 Ignore Accept Cancel i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Il 1N TIP Students can register multiple times without affecting the synchronization process If you are unsure if a web registration matches the student s roster you can always ignore the registration ask your student to register online again and run another web synchronization process at a later time Any unregistered clicker IDs that remain after this step i e you continue to see records with red clicker ID numbers likely belong to students who have not yet registered online Check with your students and synchronize again later If there are problems synchronizing only one or two students who have registered online you can also run a Roll Call registration or register these students manually You can repeat these steps as often as necessary TIP We suggest setting a deadline no matter how loose or long for web registration An end date will allow you to confirm all students are registe
26. couraging student engagement Participation points are awarded by overall session activity not by individual question Session Participation Points This field allows you to enter the number of points students earn in any given session for meeting the participation requirement as defined in the Requirement to Earn Participation Points below Requirement to Earn Participation Points To earn the point value established above students must respond to a certain percentage of questions in a session Depending upon the total number of questions i gt clicker will automatically calculate the minimum number of responses needed Example If you enter 10 points in Session Participation Points and there are 10 questions in a session a student must respond to 9 of the 10 questions if the Students must respond to all but one question radio button is selected i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 33 Performance Question Based Points Performance points are awarded to students by question for specific answers Students can earn performance points without earning participation points depending on your preference Points for Responding This option allows you to enter the default number of points students are awarded for any answer These are different from participation points in that they reward students for performance by question whereas participation points reward students for participation by session Points for Correct This field allows
27. ctions please see page 37 To pre assign question titles and answers you MUST choose the Show question information before each question radio button i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh l l 1N 1N Polling Timer When you start polling i e when you click START the software automatically launches a timer The default i gt clicker timer counts upwards beginning with zero In the default setting you must select STOP to end polling Through Settings Preferences you may choose instead to define a countdown time choosing any length of time in 15 seconds increments from 15 second up to 4 minutes The timer will automatically stop at zero and end the polling period TIP In the countdown mode the and buttons to the left of the timer allow you to add or subtract 20 seconds as needed You can still stop polling by pressing STOP on the floating menu bar stop DISPLAY H 0 174 0 Response Grid This option allows you to display or hide a grid of your students voting entries each time you ask a question The voting results grid gives students an additional opportunity to confirm their votes were received Note that the Vote Status light on each remote flashes green each time a vote is received by the i gt clicker base so your students can confirm that their votes were recorded without displaying this grid TIP While this is a comfort to students the voting results grid can be distracting if used extensi
28. d below Report Summary You have now generated or updated if you have used this function before two HTML reports containing your class polling data These are easily printable readable and can also be posted to a course web site or your campus course management system such as Blackboard You may access these reports from your MyCoursePC folder 1 Term Session Summary and Review details both your cumulative and individual session polling data No individual student scores or votes are included For each session we provide individual question statistics your question via the screenshot taken when you began polling and the graph with voting results This report is a great study and review tool for students 2 Student Voting Data This report contains your individual students polling statistics by session and by question This report also links to your students Cumulative Scores which provide you with an easily printable overview of your students entire performance with i gt clicker This is a great resource for you especially for struggling students Term Session Summary and Review report provides a breakdown of polling data both for your term to date and for individual sessions No individual student scores or votes are included in this report making it ideal to share with your class as a post lecture study guide The linked Summary Review reports contain individual question statistics the screenshots taken when you bega
29. d 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 Mac i gt clicker will still float above your presentation software However if i gt clicker becomes the active program once on your presentation program screen to make it the active application again and enable the C and D buttons on the Instructor s Remote i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 29 l Z1 Toolbar This option allows you to choose the size of the floating toolbar that will sit on top of your presentation materials The default size of the floating toolbar is small as it is the least obtrusive distracting when projected on screen However if you have a very large lecture hall auditorium the larger toolbar projects the timer and vote count more easily Frequency Code The i gt clicker 2 way radio frequency student response system operates on one of 16 channels in the 915 MHz frequency range The default frequency channel for both the base and the student remotes is AA If you are the only professor using i gt clicker at a given time you should not modify this frequency However if someone else is using i gt clicker in close proximity one of you will want to use a different channel such as AD as in the example below i gt clicker has sixteen different frequencies available AA AB AC AD BA BB BC BD CA CB CC CD DA DB DC and DD TIP If you know
30. dadeseeaks chaeaane Oo aawa 13 In Class Individual Registration Option 3 saweussasnse catey ar neeta ned aanys ea te ke eboee take anes eennee ee ones 14 Belg EE lt 2 eee eee re Te a ee nee ee ee nr ee ee eet ee ee ere ee eee 15 Chapter 4 Assigning Credit for Sessions and Questions Synchronizing Web Registrations oacitenuetusetadersiony sane tecdradn eee Moadiansatey aes Saeeadnd tung erenaexsaneu enews 17 Managing Unregistered Clicker and Student Data ccc cece cece cence eee e ene ence eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeees 18 Ol ager FUNGCUOUS ea aduse eva EA E A E AE A E nanny sae RENEE 20 Sen SpE aei 6 ai See eve E eee Tee en eT ee ee ee eh ee ee re ee ree 20 SCAN SESSION SCOlGS 352 cecccccccnceceesceeceure actatees ee aseeacoeee sen esoes sone oe eee ee etensecteeoessoeese 21 Boa 2 QUCSTHION sp E T EE E A S E a EE E EN 22 POO NG creses Sees E EEE E eae dimes een e SE E 23 Exporuna Glade Dold eere rrer Innen arrer E EE EER EEE EE EE E EEEE EEE EAA 26 Export selected SESSION oa aaraa ERA AEREN A E E REEERE ene eee ner NEEE EA 26 EXPO AISES ONS cs ccuang vans AEE E E AE ATE REE Ee 27 Chapter 5 Configuring Settings to Customize the Software General Settings Preferences usessussnsensrssesersessesseseeseoresroseoseesrerrserseeresresroseereserseeso 29 Registration and Export Settings and Preferences cc cece cece nee en nee een teen nee e cent ee ene eeneneees 31 Polling Session Settings and Preferences
31. design system developed in consideration of people with various types of color vision to allow information to be accurately conveyed to as many individuals as possible TIP You may also display two graphs the current graph and any previous graph side by side by clicking on the Compare Graphs link in the graph window The second graph will display underneath your current graph You may select the Previous or Next arrows to toggle between graphs in choosing your second graph to display 2 To designate a correct answer roll your mouse over the graph so that the correct answer choice buttons appear Click the letter that corresponds to the correct answer When you select a correct answer the bar colors will change The bar for the correct answer will become green while all others become red Compare x C uestion 2 oompare lt Q Graphs lt Question 2 Graphs 3 Toclear the correct answer selection and return to the default graph roll your mouse over the graph so the answer choice buttons appear and then click the button i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Siy I7 Z1 Z1 TIP When you designate a correct answer on the response graph it is saved into i gt 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 graph and then click to clear the selection and return to the default graph mode the correct answer is also de
32. ert warning appears on your screen or you may choose to disable the warning change alert completely so that it never displays If you prefer that the warning remain on screen until you click the Close button at the lower right choose the option to Close Manually If you do not want to see the warning pop up before each question in the session but do want the alert to appear the first time you ask a question wait for the pop up to appear and then un check the option Warn again on next question below the instructions NOTE The receiver must be plugged in and the i gt clicker application must be running to enable students to perform this procedure i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 30 I Z1 Registration and Export Settings and Preferences Your Settings and Preferences Registration Export In Class Roll Call Registration Specify how your roster information is displayed for in class registration Last Name First Initial Student ID O Last name First Name O Student ID Web Registration A security code is only necessary for campus hosted web registration Security Code Leave this code blank unless directed otherwise by your campus administrator Course Management System e your Cou e Man A set ul sp sia sed api r importing you 9 CMS course roster and exporti r i gt clicker data in your CMS ak e General ia ckboard o CMS specified O Version 6 7 3 O ANGEL O Version 8 and above O Desire2Learn O WebCT Ca
33. f the synchronization function Click Continue to proceed i gt grader synchronizes your roster information with your students online registrations After synchronization is complete click Done to return to the main i gt grader window If an inconsistency between your roster and the web registrations exist you will be prompted to resolve it before synchronization is completed The software will alert you to any discrepancies between your roster and the web registrations Your choices for resolving registration conflicts include e Ignore no registration information is associated for that particular student e Accept allows the student ID to be included in i gt grader and associates the student with the correct remote ID e Cancel exits the registration process and leave i gt grader unchanged Example A student registers his i gt clicker online entering remote ID 143B436C and student ID 67 890 Upon synchronizing you are notified that this student s student ID does not match any record in your roster file You realize that the student has both mistyped his last name and entered the student ID ina slightly different format from the student ID in your roster file with a dash in the middle Because you can be reasonably sure that this is the correct student you select his name from the list of students in the roster and click the Accept button This action associates the correct student ID 67890 with i gt clicker remote ID 2796B1 i
34. he system will remember its placement and retain the new location until you change it again This feature gives you more flexibility and control to design your lecture presentations so that the floating toolbar never obstructs your question text or images I7 Z1 When the plate is uniformly heated the diameter of the hole A Increases B Stays the Same C Decreases dl 4 When you are ready to pose a question advise your students to turn on their clickers Then present the question and answer choices either verbally or visually and click START on the toolbar A timer begins sor oispLay v A counter displays indicating that how many students polling is now active 0 2 4 q 6 have voted thus far NOTE i gt clicker will only begin collecting votes after you click START If you do not click START i gt clicker will not accept or record any votes A green Vote Status light on the students remotes indicates that a response has been successfully recorded TIP If you use a program to display your question e g Keynote make sure it is the active application when you start polling Each time you click START to begin polling i gt clicker captures an image of the active window and stores it along with polling results for later review in i gt grader 5 Click DISPLAY on the toolbar to view a graph of your students responses for the current question See Viewing Student Responses below To end the polling sess
35. ion click STOP on the toolbar and i gt clicker will no longer accept votes The toolbar will display the word Done along with the total number of votes collected for five seconds after polling has ended After five seconds the counter and timer will disappear so the floating toolbar is less obtrusive 0 57 3 i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh NOTE i gt clicker stops collecting votes when you click STOP If students attempt to vote when polling is not active the Vote Status light on their remotes will flash red three times to indicate that a response was not received 6 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each question you ask in class NOTE Students can turn on their i gt clicker remotes and vote at any time while polling is active by pressing the ON OFF button on the remote We recommend students keep their remotes on during the lecture This is particularly important if a frequency other than the default AA is in use For more information regarding frequency see page 30 The remotes will automatically shut off after 90 minutes of inactivity to save battery power l Viewing Student Responses 1 Clicking DISPLAY on the toolbar will show a graph of your students responses for the current question The graph displays the percentage of total votes and number of votes for each answer choice lt lt Question 2 ony nispa I 00 A B C D The histogram colors have been redesigned using Color Universal Design a
36. irst time you use i gt clicker e Running the i gt clicker software from a flash drive is not requred The benefit of using the flash drive is that the i gt clicker software is fully portable just insert the flash drive into any computer to access i gt clicker and your course folders You may also copy and paste the i gt clicker Mac folder to use i gt clicker from any location such as a network or computer hard drive However you will need to have easy access to the i gt clicker Mac folder location during your lectures In order to track your class s voting data you must be able to access the same i gt clicker folder from this location every time you start polling in class i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Creating Your Courses in i gt clicker IMPORTANT For i gt clicker 5 3 and earlier users it is no longer necessary to make a separate copy of the MyCourseMac folder for each i gt clicker class or section A single copy of the new i gt clicker Mac folder now gives you access to all your courses and sections 1 Double click the i gt clicker icon to start the program a i gt clicker 4 icon 2 The Welcome screen appears with no courses listed Click Add Course AOO Welcome to i gt clicker Choose your course bcl iC ker Click the Add Course button to add a course Add Course web gt clicker enabled course Join a Host Course Quit y Choose 3 An Add Course window appears Enter your Cour
37. itle of each question In column B enter the corresponding correct answer EJ Microsoft Excel Book1 Neuron 2 Action Potential D 3 Neurogenesis C Cerebellum E Broca s Area A EE T Go to File gt Save As and name your document questionlist in the Save As field Click the Where drop down menu and select your course folder e g i gt clicker Mac Classes PSYCH 400 001 i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 37 l 1N In the Format drop down menu select Comma Separated Values csv The file extension csv is added to your filename IMPORTANT Make sure that your filename does not include two csv extension e g questionlist csv csv This file format will not work properly with your i gt clicker application Click Save Creating a questionlist file in TextEdit Open the TextEdit application located in your Applications folder Enter the title of your question followed by a comma and then the correct answer Do not add a space between the comma and the correct answer questionlist csv Neuron A Action Potential D Neurogenesis Cerebellum E Broca s Area A Select File gt Save As and name the file questionlist csv In the Format drop down menu select Unicode UTF 8 as the file format If the Unicode option is not available cancel the Save and go to the Format menu Select the option Make Plain Text You will be prompted with a warning message sayi
38. ked 2 Questions Deleted 0 Participation Points Available 1 Performance Points Available 1 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 Date 6 10 09 Number of Students 11 Number of Questions Asked 4 Session Average 3 36 Participation Points Available 1 Performance Points Available 4 Total Points Available 5 Aaron Vang Total 4 00 Charles Elliott Total 2 00 Cameron Jesse Total 1 00 i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 25 Cai A 2 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 Exporting Grade Data You can export student grade data as CSV files CSV comma separated value is a simple file type that can be read by nearly all text editors soreadsheet and database programs including Microsoft Excel You can choose to export the file in a simple General format or in a format that is ready to upload into your course management system The General format is discussed below For details on specific course management systems please see the related documentation available at www iclicker com There are two i gt grader buttons available for exporting grades Export a Selected Session as CSV Excel file
39. leted from i gt grader and no points adjustments will occur To display data for the previous question click the Previous lt arrow To display data for the next question click the Next gt arrow To stop displaying the graph click HIDE TIP You can also display or hide the student response graph by pressing the B button on the instructor s remote You can designate a correct answer by cycling through the choices with the E button on the instructor s remote Your receiver s LCD screen also displays voting results and is updated every second when polling is active Information on the screen includes the timer upper left the total vote count upper right and the percentage distribution of votes across the five answer choices bottom The LCD screen is a useful tool to monitor student voting progress and choices without displaying the graph to the whole class A Timer B Number of responses received C Percentage of total votes for responses A E Floating Toolbar Options The floating toolbar contains buttons for three key functions START STOP polling DISPLAY HIDE and access to the Options menu Click the arrow button to access the Options pull down menu and reveal the following options START DIsPLAY Loan Register Clickers Question On The Fly Settings and Preferences Anonymous Polling Loan Register Clickers Manually register an individual clicker permanently or for just one session or initiate
40. mber of students From the i gt clicker floating toolbar click on the down arrow to open the Options menu and select Loan Register Clickers Be sure that For the Term Permanent is selected from the Register drop down menu START DISPLAY Loan Register Clickers Question On The Fly Settings and Preferences Anonymous Polling Now enter the student s Remote ID the eight character code on the back of their i gt clicker This can be done by just typing it into the Remote field or by having the student hold the On Off button on the remote until the blue light starts flashing around two seconds and pushing the A button twice This will send the clicker ID to the computer and the Remote ID will appear in the Remote field as if you had typed it Select the student s ID from the drop down menu labeled Student The names in this list are taken from your Roster txt file Click OK The student s ID will be associated with the corresponding i gt clicker remote ID Remote O02ZBETCF Student jsmith Smith Jane Register For The Term Permanent Y OK Roll Call Cancel This registration process assigns the remote to the student for the duration of the course In the example Remote ID 0028E7CF is permanently assigned to Jane Smith with ID jsmith i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 14 Loaning a Clicker If students forget their i gt clicker remote you can loan one for a single lecture To associate the loaned clicker
41. mpus Edition formerly WebCT CE O Moodle O Vista formerly WebCT Vista O Sakai Cancel Set For Courses Set For This Session In Class Roll Call Registration This setting modifies the way that student names appear on the Roll Call screen for in class registration This option does not modify the format of your roster or grade book file For more information about the Roll Call feature please see page 13 of this guide Web Registration The security code is only needed if your students are registering via a locally hosted web site that is specifically for your institution In this case you will be given a security code by your campus IT staff If you are interested in local registration contact support iclicker com Course Management System If you plan to record i gt clicker grades in your school s course management system select the system here This will modify the format of the exported CSV files from i gt grader so that they can be imported into your CMS If you are not planning to integrate i gt clicker with a course Management system leave the default option None General selected i gt clicker includes support for Blackboard including Blackboard 9 1 Blackboard Enterprise WebCT CE and Vista ANGEL including ANGEL 7 4 Moodle Sakai and Desire2Learn For additional help with CMS integration contact support iclicker com If you are using i gt clicker with your CMS please follow the directions located in the co
42. n polling which should contain each individual question and the voting results graphs for each session The Student Voting Data report contains grades for your individual students by session and by question Cumulative Student Scores provides you with a review of each student s performance for each i gt clicker session The reports can be opened and printed using any web browser They can also be posted to a course web site or course Management system We recommend using Adobe Acrobat to post the reports but you can also post as HTML files pages with a little bit of work The Term Session Summary and Review report and the Student Voting Data report are both placed directly in your course folder within the i gt 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 TIP You can update reports as often as you need the old reports are simply over written with your most recent data Your Term Session Summary Review report will contain general information about each session as shown below Term Session Summary and Review Report Course Name Intro Course 101 Total Number of Sessions 2 Total Number of Students in Class 7 Total Number of Points for Term 8 Session Summary 5 6 08 a
43. nd 5 5 Session 2 m 5 6 08 i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh l Z1 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 Scroll down or click a question title to jump to the question information Session 5 6 08 Summary Report Intro Course 101 Date 5 6 08 Number of Students 5 Number of Questions Asked 5 Session Average 4 60 Participation Points Available 1 Performance Points Available 6 Total Points Available 7 Question 1 9 29 08 PM 9 29 12 PM 0 0 l 0 Question 2 9 29 19 PM 9 29 45 PM 5 0 0 00 Question 3 9 29 59 PM 9 30 27 PM 5 2 1 20 estion 4 9 30 36 PM 9 30 51 PM 5 2 1 20 9 31 14 PM 9 31 31 PM 5 2 Click your Course Title to return to the Term Summary report For each individual question you may review a screen capture of the question voting results graph and the number of students who selected each answer Question 4 Time Started 9 30 36 PM Correct Answer B Number of Responses 5 Maximum Score 2 Number Missing 0 Class Average 1 20 Number 2 3 o 0 0 Percentage 40 60 0 0 0 Performance Points 0 2 0 0 0 Question 4 0 00 5 100 Two closed pyramid shaped beakers containi
44. ng You have used the extension csv at the end of the name The standard extension is rtf or txt Click Use csv TIP Because of the ease of use we recommend using the TextEdit option Maintaining Multiple Question List Files i gt clicker can only identify and utilize one questionlist csv file at a time but you may decide to maintain multiple question lists For example you may wish to create separate question lists for each lecture or you may want to save multiple question lists for future use To keep multiple question lists create the files using unique descriptive file names such as questionlist0716 csv or Chap 4 Biodiversity csv and save them outside of your i gt clicker folder When you are ready to use a specific question list for your lecture copy the file to your i gt clicker Mac Classes folder and rename it questionlist csv When you are finished with the lecture you can delete the copy in your course folder i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh
45. ng Started OV EIVICW cc o neues Geng 20 bee cee E E E eee hee ean enenandenseeunie E NA 1 VERE E E eo ee EE en ee eee ee ee eer er E rer 1 Obtaining the clicker Software srrnrcrsrrer nitton tiree tAE E NN TEENER RE E E Adi 2 ST OPE R er ee ee ee es E E E a eer E A 2 Creating Yor Courses iN clicken Annet henataneaunawaen TEET e E E O AE E EE EAN AEE E eN 3 Converting from Earlier Versions of i gt clicker unsnsununsnsnsesenensuseseseoresesereorerererersoseserersesesesen 4 Chapter 2 Polling Your Students in Class PONEO UO RTI A EEEREN A EEEN EENE RET ASIEN EET ESS 5 Viewing Student RESPONSES ssisssssssrssirsrdreni ri etste ESES EREEEEEE DARE een RES EEEE EREEREER RREA G 7 Asking Questions ON TNE RY auctor ee rannta ar NEE AE E EOFN AEE A eeN 9 PROM VIOUS POM area rE EAER EE EEE OFE EE AA AEE EEEE AFT 9 Be SUImMING OUr Eae ESSO eera roere EEEn TEER E ENEE EEEE RE EVA EEE EER AONE EE REENE 9 Chapter 3 Registering Your Students Remotes creating Your Student Roster FilG ese nari tone Grae nren oe eee pe ek hee ea E ee eee anes 10 C105 610 49 a gene ee eee ee oe EEEE ee er ee eee ane ee er ee ee ee err ee EET 11 OOISt Atl ONO DUONG 223 eenc eens eee noes e ees ace ee eee ee ee nk oe es eee ee eet eet ee beeen eaee cere eee 11 Web Registration Option sen cecencauceerearsceakuiaceaussees lt ecaseo te necnueioaceenss4eecusneeecscescahnces 12 In Class Roll Call Registration Option 2 sii 226eunemevrode caducus adeGinnGad onanenenee
46. ng clearly identical amounts of a liquid are suddenly judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted The child apparently lacks a sense of object permanence concept of conservation capacity for habituation secure attachment pow gt TIP The Session Summary reports are ideal to share with your students after class Your Student Voting Data report is similar to the Term Summary Report only instead of links to individual Session Summary reports you will now see links to a detailed report of student responses for each session At the top of this report will be a link to View Cumulative Student Scores These Student Reports provide you with an easily printable overview of your student s entire performance with i gt clicker and are particularly helpful for struggling students Before creating your HTML reports the system will ask you what student information you like to include in the Student Reports You may include your students last name first name student ID in any combination You may also choose to generate a report showing remote IDs only This report is ideal for displaying student results while maintaining student privacy Your customizations will affect how individual student data will be displayed in the Student Voting Data and Cumulative Student Score Reports WOOO cereal HTML Report Export Preferences rs Please choose what student information you d like to include in
47. nt 1 Sample Student 2 and Sample Student 3 while the other three have not The remote serial ID 41CFA7B9D at the bottom of the list belongs to an unregistered student who have participated in voting sessions TIP If you choose Resume Last Session from the Main Menu screen your additional polling data will be included in the previous session thereby eliminating separate entries in i gt grader i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 16 Synchronizing Web Registrations Once your students have completed the registration form and you have held at least one i gt clicker session you May update your course registration information using the Synchronize Web Registrations feature NOTE You will must be connected to the Internet to synchronize web registrations To synchronize web registrations Click Synchronize Web Registrations from the main i gt grader window grader SR Psych 101 001 Name b Total n 9 8 09 n 9 23 09 ran w Student _1 Sample 1 00 1 00 AB Average 0 50 Student 2 Sample 2 00 AB 2 00 Average 1 00 Student 3 Sample 1 00 AB 1 00 Average 0 50 Student 4 Sample 0 00 AB AB Average 0 00 Student _5 Sample h AB AB Average 0 00 Student 6 Sample AB Average 0 00 1CFA7B9D 4 AB Average 1 00 Search Output formatted for CMS General 8 Run Update HTML Reports Export Term Summary as CSV Excel file Exit A Synchronize Web Registrations window will appear with a description o
48. nts Total Total between and Remote ID Remote ID Containing Clear Above Filter s TIP If you have a very large class or if your class deadline for registration has not yet passed you may have a large number of unregistered clickers in i gt grader To help you manage your course information use the Advanced Settings option to filter the results list The Advanced Settings search allows you to select unregistered remote IDs meeting specific criteria For example let s say that several students voted only once or twice before dropping your class and never registered You can use the Advanced Settings options to search for unregistered remotes with averages or total points in a very low range such as between 0 and 10 total points When you click Select the Advanced Settings window will disappear and all remotes matching your criteria will have a check in the Select column to the right of the ID number To use another example a student may email you and tell you that the remote ID number on the back of his i gt clicker remote has partially rubbed off and as a result he can t complete the web registration You can search for the remote ID using the Remote ID containing filter and find it in your records The View and Export Unregistered Students tool allows you to compile a list of students who have not yet registered e o0 View and Export Unregisterd Student s Unregistered ivclicker s i Last Name First N
49. onymous polling data will however be included in the cumulative results within i gt grader e g 50 of students voted A 25 of students voted B 25 of students voted C Students individual responses to anonymous questions will be marked as Ap in the student summary reports within i gt grader NOTE You can assign participation attendance points to anonymous polling questions however you cannot assign performance points because there are no correct answers for anonymous polling questions Exiting i gt clicker When your class is over simply click on the small square the quit button at the top right corner of the menu bar to quit the i gt clicker application You will be asked if you really want to quit i gt clicker and if so click on Yes Each student s response to each question will be saved in the class folder on your flash or hard drive 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 Main Menu screen 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 gt clicker application or have a computer crash i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Registering Your Students Remotes The i gt clicker system may be used as a simple tool to give you instant anonymous feedback in class in which case no registration procedure is necessary However if yo
50. options Web and Roll Call can also be used in combination To use Roll Call your computer screen needs to be projected so that all students can see it 1 Launch i gt clicker and click start session 2 Click the options button on the floating toolbar and select Loan Register Clickers from the menu START Display Loan Register Clickers ooo Question On The Fly Settings and Preferences Anonymous Polling Click the Roll Call button in the displayed window The Roll Call screen will appear with a scrolling list of names from the class roster file Remote Student v Register For One Session Loan Y 3 When names scroll into the central blue area letters appear in the first column of boxes Instruct students to press the letter on their i gt clicker that corresponds to the letter next to their name Once they ve entered the first letter a new letter appears in the second column They must also enter that letter to confirm the registration Register Your bclicker Scrolling pace Slower Moderate Faster Step One Look for your Last Name Stelzer T tstelzer First Initial Student ID j a awk I W Smith J jsmith Brown C cbrown Student B bstudent Student A astudent Step Two Press the LETTER next to your ID name to REGISTER your iclicker Step Three Press the SECOND LETTER next to your ID name to CONFIRM your registration To CLEAR your Registration press DD The
51. our Settings and Preferences from the i gt clicker Main Menu screen to change the Settings and Preferences Yela i gt clicker v5 4 0 clicker Holtzbrinck LLC b clicker Psych 101 001 Loan Clickers start session Your Settings and Resume Last Preferences Session The default settings for both the i gt clicker and i gt grader applications are chosen to make this classroom response system the easiest to learn and quickly use However you may alter the defaults to best meet your individual needs TIP You have the option to save your preferences for the current polling session or the entire term In addition to the Main Menu screen the Settings and Preferences screen is also available from the i gt clicker floating toolbar To access the Settings and Preferences from the i gt clicker toolbar click on the Options button then select Settings and Preferences from the drop down menu The Settings and Preferences window has been re organized to make it easier to located and change your preferences The window is still organized into four tabs General Registration Export Question and Polling and Scoring Below is an overview of each subsection for each tab in Your Settings and Preferences i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 28 General Settings Preferences OOD Your Settings and Preferences General Course Name Psych 101 001 Instructor s Remote ID 8 character code printed on back of remote
52. our software i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 36 Pre Assigning Question Titles and Answers If you d like to assign titles to your questions and or the correct answer before your lecture instead of the default Q1 Q2 assignments given by i gt clicker you may create a question list file and save it in your course folder If you are teaching multiple sections or courses you will need to include a questionlist csv file in each course folder Formatting the Questionlist File The file must be in the format question title answer with one question on each line as shown in the example below In this example the questions are titled Question 1 Question 2 and Question 3 and the correct answers are A E and B respectively Question 1 A Question 2 E Question 3 B The question list can be created using any application that generates a CSV formatted file The most commonly used programs for this purpose are Microsoft Excel and TextEdit No matter what program you choose to create the question list you must also e Save the file within the i gt clicker Mac Classes folder so the software is able to locate and apply the values you defined into i gt grader e In the i gt clicker Setting and Preferences select the Show question information before each question radio button from the Polling Session tab Creating a questionlist file in Microsoft Excel Launch Microsoft Excel In column A enter the t
53. ow a key will appear at the top of the grid to let you know which colors correspond to which answer choices The student with remote ID 02671277 answered B for this question while students with remotes 0268CAA0 and OO5EFCA2 answered C Your Results A Blue B Green C Yellow D Purple E Orange fO266A9CD 02657F18 0268CAA0 02671277 005EFCA2 O005BCB90 0268D1BB 0267C8AD 0267 1B7E i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 32 Siy Z1 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 in this Vote Selection grid to quickly identify the most popular answer and change their vote in response This behavior could both skew your question data and also impact your performance points assignments If you are assigning performance points for a correct answer in your sessions you may not want to choose the Confirm response was received and show response choice option Results During polling a graph displays the results of each question in your session The graphs can be displayed by clicking the Display button on the i gt clicker floating menu bar or using B on the Instructor s Remote This setting allows you to select whether the graph should be displayed as multi color monochrome or a pie chart Scoring Settings and Preferences In this section you are able to establish the point values earned for actively particip
54. pclicker The Decision is Simple User Guide Macintosh Version Congratulations on your adoption of i gt clicker the easiest to use classroom response system available This guide will enable you to quickly start using i gt clicker s fundamental functions as well as learn to use its more advanced features e The upgrade to i gt clicker 5 5 is not required You may continue to use your current version of i gt clicker if you prefer not to upgrade You may also continue to download i gt clicker 5 4 from the Downloads page at www iclicker com e The upgrade impacts both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems e For i gt clicker 5 3 and earlier users the upgrade will not affect the data in your older MyCourseMac folders However you will need to follow the steps in the Converting from i gt clicker 5 3 section if you would like to use the new software with your older data For more specific information about i gt clicker 5 5 you may wish to consult the Software Upgrade Conversion Guide via the Support gt User Guides page at www iclicker com Want to learn more about i gt clicker software through live training Visit us at http iclicker webex com to sign up for a training session where we review the software in its entirety Or email us at sales iclicker com to schedule a session Have a specific technical question and need help Email us at support iclicker com or call us toll free at 866 209 5698 Contents Chapter 1 Getti
55. red and assist you with classroom and i gt clicker management Managing Unregistered Clicker and Student Data i gt grader contains tools that allow you to search and delete batches of unregistered clicker records and generate reports of unregistered students and unregistered clickers To access these tools click the eyeglasses icon in the header of the first column 5 6 08 2 B Brown Charlie 0 1 00 Average 1 00 Hawk Tony E 1 00 Average 1 00 k Smith Jane E AB Average 0 00 You will see the following window appear You will have the option to toggle between two screens View and Select Unregistered Clickers and View and Export Unregistered Students O lect to i Unregistered student s Remote ID Average Select All C 14350322 0 50 C 144F3E65 1 00 Select None C 14598EC3 0 50 C 1CFA7B9D 1 00 Advanced Settings Confirm And Delete Clicker Log s i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh l 1N The View and Select Unregistered Clickers screen details votes from clickers that have not been registered to any student in your roster You may see votes from unregistered clickers if students have not yet registered successfully if students accidentally brought a friend or roommate s i gt clicker remote to class with them or if students voted in only a few sessions and then dropped the class Search for 7 Points Average Average between and Poi
56. rs for each of your courses into the Classes folder 000 amp i gt clicker Mac bale Q Y DEVICES r H Macintosh HD A Bo is ic Y PLACES Mior iclicker Help Danon i gt clicker app i gt grader app Dropbox Downloads s o amp GS sray A Applications webupdate app Resources Classes X Documents amp Public v 6 items 215 91 GB available A 2 Within the i gt clicker Mac folder double click the i gt clicker icon Your older course folders will appear in the new Welcome screen Select your course and click Choose i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 1 2 3 Polling Your Students in Class Polling Students uA Double click the i gt clicker icon to start the program Ka The Welcome screen will appear Select the desired course from the list of available courses and click Choose If you do not see your course listed see the previous section Creating Your Courses in i gt clicker Oo Choose your course bcl ic ke r Adv Physics 211 001 Physics 101 001 Physics 101 002 Add Course web gt clicker enabled course Join a Host Course The Main Menu screen will appear Click start session in the center of the screen i gt clicker v5 4 0 iclicker Holtzbrinck LLC b clicker Loan Physics 101 001 Clickers start session Your Settings Resume and Last Preferences Session The Main Menu will disappear and you will see the floating toolbar appear in the
57. s Roster txt the file must be saved in your course folder within the Classes folder in your i gt clicker Mac folder You will need to follow the steps above for each section or course in which you are using i gt clicker An example Roster txt file Shown below is provided in your course folder You may wish to simply edit this file rather than creating a new one 800 Roster txt This file is used ONLY if you use the GENERAL CMS option If you are using Angel Blackboard or WebCT see instructions for downloading your class roster Lines beginning with are comments There should be one student Listed on each line with the format Lastname Firstname StudentID The StudentID is the unique student identifier used for grading n example Line is listed below for the student Tim Stelzer with unique id tstelzer Sesccaccscscce Green Christopher Student_1 Smith Thomas Student_2 Walker Sarah Student_3 TIP If you have your course roster in Excel or Numbers format you can avoid re typing your entire roster Make sure the columns in your roster follow the format in the example above last name first name student ID and that there is only one student per row Then save the document as a csv file name it Roster csv and save it to your i gt clicker Mac Classes course name folder Open your i gt clicker Mac Classes course name folder Delete or rename the Roster txt file Then rename the Roster csv file to Roster txt
58. se Name Course Number and Section Number This combined information will serve as the unique identifier for your course aO Add Course Add your course information Your course information should be specific enough so that your students can use it to identify your course Course Name Physics Course Number 101 Cancel Ne i 4 Click Create i gt clicker automatically creates a new course folder in your i gt clicker Mac Classes folder The Add Course window closes and you are returned to the Welcome screen where you will see your course name in the list of courses 5 Repeat steps 2 4 to create as many courses or sections as you need i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh Converting from Earlier Versions of i gt clicker With i gt clicker 5 4 and 5 5 you no longer have to make a separate copy of the MyCourseMac folders for each course section in which you are using i gt clicker Because of the changes to the folder structure the steps to upgrade your software are a little different from previous versions To use i gt clicker 5 5 with i gt clicker 5 3 and earlier course data take the following steps 1 Locate the MyCourseMac folders that contain your older course data You may have changed the name of the folder to match your course title Copy and paste or drag and drop your MyCourseMac folders into the Classes folder within your new i gt clicker Mac folder If you have more than one i gt clicker course copy the folde
59. sessions revere _ Select Export Options What would you like to export Student Data C First name C Last name M Student 1D Session Data Individual Session polling data C Performance points Participation points M Total Aggregate Data Combined results from all selected sessions C Performance points Participation points M Total Cancel Export i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh After you ve selected the data you d like to export you will receive a message that your students scoring data has been saved into your course folder located in the i gt clicker Mac Classes folder The name of the file will vary depending on whether or not you are formatting your data for a particular course management system The default file name however is UploadFile csv The default UploadFile csv file will include the data that you select for export Below is a sample file opened with Microsoft Excel Student Data Aggregate Data Session Data dFile A B G D E F Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate Lecture 1 Performance Participation Total Performance Participation Total i Uplo 11 29 2007 2 11 29 2007 2 11 29 2007 2 Performance Participation Total Lecture 1 Lecture 1 1 Last Name First Name Student ID 2 Alpha Student 1 12345 4 1 5 2 0 2 2 0 3 Bravo Student 2 23456 5 1 6 2 0 2 2 0 4 Charlie Student 3 34567 3 rl 4 2 0 2 1 0 5 Delta Student 4 45678 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 Echo
60. swer field Select START from either the floating menu bar or using your instructor s remote A screenshot will be taken when polling begins and will be saved in i gt grader along with the question title and the correct answer if you chose to designate one Hit the Close button at the bottom of the textbox to close the question 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 Student responses to questions that have been designated as anonymous polling questions are recorded with an X in the i gt clicker log files For example by using anonymous polling you will have no way of knowing that John Doe selected A in response to the question Who did you vote for in the last Presidential election The answers to the question are completely anonymous To select an anonymous polling question click the arrow menu button from the floating toolbar and select the Anonymous Question option An appears next to the START button on the i gt clicker toolbar indicating that the question is anonymous Click the START button to begin polling and STOP to end polling You will not be able to see individual student voting data for anonymous polling questions in the i gt grader reports An
61. tudent 3 Sample AB 1 00 Average 0 50 Student_4 Sample AB AB Average 0 00 Student _5 Sample AB AB Average 0 00 Student 6 Sample AB AB Average 0 00 1CFA7B9D f AB 2 00 Average 1 00 Search Output formatted for CMS General Synchronize Web Registrations amp l Run Update HTML Reports Export Term Summary as CSV Excel file Exit A list of students will display in the left most column and a list of your voting sessions will display across the top row You will see all students as listed in your Roster txt file or other gradebook file if you have chosen to use i gt clicker with your course management system You may view the students by StudentID or by last name using the drop down menu directly above the column of students Registered students will appear in blue and unregistered student names or IDs will appear in red The recorded votes of your students who have not yet registered are stored under their i gt clicker remote ID These numbers appear in red at the end of the student list 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 gt grader screen The example screen above indicates that clickers were used in two lectures on September 8 2009 and on September 23 2009 Of the student names appearing on the screen three have registered their clickers Sample Stude
62. u like most instructors want to goa bit further and give credit to your students for class participation and or performance you will need to Associate each of your students with the unique serial number on their i gt clicker remotes i e Registration Decide on the grading details for each session of your class see Assigning Credit for Sessions and Questions 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 IMPORTANT DO NOT use the following instructions for registering students if you are using i gt clicker with a course management system e g Blackboard Go to www iclicker com and download the instructions for your specific CMS i gt clicker currently supports Blackboard Blackboard CE Vista WebCT Moodle ANGEL Sakai and Desire2Learn Creating Your Student Roster File Each student remote has a unique serial number printed on the back This number is referred to as the remote ID iclicker INSTRUCTIONS Associating or registering a student with the remote ID is required before a student can receive individual credit for voting in class To
63. urse management system documentation available on www iclicker com to ensure your registration data is consistent with your course management system Polling Session Settings and Preferences Your Settings and Preferences Question and Polling Ca stion informatio moman t gt clicker toolbar allows you to enter a question title Sad designate the a er not visible to studeni ts Question Information O Show question information before each questio Do not show question information Polling Timer The r coun ave e questio e Cou up keeps the polling open ne manu uly stopped hie RAINO down amp Sma ora peli ig when he th reaches Count up from 0 seconds O Count down from 00 30 v min sed Response Grid A response grid provides additional confirmation that a student s answer has been received O Do not show response grid O Show response grid m Tal Te chart Cancel Set For Course Set For This Sess Question Information This option asks if you would like a pop up window to appear before each question If you select Yes a pop up window will appear each time you initiate a question in i gt clicker allowing you to title the question and assign a correct answer The correct answer will not display in the Answer field your students will only see an asterisk regardless of the letter choice you enter TIP You may pre assign titles and correct answers to your questions For instru
64. vely You can minimize the voting results grid during a polling session by clicking on the top right corner of the grid There are two ways to display the voting results grid Confirm response was received only allows students to see their vote was received but doesn t indicate their choice while Confirm response was received and show response choice allows students to see both their vote receipt and last received response on the screen In order for an ID to appear the student must have responded successfully to at least one question in the session The first time the voting grid displays in a polling session all of the remote ID responses will be either blue or green The student s first response is colored blue the second is colored green and any subsequent responses to that same question toggle between these colors For subsequent questions in the same lecture however the grid will initially display all remote IDs that have been used in the session in white When those remotes have voted in response to the question the color will change to blue If they do not vote during a particular question the remote IDs will remain on screen but stay white NOTE To help students find their responses their IDs will be in the exact same location for that lecture only Confirmed Receipt and Vote Selection displays both the student s i gt clicker remote ID and a different color depending on their last received response As in the example bel
65. with a student for one lecture only you should perform a temporary or loaner registration To do this follow the exact same steps as outlined above for an individual registration but make sure to select the For one Session Loan option from the Register drop down menu Remote 0028E7CF Student Studenti Student_1 Samj Y Register For One Session Loan Y OK Roll Call Cancel If this option is used the assignment of the i gt clicker remote ID is tied to that student for one lecture only This temporarily overrides any permanent registration The student will receive credit for any votes during that lecture and these will be synchronized with existing scores In subsequent classes the student can resume using his her regular clicker i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh I Z1 Using i gt grader to Assign Credit for Sessions and Questions TIP Remember to check for software updates to i gt clicker and i gt grader using the e r WebUpdate tool Before launching i gt grader always make sure to exit the i gt clicker application Then open the i gt clicker Mac folder on your flash drive or computer and double click the i gt grader icon Pa i gt grader fe con The i gt grader application will start and you will see a screen similar to this one bgrader SR Psych 101 001 Name z Total 9 8 09 _ 9 23 09 C D Student _1 Sample 1 00 1 00 AB Average 0 50 Student 2 Sample 2 00 AB 2 00 Average 1 00 S
66. you to reward students for choosing the correct answer for each Response question and are earned in addition to any performance points you award in for simply answering the question Total Performance Points Here you can cap the number of total performance points a student can earn ina single session Example If your maximum is capped at five points and you hold a 6 question session with each question worth one point even if a student answers all 6 questions correctly the most she can earn for that session is 5 points You may choose to set these preferences for the entire term or just the current session Your selections on the Scoring Options settings will appear in the i gt grader Set Session Scoring window for subsequent lecture s i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 34 Resuming Your Last Session In addition to Your Settings and Preferences on the Main Menu screen there is also the option to Resume Last Session This allows you to resume a lecture rather than starting a new one This option is useful if you accidentally exited the i gt clicker application or had a computer crash clicker Holtzbrinck LLC elite ker Loan Psych 101 001 Clickers start session Your Settings Resume and Last Preferences Session i gt clicker User Guide Macintosh 35 Updating the Software From time to time there will be improvements made to the i gt clicker and i gt grader programs These updated versions can be downloaded free

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