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iClicker is an electronic polling technology that allows students to give instant feedback or answers to questions during class. Students respond to polls with either an app on their mobile devices (phone, tablet, or laptop) or on an iClicker+ handheld remote. Faculty can opt to display students\u2019 collective responses to the class.
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Students can respond using:<\/p>\n
If you are using iClicker Cloud in a fully remote or online course, students will not have the option of using a handheld clicker; they must use the iClicker web portal or the iClicker Student App on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone.<\/p>\n \t\t
\nUVM has an institutional site-license, so the iClicker Student App is a no-cost option<\/strong> for students (for iOS, Android, and laptops via a web browser). For students to use this app, an adequate wireless signal is required in your classroom.<\/strong><\/p>\n This article has instructions for students<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \t\t\t\t\tIf the classroom you are teaching in does not have high-density wireless capacity, students will need to purchase a iClicker handheld remote to participate in iClicker polls. For more information, including how to check to see if your classroom has high-density wireless, see the sections below. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n \t\t<\/p>\n We recommend that you only ask students to use the iClicker Student App if the classroom in which you are teaching has high-density wireless<\/em>. The iClicker Student App will not be reliable in rooms without high-density wireless.<\/p>\n To determine whether your classroom has high-density wireless, go to the TechTeam\u2019s Classroom Lookup Guide<\/a>, and find the classroom you are teaching in. Scroll down to the \u201cAt a Glance\u201d on the lower right-hand side of the page to see whether your room has high-density wifi capacity.\u00a0 If the room is not listed as “High-Density”, it does not have high-density wireless capabilities.<\/p>\n \n \t\t\t\t\tIf you are NOT teaching in high-density wifi classroom, it is safest to have your students purchase handheld clickers through the bookstore. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n \t\t<\/p>\n Students acquire the iClicker Student App by downloading it through the app store on their phone or logging into the iClicker site on their laptop. When they enter their UVM email (i.e. netid@uvm.edu) while logging in, the system will recognize them as being associated with our institutional license.<\/p>\n \n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n \t\t Students can borrow iClicker handheld remotes from the Media Services desk on the main level of the Howe Library for free, on a first-come-first-serve basis.<\/p>\n They are available first-come, first-served and should be returned at the end of the semester or when no longer required for the class. Have your students check for a loaner remote before purchasing one at the bookstore.<\/p>\n Students can purchase iClickers handheld remotes through the UVM Bookstore, when ordered for a class.<\/p>\n Other vendors may also sell or rent iClicker handheld remotes online, including MacMillan Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n Students must register their clicker handheld remotes<\/a> in the Student App.<\/p>\n If students will be using iClicker handheld remotes, you may need to limit your question types to multiple-choice in your polls<\/strong>. For example, many students have iClicker handheld remotes which do not support the same question types the iClicker2 or the student app supports.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n There are two ways to sign in to begin using iClicker Cloud:<\/p>\n You will be prompted to log in with your UVM NetID and password on the next screen.<\/p>\n Courses can be created in either the instructor.iclicker.com<\/a> portal or by using the iClicker Cloud app.<\/p>\n The following settings are important:<\/p>\n \r\n \t\t\t\t\tIf you have students in your class who have an accommodation allowing time and a half for assessments, you can build this in when setting the timing for all of your polls in Settings. For instance, if you’re presenting multiple choice questions that you usually would allow 20 seconds for, just set the overall timing for polls at 30 seconds. (Screenshot of setting in iclicker<\/a>) For transparency, you can announce that you’ve set it up this way.<\/p>\n Alternatively, in a small class you can set all polls to count upwards and simply stop the poll when the counter shows all answers are in (for example, in a class of 10 students, the counter shows 10 answers are in). This is not practical in a large lecture when you won’t know how many students are absent during class so you won’t be able to know when all answers are in. \r\n \t\t\t\t\t \r\n \t\t\t\t\tUVM now has a site-license for the\u00a0iClicker\u00a0Student\u00a0App (for iOS, Android, and laptops\u00a0via\u00a0a\u00a0browser).\u00a0This means students will not need to pay for the app. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n Students will need to follow these steps to log in and\/or create an iClicker account<\/a>.\u00a0 Important: <\/strong>If they’ve created an account prior to August 2021, they will need to follow the steps in that article to link their accounts with their UVM accounts.<\/p>\n Once logged in, they will need to add your course manually by following the steps in this article<\/a>. Provide students with the specific name<\/strong> of your course so that they can easily find it.<\/p>\n If any of your students are using iClicker handheld remotes, they will need to follow the steps on this page<\/a> to register their remotes in the iClicker Student App.<\/p>\n There are additional actions you can take on the iClicker Cloud Instructor Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t There are a variety of ways to share your screen during a Teams meeting<\/a>. When using iClicker Cloud, you likely will want to share your Desktop<\/strong> so that you can toggle between your slides and your iClicker toolbar (which will allow you to share polling results with your students).<\/p>\n As noted above, in Step 2<\/a>, you can choose whether or not to send results to students when polling ends. Only certain polling question types will display all results to students. For instance, students can see aggregate results for multiple choice polls but cannot see all the individual responses for short answer questions (they can only see their own response). Given the inconsistency of sharing results based on question type and the pedagogical reasons for not always revealing all responses to students right away, we recommend that you “do not send results”<\/strong> to student devices when polling ends.<\/p>\n The following steps will most seamlessly allow you to display questions and polls to students during Teams class meetings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n \t\t\n \t\t\tClassroom wireless capabilities<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\nShould I ask my students to use the iClicker Student App?<\/h3>\n
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How students buy<\/em> iClicker Handheld Remotes<\/h3>\n
How students register their iClickers<\/h3>\n
If students are using handheld clickers, what do I need to know?<\/h3>\n
Instructor’s steps to access and use iClicker Cloud<\/h2>\n
Step 1: Access iClicker Cloud<\/h3>\n
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\nAll general-purpose classrooms have the iClicker Cloud software installed. However, if you are using your own computer, you have the option to download\/install the iClicker Cloud application<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"Sign](\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cloud.png\")
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\nStep 2: Set up an iClicker Cloud Course<\/h3>\n
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\nStep 3: Integrate iClicker Cloud course with Brightspace<\/h3>\n
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\nYou will also want to review the other Settings options<\/a> for each course in iClicker Cloud. You do have the option of sharing access to your iClicker Cloud class site with TAs or Co-Instructors<\/a>. You can also download an iClicker Instructor app for your mobile device: Apple<\/a> or Android<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\nStep 4: Helping your students get started with the iClicker Student App<\/h3>\n \t\t
\r\n \t\t\tSite-wide license for iClicker Student App<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\tStep 5: Run an iClicker Cloud polling session<\/h3>\n
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\nOr something like this (a Powerpoint slideshow presented to a resized Window<\/a> layered on top of the Teams meeting window, with the iClicker Cloud toolbar floating on top):
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<\/li>\nLoan an iClicker remote<\/h3>\n
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