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iClicker is an audience response system allowing you to ask students questions and have them answer in real time.
Prior to using iClicker: you need to make sure your classroom has a compatible base station and software necessary. All of the base stations should be labeled "Quest only" and will be running firmware version 3.03. Any student iClicker remote will work with the Quest system but currently instructor remotes are not supported. If it does not, you will need to (contact the Quest help desk)link.
You will also need to announce to your class ahead of time that your students must (register their iClicker in Quest)link prior to the start of your first iClicker session under "My Profile".
Finally, you need an iClicker Quiz assignment type in your grading scheme. iClicker attendance functionality has been replaced inside the Quest system, so it is no longer used. iClicker test mode is currently not functioning as intended; we are working on a solution and will post announcements when we know more.
Once in the classroom: you will have to log into the Quest iClicker client. You will first have to select what course you wish to start an iClicker session for.
Make sure you select the correct course and name your assignment. Also, choose how many answer options you would like the students to have.
Next, you will select a time limit for the question. You can modify this time later or manually stop the question early. Once you are ready to start the question, hit the red button under "Clock".
As students answer, their boxes will turn green. If the software picks up an unregistered clicker, it will appear with its clicker ID.
After the question ends or is ended manually, it will bring you to the following page. Select the correct answer by clicking on the graph, then select OK to proceed. If you don't want to use the question, you can also use the Back or Discard options to ask a new question.
You can continue asking questions using the same steps as above. Once you are done using the iClicker system, make sure to select upload. If you do not upload your results, they will not be stored in Quest and will most likely be unrecoverable.
After class: you should see the iClicker assignment.
You can see how well your students performed by going to the View Submissions or View Results pages from the assignment page.
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We have rolled out a new feature that allows all of our instructors to incorporate classroom response with their Quest classes. The adjustment comes in the expansion of the accepted files for the manual grade submission type. To do this add a manual assignment type to your Grading Scheme, and then follow these steps to import these data.
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Due to the popularity of iClicker on the University of Texas at Austin campus, we have built the system to accept the exported grade report from iClicker without further formatting. Simply download the grades for the session from iClicker and upload them to the correct assignment in Quest. |
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File Upload Format
During class you'll simply run the classroom response system (CRS) of your choosing using the base station provided by that vendor. After class, download the grade report from the vendor's app or website in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. iClicker grade reports will upload without further adjustment, however as the reports available from other vendors may vary in formatting, you can edit the exported file using a spreadsheet program to delete any extraneous columns. The file should contain the student's EID, followed by their total score on the assignment.
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| example1 | 3.0 |
| example2 | 4.0 |
| etc. |
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File Upload Process
(While the page you'll see will have a slightly different layout, the functions are the same.) This file is then uploaded on the "Import Manual Grades" page, available in the "Grades" menu on the left-hand side of the course page. Select the name of the assignment that the grades belong to from the drop down menu and select "Import from file".
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Benefits of the switch:
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