Introduction to i>clicker

Mini-Workshop for Faculty

Eric Chapman Department of Physics August 15, 2008

Basic Use • •

Classroom response system Hardware

– USB Base Station – Remote • Purchased by students •

Software

– Works with any presentation software or none at all – Open source

How do you vote?

Turn on the clicker by pressing the bottom “On/Off” button.

A blue “Power” light will appear at the top of the remote.

How do you vote?

When I ask a question (and start the timer), select A, B, C, D, or E as your vote.

How do you know your vote was received?

Check your “Vote Status” Light:

Green light = your vote was sent AND received. Red flashing light vote again. = you need to

Not sure you saw the light

? Just vote again.

Want to change your vote

? You can vote again as long as the timer is still going.

In science, nano- refers to A. 57.3

° B. A style of iPod C. The SI prefix for 10 -9 D. Mork and Mindy E. A text editor

Question 1

Advanced Use •

Additional iClicker Uses

– Track attendance – Participation – Graded questions – Quizzes •

Requires registration to link a clicker remote with a student

Registration •

Registration may be performed

– in class – or online • http://www.iclicker.com/registration/ • • Student must know your choice for user id Instructor must sync roster with online database – Student must use the remote at least once in class before web registration will sync – Timing of registration is insignificant as points are linked to the remote number

Question 1

A charged non-magnetic particle is moving in a magnetic field. What would NOT affect the magnetic force on the particle?

A. The strength of the magnetic field B. The magnitude of the charge on the particle C. The velocity component perpendicular to the magnetic field direction D. The velocity component parallel to the magnetic field direction

Set-up

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Download the software

• http://www.wfu.edu/physics/rsr-edu.html

Run iclicker.exe located in the folder Settings and Preferences

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Create One copy of the MyCoursePC folder for each section

you teach (rename accordingly) • Modify

roster.txt

Prepare lectures if desired

• • Answers may be specified before, after, or during class If you would like to specify question titles and answers before class, you will create a

questionlist.csv

file in your folder

Register Remotes

Notes on Instructor Remote When you designate a remote to be your instructor remote, the keys function in the following manner:

A. Start/Stop Polling B. Show/Hide Graph C. Advance Slide D. Reverse Slide E. Toggle to indicate correct answer

Question 2

Pluto is A. The 9 th planet B. A member of the Kuiper belt C. A dog You may also use the Question on the Fly feature

Grades •

Grades are tracked using igrader.exe located in the same folder

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Registration may be synced here if you choose to allow web registration

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Screenshots are taken each time polling occurs

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In igrader, you may edit

– – – Student info Session titles Session scores •

Export options of .csv and html

Potential Issues •

Frequency

– All base stations use a default frequency of AA – Frequency of a station may be set to any combination of A, B, C, D as a set of 2 characters • AA, AB, AC, AD, BB, BA, BC… – If interference is a problem with adjacent base stations, students must change the frequency of their remote

every

class – Testing is required

Frequency

Changing Frequency

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For Base Station

– Change in Settings and Preferences • For Student Remotes: • –

At the beginning of each class: Hold On/Off button for 2 seconds (the blue Power Light will flash)

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Enter [frequency]

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The “Vote Status” light will turn green after you’ve entered this new frequency.

Questions?

Thank You and Enjoy!

Questions