iClicker FAQ

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This article provides an overview of using iClicker as an audience response system in order to assess student understanding of key course concepts.

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What is iClicker Cloud?

iClicker Cloud replaces our former iClicker system that required dedicated remotes and a physical receiver to record student responses to in-class questions.  Like other student response systems, iClicker Cloud is designed to engage your students during synchronous instruction. With iClicker Cloud, students are able to "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD). In other words, students can use a mobile phone (with the iClicker app) or a computer (logging in to a student account on the iClicker Website) to respond to clicker questions, and the students don't all have to be in a physical classroom to participate.  We have purchased an institutional site license for iClicker so that faculty members and students can use the software without needing to pay a subscription fee.  "Audience Response Software" like iClicker Cloud is traditionally used to:

  • Assess student understanding in real-time

  • Increase student engagement in class

  • Track attendance and student participation

The cloud version of iClicker also allows faculty members to:

  • Diversify student feedback with a variety of question formats

  • Uncover ‘muddiest points’ post-class via Exit Polls

 

How do I get access to iClicker Cloud?

If you are a faculty member and interested in using iClicker Cloud, please contact dps@bucknell.edu to let us know of your interest.

 

How do my students get access to  iClicker Cloud?

If you would like to use iClicker Cloud with your students, please direct them to download the iClicker Student Mobile App (link opens in new window) for their respective mobile device. Alternatively, students may use their laptop to participate using the iClicker web app.  We currently have a site license for iClicker Cloud, so students do not need to pay a subscription fee. 

 

What resources does iClicker have for getting started?

 

What additional resources are there for faculty members interested in using iClicker Cloud?

 

How can students learn how to use iClicker Cloud?

 

Need more help? Send an email to Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship at dps@bucknell.edu.

 

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Article ID: 468
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