User guide

Can an i>clicker remote be used as a loaner?
Yes. You can use spare remotes as loaners to students who may have lost a remote or forgotten to bring one to class.
The remote ID can be assigned to a student for a single session, and the same remote can be reassigned in future
sessions. Each instructor’s adopter kit includes two blue remotes, and while one remote is generally used as the
instructor’s remote, sometimes the other is used for loaning purposes. However, many professors opt not to offer
loaner remotes because of class size and potential administrative problems. You will want to consider a set of ground
rules before offering students an option to borrow remotes in order to minimize your class disruption.
Why don’t i>clickers have an LCD display?
With the i>clicker remote, a green/red vote status LED light is easy to see in dim lecture halls and is friendly to students
with visual impairments. A green light means not only vote was sent but also confirmed/stored. A red flashing light
means the vote was not received. If you are interested in getting an i>clicker with an LCD screen, you should consider
i>clicker2.
REGISTRATION
How do students register their remotes?
i>clicker currently offers two standard registration methods: in-class registration and online (web-based) registration,
both of which are free and are easily incorporated into your course. Minimal information is required of your students
and both registration options are tied to your class roster. The instructor should select which option he/she will use and
notify students accordingly. We are in the process of launching a new registration tool that works with your campus
course management system (e.g. Blackboard, Vista, ANGEL, and Moodle). This requires installation of a plug-
in/extension by your campus course management administrator. Interested in beta testing the i>clicker integrate
solution? Contact
[e-mail] to learn more.
Can my campus host registration locally rather than using your website?
Yes! i>clicker offers institutions the option to host their own registration site or use their own LDAP authentication with
our national database; we can provide the requisite PERL scripts and administration support. For complete instructions
on
these options, please visit the Downloads area of our site at www.iclicker.com.
I am very concerned about FERPA. Does the i>clicker national registration site obtain information that could
violate any FERPA requirements?
The data collected by i>clicker is minimal and meaningless when disconnected from the professor’s roster, contained only
on the desktop. The i>clicker web registration process was specifically designed to consider privacy/FERPA laws.
Students who register their clicker online via our national database must enter their last name, first name, student ID,
as determined by the professor, and i>clicker remote ID. This data is stored on a SQL server database owned by
Macmillan, the parent company of i>clicker. We do not collect or store the students’ IP addresses, nor do we request
student school affiliation, course information, or email address. As a result, the data is purposefully of no use outside of
registration.
Specifically, as related to FERPA, we don’t collect non-directory student information in an interpretable and traceable
way. For example, we won’t know if a Michael Lee registered on our site is from the University of California-Irvine or
New York University—the information can’t be traced to an individual state or school.
However, we also recognize that many campuses prefer to host registration on campus to further protect the data.
Our campus-hosted registration options are easy and we will be happy to consult with you in implementing a locally-
hosted registration system.
Can students register their clickers from within my course management system (CMS)?
The i>clicker integrate enables your students to register from within the campus CMS. This solution does require
involvement from your CMS/IT administrator and the installation of a plug-in/extension. You can find more information
on i>clicker integrate in the Course Management area of ou
r website at www.iclicker.com.
Do my students need to be registered before class?
No, students do not need to be registered in order for i>clicker to collect votes. For students who are not yet
registered, responses will be associated with the respective remote IDs. In other words, you can use i>clicker to
collect data/votes from the very first day of class and eventually tie all students to their remote IDs through either roll
call registration or web site registration.
My students registered online, but I cannot download their registrations via web synchronization in i>grader.