Faculty and Staff Information
Getting Started
If you would like a demonstration or training on iClicker2, please contact Cherie Vinopal. If you plan on using clickers during a semester, it is imperative that you notify the Bookstore as soon as possible.
We currently have a limited number of licenses for Poll Everywhere, but there is a free version with less functionality and an audience size limit of 40. Contact Cherie Vinopal to find out more about Poll Everywhere and your options.
I-Clicker2
Software Downloads and Guide
- Go to Cougar Courses faculty help then "iClicker2" for download links
Tutorials
- Instructor I-Clicker2 Registration
- Student I-Clicker2 Registration in Cougar Courses
- Configuring Your I-Clicker2 Classes and Settings
Poll Everywhere
ConcepTests
- Using ConcepTests to monitor and support student learning- the what, why and how from Carnegie Mellon
- ConcepTest Sources
- Collection of clicker questions
Brown Bag Presentations on Clickers
- Why Click? (Mediasite)
- Physics Professor Ed Price has years of experience using different student response systems. In this presentation he shares his reasons for using clickers, discusses how he promotes student interaction during a lecture class and shares practical advice for instructors new to clickers.
- Using Clickers for Student Engagement (Mediasite)
- Marketing Professor Ben Cherry has used a student response system in his classes for two years. In this brown bag presentation, he shares how he has used clickers to engage students, promote higher order thinking and collect student feedback. He shares examples of the types of questions he uses and explains why.
- Student Opinions and Evaluation of Clickers in Microbiology (Mediasite)
- Professor Jeanne Weidner surveyed her students at another CSU campus and shares the results of the student perspective on clickers.
Techniques & Resources
- Educause PDF resource: Tips for Successful "Clicker" Use
- Teaching with a Classroom Response System - Vanderbilt CTL
- Carl Weiman's Science Education center in UBC
- iClicker2s: Information on iClicker2s
Research into Practice
Literature Reviews
- The use of clickers in the classroom: Teaching innovation or merely an amusing novelty?, Lantz, M. (2010)
- Examining the benefits and challenges of using audience response systems: A review of the literature, Kary, R.H. & LeSage, A. (2009)
- Empowering or compelling reluctant participators using audience response systems, Graham, Charles et. al. (2007)
- Classroom response and communication systems: Research review and theory, Roschelle, J. Penuel, W.R. & Abramson, L. (2004)