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Using iClicker with Blackboard LearnA step-by-step guide to integrating iClicker with your Blackboard Learn course

for iClicker version 7.2

Step 1: Create your course in iClicker

Download iClicker using the appropriate link below:

• Download iClicker for Windowshttp://files.iclicker.com/support/UMB/UMB_iclicker_win7.zip• Download iClicker for Macintoshhttp://files.iclicker.com/support/UMB/UMB_iclicker_mac7.zip

Extract the files to your Desktop.

1.Step 1Download iClick-er and set up your course in iClicker.

http://files.iclicker.com/support/UMB/UMB_iclicker_win7.zip

http://files.iclicker.com/support/UMB/UMB_iclicker_mac7.zip


Open the “UMB_iclicker_win” or “UMB_iclicker_mac” folder and start iClicker by double clicking on the iclick-er program icon.

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Click +Create to create your course.3.


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Click Create.

Enter the “Course Name” in the box.

The iClicker course is created and the iClicker home window appears.

Step 2: Add iClicker Remote Registration in Blackboard

1. Log in to Blackboard Learn, access your course and turnon Edit mode.

Step 2Allow students to register their iClicker remotes in Blackboard Learn.


2. Click the (+) Add menu item, locatedabove the course menu.

Select “Tool Link.”


3. Enter a name for the tool in the “Add Tool Link”“Name” box, such as “iClicker Remote Registration.”

Select “i>clicker Remote Registration” from the Type list menu.

Check the “Available to users” box.

Click Submit.


4. The “iClicker Remote Registration” link appears onthe course navigation menu.

The link will appear at the bottom of the course menu. To move the link higher on the menu click and drag the link to the desired location.

You will want to let students know that they need to use this link to register their iClicker remotes.

Step 3: Conduct an iClicker Polling Session

Step 3How to conduct a polling session in iClicker.

Start iClicker by double clicking on the iclicker program icon, if it is not already running. 1.

Step 3 : Conduct an iClicker Polling Session

Select the course from the box to the left and click Start New Session.2.


A floating toolbar appears that hovers above all applica-tions.

Next, open a presentation that contains multiple choice questions to display to the students. Many faculty use PowerPoint, but you can use any application you would like.

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Remind the students to turn on their iClickers.

Click the “Green Arrow - Multiple Choice” icon to start the polling.

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During an active polling session, the green arrow chang-es to a red square and the timer begins counting up.

As students vote, the counter increments, indicating how many students have responded. It is possible for a stu-dent to vote multiple times during an open polling ses-sion.

Note: During the polling it is a good idea to ask the stu-dents if they are having any problems voting. Students will see that votes are received on the LCD display of their iClicker2 remotes. A green solid light will display on the iClicker and iClicker+ remotes to indicate that a vote is received.

For Students receiving a “No Base” error, they must fol-low these instructions: Change the Frequency code on a Student iClicker.

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http://support.iclicker.com/customer/portal/articles/1625451-change-the-frequency-code-on-a-student-clicker

http://support.iclicker.com/customer/portal/articles/1625451-change-the-frequency-code-on-a-student-clicker


To stop the polling session, click the “Red Square - Mul-tiple Choice” button.

Repeat this process for each question that you present to students.

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Step 4: Syncing the Remotes

Start iClicker by double clicking on the iclicker program icon, if it is not already running. 1.Step 4

In order to sync remotes, at least one polling session must be conduct-ed and students must register their iClickers in Black-board.


2. Select the course from the box to the left and click Open Gradebook.


3. Click Sync Roster.


The “Login to your learning management system” window ap-pears. Enter your UMass Boston email user name in the LMS Username box.

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The next steps outline how to obtain the “Security Key” from your Blackboard course.


5. Open up a new browser window, log in to Blackboard Learn and access the course.

From the “Course Management” area of the course menu, select “i>click-er Instructor Tools” under “Course Tools.”


6. Click “SSO Security Key.”


7. Select and copy the number that is dis-played beside “Security Key.”


8. Return to the “Log in to your learning manage-ment system” window in iClicker and paste the se-curity key into the “Security Key” box.

Click Login.

Be sure that the “Save my credentials and au-tomatically log me in to my LMS” is checked to save the settings.


9. Select the appropriate Blackboard Learn course.

Click Select .


10. The “Sync Roster” window appears with a success mes-sage.

Click Close.


11. Student names from your Blackboard Learn course will be listed in the iClicker Grade Book window. Registered students appear in blue and un-registered students names and remotes will appear in red.

If many student names are listed in red, remind students to register using the “iClicker Remote Registration” link in your course.


12. Periodically, you may want to run the “iClicker Instuctor Report” in order to see which students have registered their remotes.

See “Viewing the iClicker Instructor Report in Blackboard Learn.”

You can click Sync Roster to sync remotes at anytime to add students that may not have been registered the first time.

https://www.umb.edu/editor_uploads/images/it/instructor_report_-iclicker.pdf

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