Tech Spotlight: iClickers for Remote Courses
OIT is moving to a new system for in-class polling and low-stakes, formative assessment.泭iClicker Cloud, the cloud-based instructor polling software, is more versatile than iClicker Classic, offering the instructor flexibility in polling, attendance, and sharing teaching and grading responsibilities.泭iClicker Reef, the new student portal for iClicker, is a one-stop option for students to register their iClicker remote, review iClicker questions (and how they answered them), and most importantly, to respond to in-class questions while learning remotely in synchronous classes.
In an all-remote synchronous course, instructors arent limited to just multiple-choice questions.泭They can ask short-answer (up to 16 characters), numeric, and target (image-based) questions.泭Students using mobile polling in iClicker Reef can answer from wherever they are, using their phone, tablet, or laptop.泭They also can see in real-time what their answer is, whether its been recorded, how the rest of the class responded, and even whether they got it correct or not.泭Students using regular iClickers in a face-to-face class also need to use their iClicker Reef account to register their clickers.泭Then, all the same metrics are available to them.泭While there are many benefits to this, one stand-out plus is that instructors no longer need to constantly upload clicker grades to Canvas.泭The grades are available for students to review on their own device.
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