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iClicker Cloud Student Response System

iClicker Cloud is a response system with which instructors may present polling or quiz questions to student during in-person or online synchronous classes. Polling and quizzing most often comes in the form of multiple-choice questions that instructors display to students in class with PowerPoint or any other presentation tool. The Windows or OSX computer used to display the question must also have the iClicker Cloud instructor app installed on it. The app captures a screen shot of the question for reference later. Please contact us for a consultation.

Instructors are able to: 

  • engage students and enhance learning through interactive polling or quizzing.
  • track attendance.
  • sync rosters and grades (polling and quizzing) between Cloud and corresponding Canvas courses.
  • award points for participating, for answering questions correctly or for both. No points are awarded for attendance, but instructors can download a spreadsheet and modify it for points-based attendance.

Instructors choose whether or not students are permitted to use only the iClicker Student app, only a physical remote or either one.

  • To answer polls, students must either pay for a subscription or buy a remote.
  • Unless you want access to all question types and features, please consider allowing the mobile app for anyone who don't already have a remote, or allowing the remote for any students who already own one. 

Benefits when all students subscribe to the mobile app:

  • Instructors are able to ask various question types, such as multiple answer, short answer, numeric, mathematical formula and target (where they touch specific places on an image displayed to their personal device).
  • Courses that meet synchronously online are able to use Cloud.
  • If you choose to share the images of your questions, students can save those images as flashcards to study from later.
  • Instructors do not require a USB base station in class.

Additional newer include student groups, AI-generated questions and more options for students to enter mathematical formula characters when texting answers in the mobile app.

Download the Instructor Application

Download the iClicker Cloud app for instructors. The application needs to be installed on the computer you use to teach in class. It should already be present on instructor computers in general assignment classrooms. Mac users will also likely need to adjust their Privacy and Security settings to grant iClicker Screen Recording and Accessibility access to their content.

Integrate iClicker Cloud with Canvas Courses
  • Create an instructor account using a University email address (@illinois.edu) and create a Cloud course.
  • Sync the iClicker Cloud roster and grades directly to a Canvas course.
  • Update the roster and scores with Canvas in just a few clicks.
    • Canvas courses that utilize the single activity Moodle LTI should sync to the Canvas gradebook.
    • Canvas courses using the full Moodle LTI will require a manual export from Cloud and import into Moodle's gradebook. Please contact CITL for more information.
  • Install and sign into the Cloud app on any computer, but conduct sessions only on the computer being displayed to students in class. It should already be present on instructor computers in general assignment classrooms.
  • Plug a USB base station receiver into the computer during class if any students will use physical remotes. If all students use the mobile app, the base station is not required.
  • Confirm that a base station is in your classroom. If not, request one for the room from Technology Services or for yourself from CITL Instructional Support.
  • Access all class data at iclicker.com from any web browser after a class session is over.
  • View full instructions on how to integrate iClicker Cloud with Canvas.
Guide Students
  • Create an iClicker account using their Illinois email address.
  • Register their remote’s ID in their iClicker account if they plan to use one.
  • View their performance and attendance by signing into their mobile app or account as soon as you have ended the session and marked any applicable answers as correct.
  • Review student instructions.
  • Contact iClicker Support for any assistance with their account or devices.
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