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Clickers FAQ


Categories:

For Students
First-time Clicker Users
General Clicker Issues
Participant Issues
Clickers and WebCT Issues
Clicker Pedagogy

 

First-time Clicker Users

This group of FAQs is primarily focused on answering the questions of first-time clicker users.

How do I request an individual appointment to learn more about clickers?

What can I expect to happen at the first individual clicker meeting?

Do I need to purchase the TurningPoint software and hardware?

Am I expected to bring my laptop to my individual clicker meeting?

I’ve had my individual clicker meeting, now where do I turn for more help?


 

General Clicker Issues

What are the most current versions of TurningPoint (TP) and where I can download the software?

What are the limitations of TP for Mac?

How do I get TurningPoint to automatically open when I launch PowerPoint?

My computer crashed and now TurningPoint won’t open! What do I do?

How do I edit a TurningPoint session file?


 

Participant Lists Issues

What is the difference between Auto, Anonymous, and using a participant list when I run my poll?

How often should participant lists be downloaded?

How do I download the Participant List for my course?

I downloaded the most recent participant list and ran a polling. Several students tell me they did not receive their clicker points after I uploaded the results to WebCT. How do I help these students?

I mistakenly ran my session in auto, how do I link it up with my participant list?


 

Clickers and WebCT Issues

How do I add the Clicker Registration tool to my WebCT course?

How do I put points earned from clickers into my WebCT course Grade Book?


 

Clicker Pedagogy

What are the major benefits of using clickers as described in literature?


 

Clickers for Students

Where do I buy a clicker for class?

How do I register my clicker device with my WebCT course?

How do I register my clicker device with my BbLearn course?

How do I connect my clicker once I am in class?

Why don’t my clicker points show up in WebCT?

What do the clicker lights mean?

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