Clicker Rosters

Rosters:


There are two ways to manage your roster using the i>clicker and i>grader. The first is to download your roster from your BeachBoard gradebook. And the second way is to modify for roster.txt document found in your course folder. (The folder you copied off of the i>clicker thumb drive.)

To Download your BeachBoard gradebook roster:

  1. Log into your BeachBoard course
  2. Go to Control Panel of the course which you want to download the roster
  3. Click on Gradebook
  4. On the tool bar above the roster, click on Download Grades
  5. On Delimiter Type, choose Comma and click on Submit
  6. Click on Download
  7. Choose the Save option and save the file someplace easy to find (e.g., desktop)
  8. Open the i>clicker folder and click on the Classes folder
  9. Double-click on the name of the class that you want to set the roster you have just downloaded
  10. Locate the file that you have downloaded from BeachBoard (with the name gb_export.csv) and move it into your course folder opened in step 9
  11. Start the i>clicker program, choose the course which you added the roster and click on Choose.
  12. Click on Your Settings and Preferences
  13. Click on the Registration/Export tab
  14. On Course Management System choose the option Blackboard version 6 - 7.3
  15. Click the Set For Course button.

To manually set up your roster (not recommended for large classes):

  1. Open your i>clicker course folder
  2. Double-click on Classes and double click again on the course folder where you want to create the roster.
  3. Open the roster.txt file
  4. Delete the instructions that are written on the file so it is a clear file
  5. Only putting one student per line, type in your roster as in the following example:
    Last, First, Student id
    Doe, John, 123456789
  6. Under File choose Save.

 

Synchronizing the roster with students' i>clicker remotes:

Synchronizing Student's Web Registration with your Roster

*Note, This is for students who registered online and not in class using the Roll Call registration.

  1. Your students must have registered their i>clicker remotes on the i>clicker website (http://www.iclicker.com)
  2. You must have run at least one i>clicker session in class, and each student must have answered at least 1 question. 
  3. Launch i>grader on the MyCoursePC or MyCourseMac
  4. Choose your course and click on Open i>grader
  5. Click on Synchronize Student Web Registrations*


*The Web Synchronization function will take the remote IDs from the session you conducted with your students, and look for them via a SQL database server. It will match the i>clicker remotes used in your class to the user IDs your students registered with on the Web site. The student user IDs are then checked against the usernames found in the exported file from the Blackboard grade book. If your students did not register using their Blackboard usernames, you will be prompted to accept or ignore the registration. We recommend jotting down that user's information and choosing ignore. Then ask the student to register again using the correct information.

Roll Call Registration

This registration option is only recommended for small classes with fewer than 50 students. The two registration options (Web and Roll Call) can also be used in combination.

To use Roll Call, your computer screen needs to be projected so that all students can see it.

  1. Launch i>clicker and click Start Session
  2. Click the Options button (Options button) on the floating toolbar and select Loan/Register Clickers from the menu
  3. Click the Roll Call button in the displayed window. The Roll Call Screen Will appear with a scrolling list of names from the class roster file.
  4. When names scroll into the central blue area, letters appear in the first column of boxes. Instruct students to press the letter on their i>clicker that corresponds  to the letter next to their name. Once they've entered the first letter, a new letter appears in the second column. They must also enter that letter to confirm the registration.

Roll Call registration screen PC

Roll Call registration screen Mac

A Scroll peed radio buttons
B Sudents waiting for Step Two to begin registration
C Students need to use their remote to enter the letter next to their name
D Student successfully completed registration
E Student needs to enter the second confirmation letter next to their name to finalize registration
F Close button to exit from the Roll Call screen