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iClickerv7.10MoodleIntegrationInstructorGuide
OverviewTheiClickerMoodleplug-inallowsaseamlessintegrationofdatabetweenMoodleandiClickergradebook.Theintegration:
• EnablesstudentstoregistertheiriClickerremotesdirectlywithinMoodle.
• AllowsyoutoeasilydownloadyourclassrosterandstudentregistrationsfromMoodletotheiClickergradebook.
• AllowsyoutoeasilyuploadyouriClickersessiondataintotheMoodlegradebook.
TableofContents
Preliminarysetup.........................................................................................................................................2
Step1:MapiClickercoursewithcorrespondingMoodlecourse.................................................................3
Step2:DirectstudentstoregisteriClickerremotesinMoodle...................................................................7
Step3:Synchronizeyourroster...................................................................................................................8
Step4:UploadyouriClickerpollingdata.....................................................................................................9
Step5:ReviewiClickerscoresinMoodle...................................................................................................10
Disclaimer:ThisguideisbasedoniClickerv7.10launchedfromaPC.SmalldifferencesintheinterfacewithotheriClickerv7versionsorotheroperatingsystemsareexpected.
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Preliminarysetup
DownloadConcordia’scustomizedversionofiClicker
TouseMoodleintegration,youwillneedtodownloadConcordia’scustomizedversionoftheiClickersoftwarefromthe“iCLICKERRESOURCES”Moodlepage.
Toaccessthesite,logintoMyConcordiaportalandclicktheiClickerResourceslinkbelowthe“MyMoodleCourses”heading.Onthenewpage,entericlickintothe“EnrolmentKey”boxandthenclicktheEnrolmebutton.
Alternatively,youcanlogindirectlyatmoodle.concordia.causingthesamenetnameandpassword.Thenyoucanusethesearchboxonthehomepagetolocateandself-enrolintothe“iCLICKERRESOURCES”site.
Onceonthesite,downloadtheversionofthesoftwarethatworkswithyouroperatingsystem.
NOTE:ForMacSierrausers,pleaseusethe“iClickerforMacOSSierra”Guideforthepreliminarysetup
Decompressthezippedfile
Notethatthedownloaded.zipfileisacompressedfolder.TodecompressthezippedfileonaPC,right-clickonit,selectExtractAll,andthenclicktheExtractbuttononthepop-upwindow.YouwillfindthedecompressediClickerfolderinthesamelocationwheretheoriginal.zipfileisplaced.
OnaMac,simplydouble-clickthezippedfileanditwillautomaticallybedecompressedintothesamelocationwherethezippedfileisplaced.YoucanthenmovetheunzippediClickerfolderontoaUSBkeyorsomewhereonyourlaptop–-whicheveryouwillbeusingtolaunchiClicker.
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Step1:MapiClickercoursewithcorrespondingMoodlecourse
TouseMoodleintegration,youwillfirstneedtomapyouriClickercoursetothecorrespondingcourseinMoodle.
1. Double-clicktheiClickericoninyouriClickerfoldertostarttheapplication.
2. OntheiClickermainwindow,clicktheCreatebuttontoaddyourcourse.Gotostep5ifyouhavealreadycreatedyourcourse.
iClickerMainWindow
3. EnteryourCourseName.NOTE:ThecoursenameyouenterheredoesnothavetobeanexactmatchwithyourMoodlecoursename.YoucanchangeyourcoursenameanytimebygoingtoSettings>Generaltab>CourseName.
4. ClicktheCreatebutton.YouwillthenbebacktotheiClickermainwindowwithyourcoursenameinthelistofcourses.
iClickerNewCoursewWindow
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5. LogintoMoodleatmoodle.concordia.ca,findtheI>CLICKERblockontopleftofyourMoodlehomepage,andclickonSingleSign-OnSecurityKey.
MoodleiClickerBlock
6. Copythesecuritykey:selectthecode,holddowntheCtrlkey(CommandkeyonMac),andpressC.
NOTE:IftheiClickermainwindowisblockingtheview,moveitaroundorcloseitandopenitagainlateron.
MoodleSecurityKeypage
7. GobacktotheiClickermainwindow,withyourcourseselected,clickSettings.
iClickerMainWindow
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8. ClicktheGradebooktabandthentheSelectCoursebutton.
CourseSettingsGradebooktab
9. EnteryourConcordianetnameintothe“LMSUsername”fieldandpastethecodeyoujustcopiedfromMoodleintothe“SecurityKey”field:holddowntheCtrlkey(CommandkeyonMac)andpressV.
LMSLoginWindow
NOTE:Bydefault,yourcredentialswillbesaved;ifyoudonotwishtosaveyourcredentials,unchecktheboxfor“SavemycredentialsandautomaticallylogmeintomyLMS”beforeclickingLogIn.
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10. Uponloggingin,alistofyourMoodlecoursesisreturned.SelectthecoursethatmapstotheiClickercourseandthenclickSelect.
LMSCourseSelectionWindow
NOTE:YourcourseswillnotappearintheLMScourseselectionwindowiftheyarehiddeninMoodle.
11. TheselectedMoodlecourseappearsnextto“LMSCourse”.ClickSavetoclosethewindow.
SaveSelectedLMSCourse
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Step2:DirectstudentstoregisteriClickerremotesinMoodle
ToreceivecreditfortheiriClickerresponses,studentsmustregistertheiriClickerremotes.YoucanusethefollowingtemplatetogivestudentsinstructionsonhowtoregisterinMoodle.Theinstructionsarealsoavailableasastandalonedocumentthatyoucanfindinthe“Documentation”sectionoftheiClickerServiceCatalogpageoronthe“iClickerResources”Moodlesite.HowtoRegisterYouriClickerRemoteinMoodle
PleasefollowthedirectionsbelowtoregisteryouriClickerremote:
1. LogintoMoodleatmoodle.concordia.ca
2. Locatethe“I>CLICKER”blockontopleftofthehomepage
3. ClicktheStudentRegistrationlink
4. EnteryouriClickerremoteID
Note:TheIDisprintedonthebackordisplayedonthescreenwhentheremoteis
turnedon.
5. ClicktheRegisterbutton.
Additionalinformation
• YouonlyneedtoregisteronceevenifyouwillbeusingiClickerinmultiplecourses.TheregistrationwillautomaticallyapplytoallofyourotherMoodlecoursesusingiClicker.
• YoucanregistermorethanoneiClickerremoteinMoodle.AllofyourregisterediClickerremotesandtheirvoteswillbetiedtoyou.
• ForthoseusingtheReefapp,yourremoteneedstoberegisteredinMoodleandNOTintheappforyourscoretobeassociatedwithyourname.
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Step3:Synchronizeyourroster
OnceyourstudentshaveregisteredtheiriClickerremotesinMoodle,youcanimportyourstudentroster(completewithregistrationdata)intotheiClickergradebooksopollingdatacanbecreditedtoyourstudents.Youcansynctherosterbeforerunningapollingsessionorafteroneormorepollingsessions.
1. OpeniClickerandclickOpenGradebook.
2. ClicktheSyncRostericon.
NOTE:Beforethesynchronization,onlyremoteIDsaredisplayedinthegradebook.Theyappearinredandarelinkedwithpollingresults.Afterthesynchronization,studentnamesappearinthegradebook.IfallofyourstudentshaveregisteredtheirremotesinMoodle,theirnameswillbedisplayedinbluereplacingtheirrespectiveremoteIDs(youcanseeastudent’sremoteIDbydouble-clickinghisorhername).Ifyouhaveunregisteredstudents,theirnameswillshowupinredandtheirremoteIDsremaindisplayedinred.
SyncRosterBeforeandAfterView
Recommendations:
• Sincetherosterdoesnotsyncitselfautomatically,werecommendthatyouSyncRosterveryfrequentlyespeciallyafterthedrop/addperiodisoverinordertokeepyourrosterup-to-date.Somestudentsmayalsoberegisteringtheirremoteondailybasisespeciallyatthebeginningofthesemester.
• IdentifytheunregisteredstudentsandcontactthemtoremindthemtoregistertheirremotesoraddtheirstudentIDintheapp.YoucanalsoaskfortheremoteIDsandmanuallyregistertheminthegradebookbydouble-clickingeithertheirnameortheirremoteIDandthenfollowingtheinstructions.However,youcannotmanuallyregistertheappusers.ThesewillbedisplayedasunknownReefusersuntilyousyncyourroster.
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Step4:UploadyouriClickerpollingdata
MakesuretosynctherosterbeforeuploadingiClickerscorestoMoodle.
1. LaunchiClicker,selectyourcourseandclickOpenGradebook.
2. FromtheGradebookmainwindow,selectSyncScores.
GradebookMainWindowSyncScores
3. Fromthe“UploadScorestoLMS”window,selectthesession(s)youwishtouploadandclickNext.
4. CustomizeyouruploadeddatathenclicktheUploadbutton.Aconfirmationmessageappearsonceyourdataisuploaded.
SelectSessionstoUpload
CustomizeyourUploadedData
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Step5:ReviewiClickerscoresinMoodle
OnceyouhaveuploadedyouriClickerpollingdatatoyourMoodlecourse,youcanreviewthescoresintheMoodlegradebook.
1. LogintoMoodleandaccessyourcourse.
2. ClickonGradesinthe“Courseadministration”block.
3. The“Graderreport”pagewillopenwithyournewlyimportediClickerscores.Thesessionscoreswillappearasnumericscoresunderthecategoryname“iclickerpollingscores”andmaybeeditedlikeanyotherscoreswithinMoodle.
ImportediClickerScoresinMoodleGradebook
Recommendation:
IfyouplantousetheMoodlegradebooktocalculateyourcoursetotal,theiClickerscoresneedtobeproperlyintegratedintothetotalgrades.PleasecontacttheMoodlesupportteamatmoodle@lists.concordia.cashouldyouneedanyhelpwiththeMoodlegradebook.
