i>clicker may be used as a simple tool to provide instant, anonymous feedback, or as a tool to promote active learning in the classroom and give students credit for class participation and/or performance.
As of Fall 2011, i>clicker is the centrally supported audience response system on the UMass Amherst campus. Support for the previous clicker system (PRS) has been discontinued.
April 2013 i>clicker Updates
For important updates about i>clicker, please see our April 2013 i>clicker Updates post on Academic Computing's blog, TeachOIT.
i>clicker for Instructors
We provide all instructors who choose to utilize i>clicker with a receiver (see image at right), software, and an instructor remote at no cost.
OIT will also be installing receivers in the classrooms where clickers are often used. Please let us know what classroom you will be teaching in each semester.
If you want to use i>clicker in your Fall 2012 course, we encourage you to place your order with the Textbook Annex.
For steps to take prior to using i>clicker in your classroom (even if you have used i>clicker previously), please see Prepare to Use i>clicker.
For information about downloading and using the software, please see our Getting Started with i>clicker handout (pdf, 3.4 MB)
Starting Fall 2012, students will register their clickers in a dedicated i>clicker block that you will need to add to your Moodle course. For instructions on how to add the i>clicker block to a Moodle course, please see Add an i>clicker Block in Moodle.
Please see our blog for Best Practices and News.
OIT/Academic Computing provides instructors with workshops and one-on-one consultations on the use of i>clicker. Schedule a consultation by contacting the Instructional Media Lab (413-545-2823 or email instruct@oit.umass.edu).
i>clickers for Students
In Fall 2011 the UMass Amherst campus switched from using eInstruction’s PRS clickers to i>clicker. Instructors will be pre-ordering i>clicker remotes through the Textbook Annex. Check the “Class Overview/Textbook” page for you course(s) in SPIRE to see if your instructor(s) will be requiring i>clicker.
Be sure to purchase the correct clicker. The UMass Amherst campus is only supporting the i>clicker model 2, which has an LCD panel (see image at right). The cost for a new i>clicker2 remote will be $45.50 at the Textbook Annex.
To register your i>clicker remote in Moodle, please see Register Your i>clicker Remote in Moodle or our Instructions for Registering Your i>clicker Remote in Moodle handout (pdf 658 K).
Note: Register your i>clicker remote only in Moodle, not at the i>clicker Web site.
If you have lost an i>clicker remote or can report a found one, contact us.