CLICKERS – eINSTRUCTION CPS Gen2 RF
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Attention Mac Users: IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT SNOW LEOPARD!
It has come to our attention that the early release of the latest upgrade to Apple's operating system, OS X v10.6 (Snow Leopard), causes significant compatibility issues with eInstruction clickers. As it is difficult to revert back to a previous version of the operating system, we highly recommend that eInstruction users DELAY UPGRADING TO SNOW LEOPARD until eInstruction®can address these issues and provide full support for our family of products.
About
“Clicker” is the generic slang for Interactive or Individual Student Response System. These systems allow polling, attendance taking, instant student feedback, small group work, self paced testing, quizzing/testing and many more interactive pedagogical applications. Custom software allows for the instant text and/or graphic display of results, data parsing, report generation and automated grade book entry for instructors.
The eInstruction CPS Gen 2 has been recommended for adoption as the “standard” Sac State clicker. This recommendation was the result of a comprehensive review of the four leading clicker systems prevalent in higher education. The systems were evaluated on functionality, features, cost (to the student, the instructor and the Institution) and compliance with ATI standards. |
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Handouts
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Why Use Clickers?
- Engage students by providing active learning experiences.
- Conduct just in time testing of material comprehension.
- Obtain feedback and stimulate discussion through anonymous polling.
- Utilize quiz and testing options to streamline grading functions
- Provide individual student study guides online.
- Generate reports and analyses of student learning and progress.
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Tutorials
eInstruction offers a comprehensive set of video based tutorials for higher education faculty. Each video tutorial also has a downloadable “Quick Start Guide”. These tutorials can be found at eInstruction's training videos website. |
Getting Started
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Resources
- www.eInstruction.com provides a gateway of support via phone, email, web chat, tutorials and handouts
- The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and ATCS sponsor a Clicker User Group. This group maintains an email distribution list and meets at least once a semester to share ideas, challenges and solutions for clicker users. Contact ctl@csus.edu if you would like to be added to the user group list.
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