The following instructions pertain to faculty and staff in the medical school utilizing iClicker Cloud for interactivity in their classes. These instructions do not cover using iClicker for summative grading, only for enhanced classroom activity. iClicker should not be used by hospital staff for meetings, conferences, etc. 

Before using the below instructions, faculty should:

1. Have their iClicker Cloud account created utilizing their @umich.edu email address. 
2. Have their iClicker Cloud course created 
3. Be familiar with the student experience 
4. Be comfortable with the lecture hall's AV equipment

Faculty in the medical school are encouraged to use the desktop podium computers that have the iClicker Cloud App already installed. Faculty will have to request the iClicker Cloud App to be provisioned to their HITS device if they prefer to utilize their own laptop to run a poll. 

Note: All faculty are encouraged to review best practices below before utilizing iClicker in the lecture hall.

Before Class

Create Account

Faculty will need to create an account on iClicker's faculty account creation page. You must utilize your @umich.edu email address. You will create your own password. Do not repeat using your level 1 or level 2 password. 

1. Type “University of Michigan” in the search bar and then select University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
2. Enter your account information in the form that displays.
   1. Your email must be your Umich.edu address.
   2. Select Medicine for Primary Discipline

Agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service and then click Create.

Create Course 

Note: Faculty in the MD Program may not have to create their own course; contact your Course Block Director to verify.

Courses can be created either on the iClicker website or through the iClicker App. Detailed steps can be located on iClicker Cloud's support page: 

• Log in to the iClicker Website or application.
• Select Create New Course.
• Fill out the form as required.
• Faculty in the MD Program should utilize the following format: Block/Discipline or Specialty/Session name (i.e Block 2 Pathology Inflammation Lab.

Installing iClicker Cloud On HITS Device 

iClicker Cloud is already installed on podium devices in lecture halls. If you need it on your HITS provided device, submit a ticket to the service desk to ask for it to be provisioned. 

During Class

Launching iClicker Cloud

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Step 1.  Open iClicker Cloud from the lecture hall computer or laptop connected to the lecture hall projector
Step 2.  Sign In with your @umich.edu credentials you originally set up. This login requires you create an account with iClicker Cloud first if you do not have one.
Step 3.  Hover over your class and select Start Class when it appears
Step 4.  The iClicker Cloud Menu will load, allowing you to drag it around to place it on your desired screen location and to begin a Poll.

Start Polling Questions 

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Step 1.  With iClicker Cloud open, place the menu bar in desired location on the screen.
Step 2.  When on a question slide, select the Poll checkmark.
Step 3.  Select the appropriate question type from the dropdown menu and select the green circle with the play icon to begin the poll.
Step 4.  Before your first poll, you may be asked to select which screen to have a screenshot be sent to the students' devices. If you prefer to not show a screenshot starting each poll, you can uncheck the check box at the bottom.
Step 5.  Give students time to answer the poll. Be cognizant of how many are in class to end the poll after desired amount of responses by hitting the red stop button.
Step 6.  During the poll, you can also select results to see live results. They will display on the same screen the iClicker menu is on.
Step 7.  After closing the poll, you can select Results and then use the mouse to click on the correct answer letter. It will change the graph colors to red and green based on the correct answer.
Step 8.  For a Target question, you will select the correct area on the image by making a box with dotted lines with your mouse after stopping the poll.  Student answers will show as red or green.
Step 9.  To end the polling session, select the small carrot next to the blue circle; this will bring back the original menu where there is a red X you can use to end class.

Best Practices 

Hiding Results

Sometimes faculty want to hide the results and selecting the correct answer from displaying to students in the lecture hall. Note if you move the menu from one monitor screen to another in the lecture hall, the iClicker Menu will change back to the select polling option. Select poll again to bring back to red stop option.

Title Slide

Have a title slide displaying of your presentation to instruct students how to connect before beginning your presentation. 

Be cognizant of slide real estate

A long case with multiple options can be difficult to navigate iClicker Cloud's menu. While it can be collapsed by double clicking on the Blue Cloud. This can be done even when a poll is active; the blue cloud will pulse with circles indicating a poll is live.

Question types 

The most common question type used is multiple choice. One thing to note is iClicker always presents answers A-E on the student device, regardless what your powerpoint slide shows. So if you have less than 5 responses, A-E will still show as options.

Vanderbilt's Center for Teaching provides an excellent article on writing multiple choice questions along with information on audience response systems. 

Lastly, review the different iClicker Cloud question types to help decide what type of question can be fit your learning objective. For example, a creative use of Target questions can be utilized if you want students to have more than 5 plausible distractors to choose from. 

Read the room

Be cognizant of how many students are in the room; don't set a strict amount of answers if using iClicker for formative assessment. It's better to keep the momentum going with the presentation rather than long, awkward pauses. 

Practice

If possible, practice in the lecture hall to become used to the way the system operates. It will reduce stress and anxiety when using iClicker in front of students. A video showing some of the best practices in action will be made available shortly. 

iClicker Resources

Numerous detailed resources are available on iClicker's support site. If you have any questions on using iClicker, please submit an Academic Application Consult.