Before starting a new term with iClicker Cloud, we recommend taking a few moments to archive last term’s course(s) and set up your new term’s course(s): Make sure last term’s courses are archived. Your courses will automatically archive on the End Date you set during course creation. You can also archive a course at any time in the desktop software or on the instructor website. You are still able to access your course information, but the archived course will no longer appear in the iClicker student app search results and no new students will be able to join the old course in the new term. If you haven’t done so already, update your desktop software. Create a new course in the desktop software or on the instructor website for each course you’re teaching in the new term. While not required, the optional course information can help your students identify your course in their apps. For example, there could be multiple sections of the same course at your institution. This additional information provides more details for your students to recognize and join the correct class. Copy any Assignments you had previously created and wish to reuse in your new course(s). Customize your course settings. Choose how you would like to add grades from iClicker Cloud to your Learning Management System. If Roster & Grade Sync is enabled for your course, you’ll see the prompt to walk you through setup in the Integrations tab of your course settings. If you set up LTI Grade Sync in your LMS last semester, you cannot simply copy the link or assignment from the previous course for the new term. LTI links are course-specific, so you’ll need to set up a new link for each new course. Invite co-instructors or teaching assistants to your new course(s). Share registration instructions with your students. Our customizable syllabus templates and first day of class slides provide a good starting point. Check out the student onboarding resources below that most closely match your own class setup: I am using iClicker Cloud for a virtual class. I am integrating iClicker Cloud with Achieve. I am using iClicker Cloud's Roster & Grade Sync (requires prior setup by a campus administrator). My campus requires that students sign in to iClicker through a campus portal. I am using iClicker Cloud's LTI Grade Sync (requires prior setup by a campus administrator). I am downloading grades from iClicker Cloud and manually importing them to my LMS. I will not be adding any grades from iClicker Cloud to my LMS. I am using iClicker Cloud for Attendance only (no polling or quizzing). ... View more

Texas Christian University school logo   Texas Christian University's (TCU) School of Nursing has been awarded the 2021 Assessment and Impact Award for Nursing Education for significant improvement in their survey scores related to overall student satisfaction. Their program has implemented several initiatives driven by student feedback, including a connection culture student mentoring program, a health & wellness initiative to support self-care habits, and high-touch weekly interactions by faculty with students who are struggling academically. ... View more

University of South Florida school seal   The University of South Florida's (USF) School of Nursing has been awarded the 2021 Assessment and Impact Award for Nursing Education for high performance in learning outcomes related to professional values. Their nursing program recently made data-informed changes to their nursing curriculum to better mirror core competencies in the profession. They also added a new professional nursing course to emphasize professional values and introduced civility training into their program based on student feedback.  ... View more

Southern Utah University school seal   Southern Utah University's (SUU) School of Nursing has been awarded the 2021 Assessment and Impact Award for Nursing Education for high survey scores related to overall student satisfaction. Their program recently made improvements to their advising experience by including open advising meetings. Their program also implemented a portfolio initiative prior to graduation that not only helps students reflect on their educational experiences but also helps them get jobs before graduation and they also recently acquired new technology to support student learning.  ... View more

For the third year, Skyfactor Benchworks is recognizing nursing programs that foster data-driven cultures for  continuous improvement, with the Assessment and Impact Award for Nursing Education.  The Assessment and Impact Award for Nursing Education was established three years ago to recognize colleges that have successfully used data to analyze and make changes to better their undergraduate nursing programs. Previous winners were Bloomfield College, Colorado Technical University, Montclair State University, Roman University, Seton Hall University, and University of Scranton. Even amid massive educational changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's award winners delivered exceptional educational experiences. For example:   Southern Utah University for High Performance: Overall Satisfaction Texas Christian University for Improvement: Overall Satisfaction University of South Florida for High Performance: Learning, Professional Values  As in prior years, award winners are selected through a careful analysis of multiple years of data from the AACN/Benchworks Undergraduate Nursing Exit Assessment. The Skyfactor Benchworks Analytics and Research Team first conducts a quantitative analysis and review of applications, followed by interviews with finalists to learn about improvements in their nursing programs. Those applications and interview notes are then blind reviewed and evaluated on a rubric by an external panel of experts in the nursing education profession.  Please drop a comment below to congratulate this year's Assessment & Impact Award Winners! ## Benchworks assessments are the most widely used programs in nursing education. Benchworks has partnered with the Association of American Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for two decades to offer benchmarking assessments that empower nursing administrators to better understand the program components that most significantly impact these important stakeholders. The various AACN/Benchworks Nursing assessments are used by more than 250 nursing programs each year, and is one of more than 50 different assessments from Benchworks on topics important to college success, including housing, orientation, and student affairs and service. The survey includes questions about student happiness, safety, diversity and inclusion, facilities, costs, sense of community, and time management, among others. ... View more

Now On-Demand With a year like we've collectively experienced, we all deserve a win. This webinar, which features lessons and tips gleaned from the 2021 winners of Skyfactor's Assessment and Impact Award for Housing & Residence Life, delivers exactly that. Register today to hear first-hand accounts of useful assessment practices that made a significant impact on the lives of students at schools across the United States, in a year when students most needed it. View the Recording! View the Recording ... View more

Access the slide decks and session recordings for the Higher Ed Assessment Conference sessions: 'Assessments that Create Connections: Fostering Deep Learning in Person and Online' and 'Assessments that Drive Desired Outcomes: Early Alerts, Interventions and Improving Student Success' here. ... View more

Now On-Demand From COVID-19 to systemic racism, 2020 brought about an increased focus on continued issues related to equity, including in higher education. For students to succeed, we must acknowledge this reality and actively work to embed solutions into our persistence and graduation initiatives. How does this work in practice? Join us to learn about an approach to student success based on leveraging student equity surveys to inform impactful interventions. We’ll also discuss a new equity initiative that was crafted to connect students to expert guides, address significant challenges, and provide a pathway towards success. View the Recording! View the Recording! ... View more

McNeese University's Accreditation Specialist and Associate Professor, Jan Robichaux, PhD, presents 'Accreditation with Ease: Using Expertly-Crafted Assessments for Efficient Accreditation Reporting' during the March 2021 CAEP Conference. Recording available above. ... View more

Now On-Demand! For many, the idea of new student retention initiatives involves a long, complicated, and intensive process. But, it should not - and does not - have to be this way. In this webinar, we discussed an easier approach to supporting student persistence with short, research-informed surveys that can be launched immediately, inform earlier interventions, and complement existing retention solutions. We hope you were able to join this interactive discussion of practical and proven student success and retention tips from a student success professional. View the recording! View the recording! ... View more

Congratulations to Matthew Venaas and Cate Morrison on the publication of their article "Agreeing (how) to Disagree" in the latest issue of Talking Stick! Talking Stick is a bi-monthly publication produced by ACUHO-I, the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International. The publication, written by experts in the field, focusses on the latest in housing news, innovation, and professional development information. In the current issue, Venaas and Morrison use a Skyfactor survey to prove that roommates who complete their roommate agreements in the beginning of the year are more likely, across the board, to have a positive roommate experience, than those who do not. This data-supported conclusion supports the necessity for housing departments that are committed to housing agreements--read it here!  Click here to learn more about Skyfactor housing surveys Click here to learn more about ACUHO-I ... View more

Our 2021 FYE Conference presentation, 'Improve Student Success in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond', presented by Sherry Woosley, Ph.D., Amanda Shaffer, James Mantooth, Ph.D. highlighted easy-to-implement retention tools designed to work fast and light with respect to short timelines and small budgets - specifically, how short, research-based retention surveys can be used to improve student success. The session featured concrete implementation tips from The University of Tennessee, Martin, who began using the tools in the midst of COVID-19.  ... View more

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 @ 1:00 PM Strategies for improving student success don’t have to be a mystery, even during COVID-19. You just need the right tools and intentional strategies. Join us as we introduce short, research-based surveys that are ideal tools for easy and frequent check-ins with students. The conversation will include a discussion from a student success professional of best practices for pairing surveys with interventions. These surveys and strategies work for both in-person and virtual environments, so they’ll apply during and after COVID-19. View the Recording! View the recording! ... View more

The Benchworks New Student Survey enables you to assess how well new students are acclimating to campus by providing insight into the critical topics that impact new student satisfaction including: academic adjustment, educational goals, non-cognitive skills, social connections, and residence life experiences. ... View more

By default, every Polling activity starts with the question type set to Multiple Choice, but you can change the question type before starting each poll. This article covers all of our question types: Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Short Answer Numeric Target Anonymous Use the drop-down menu on the iClicker toolbar to choose your desired question type from the list. Learn more about running polls and viewing and grading results in class. Multiple Choice Students can respond with: iClicker student app, iClicker 2 remote, iClicker+ remote Students are able to select a single letter response A through E. While students can only select one response, you can select multiple responses as correct when grading.               Student View                                                   Instructor View     Multiple Answer Students can respond with: iClicker student app, iClicker 2 remote Multiple Answer polls require students to evaluate the correctness or incorrectness of each possible response instead of simply hunting for one ‘best’ answer. Students are able to select multiple letter responses A through E. Once you grade a Multiple Answer question, you can select the Responses view on the Results chart to see how many responses were Correct, Partially Correct, or Incorrect. You can expand each category to view the individual responses and counts.             Student View                                                    Instructor View      Short Answer Students can respond with: iClicker student app, iClicker 2 remote Short Answer allows you to pose open-ended questions. Students using the iClicker student app can respond with up to 140 characters, including punctuation and most symbols. Students responding with iClicker 2 remotes are limited to the device maximum of 16 characters. Students with iClicker+ remotes cannot respond to short answer questions. In the Results chart, identical responses are grouped together (grouping is not case-sensitive). If you want to quickly mark all answers correct, click on the three dots next to the question number and select Mark All Correct. If you select multiple correct answers, you can select the star icon next to the "best" response, which is also displayed as the correct answer in students' iClicker student app accounts. If none of your students submitted the answer you were looking for, you can enter your desired response into the Other field at the bottom of the grading panel.              Student View                                                    Instructor View    You can also choose to display submitted answers as a Word Cloud.   Numeric Students can respond with: iClicker student app, iClicker 2 remote Numeric questions allow students to respond with open-ended numeric values and support scientific notation and exponents. Students using the iClicker student app or an iClicker 2 remote can respond with up to eight digits plus a decimal point. Students with iClicker+ remotes cannot respond to numeric questions. Entries are grouped by value–for example, 5000, 5000.00, and 5E3 would group together. If you want to quickly mark all answers correct, click on the three dots next to the question number and select Mark All Correct. If you select multiple correct answers, you can select the star icon next to the "best" response, which is also displayed as the correct answer in students' iClicker student app accounts. If none of your students submitted the answer you were looking for, you can enter your desired response into the Other field at the bottom of the grading panel.              Student View                                                      Instructor View   Target Students can respond with: iClicker student app This question type allows instructors to ask questions by sending an image to students (e.g., an image on a lecture slide, an image in your web browser, or even a video you've paused). Students answer the target question by clicking or tapping on the image using their laptops or smart devices. Target questions are ideal in disciplines where visual understanding is required. Students must use the iClicker student app on a mobile device or laptop to participate, as this question type is not available for use with iClicker remotes. Learn more about target questions.             Student View                                                      Instructor View   Anonymous You can ask any of the question types above in Anonymous mode. This allows you to ask sensitive questions that students might not feel comfortable answering if their responses could be traced to their identity. To switch your poll to Anonymous mode, select the menu icon on the iClicker toolbar and turn Anonymous on.  This will change the iClicker tollbar to a dark gray color to indicate you are in Anonymous mode. Your polls will remain anonymous until you turn off Anonymous mode.  You cannot select correct answers for Anonymous questions, so the student response on the Results chart will be grayed out and not clickable. Although students cannot receive Performance points for their responses, they can still receive Participation points for Anonymous responses. Learn more about scoring settings for Polling.             Student view                                              Instructor View           ... View more