On-Demand The issue of college student success and persistence is more important than ever, especially with the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing inequities. For many, the idea of new student success initiatives involves a long and complicated process. But, it does not have to be this way. In this webinar, presenters discuss five ways you can improve your existing student success initiatives, with examples and practices applicable to any campus context. View the Recording Here! View the Recording ... View more

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and we’ve created a deck of iClicker activities instructors can use with their students to discuss healthy coping mechanisms, campus resources and more! Download the Activity Deck ... View more

At iClicker, we're dedicated to improving equitable access to education. Whether you're teaching in person or virtually, synchronously or asynchronously, or a combination of the above, we're here for you. Check out these 10 tips on improving equitable access using iClicker.  Download 10 Tips to Improve Equitable Access ... View more

Students with a Growth Mindset believe that skills can be developed with the investment of time and energy and welcome challenge as an opportunity to grow. While failure is scary, it is necessary for success.  What can you do to help your students develop a growth mindset?  Actively work to dismantle "fixed mindsets" in your course Be explicit about the level of effort required to succeed in your course Include challenging questions in your exams, assignments, and in-class discussions Normalize failure in your course and emphasize failure as an opportunity to grow Learn more from our experts on how to use iClicker to help your students develop a growth mindset.  ... View more

Colleges and universities know that spring traditions are more than just spring break. Explore springtime traditions from a variety of institutions in this month’s trivia deck. ... View more

iClicker gives you the freedom to ask questions whenever and wherever you need. You’re not limited to preset questions-and-answers, and if your lesson demands it, you can ask an iClicker question with no advanced notice. In this month’s blog post, we show you how to ask questions “on the fly” and give you ideas for how to use this feature in class. Take the “Temperature” of Your Classroom Not entirely sure what your class is thinking? Perhaps you explained a concept quickly or you are lingering over details. Use an on-the-fly iClicker question to see where students are and what they may need. You can set iClicker to multiple choice and ask them to hit A if they want more detail, or B if they are ready to move on. This quick step also re-engages every student quickly, encouraging self-reflection. Use iClicker to Make Classroom Decisions The best laid plans of mice and college professors often go awry. Deadlines need to shift or a new groups need to be formed. Use iClicker when these situations present themselves in class. You can open a word processing document, write out the choices, then use a target question to let students record their choices. Using iClicker ensures every student has a say in their classroom community and not just the more dominant voices. You also get an easy record of what students decided. End Class with a Minute Paper Sometimes the last minute of class zooms up without warning. Use iClicker on-the-fly to collect the last precious thoughts you students want to share. Simply set your iClicker poll to short answer and verbally ask students to spend the last minute of class time sharing their ideas in the iClicker student app. You can use the ideas from those Minute Papers when you meet as a class again, jump-starting discussion in an organic way. Replace Images After Class When asking questions on-the-fly, you might not have a screenshot ready to share with students. You can ask a question orally, then replace the image of your question after class by going to iClicker.com and logging in as an instructor. Once there, just click on the name of your course, then the polling session you wish to edit.  ... View more

In the Fall of 2021, we had a webinar on Engagement as a Matter of Equity with Emily Ravenwood (University of Michigan) and Edna Ross (University of Louisville).  When implemented with intentionality, instructional technology can be used to support your institution’s equity and inclusion initiatives in meaningful ways. If you don't have time to watch the webinar, here are tips from Dr. Ross to help you create and deliver more inclusive and equitable learning experiences for every student. (We'll have tips from Emily Ravenwood in a later post.)    ... View more

On-Demand How has COVID impacted our understanding of student belonging? The ongoing pandemic and various pivots have taught us many things about college students and belonging. What does this mean for our work and the future? Our presenters discuss what they’ve learned (including insights from both recent research and campus practices) and what it means for the future of our work and our profession. View the Recording Here! View Recording ... View more

On-Demand Calling all administrators! An iClicker site license easily and economically scales student engagement and success across your institution. All iClicker site-licensed schools can also enjoy the benefits of federated single-sign-on. Check out this discussion of benefits, best practices, and robust Q&A! View the Recording Here! View the Recording ... View more

Friday, April 1, 2022, at 1:00 PM ET Because every student matters, every moment and engagement counts. When implemented with intentionality, instructional technology and short retention surveys can be used to support first-year student engagement, retention, and help support your institution’s equity and inclusion initiatives in meaningful ways. This session will demonstrate how first-year experience programs can pair brief retention surveys that offer early alerts for better, more targeted interventions, with student response systems to engage all students in meaningful ways inside and outside of the classroom, including creating safe spaces and encouraging participation and event attendance, which can create community and foster a sense of belonging. Register for the Webinar Here! Register ... View more

With add/drop period behind us, it’s time for spring cleaning for your iClicker roster and gradebook. It’s helpful to know how to remove a student (or yourself, if you joined your own course as a student) from your roster or delete an activity from your gradebook.   Check out our best practices below for keeping your iClicker Cloud or iClicker Classic roster and gradebook clean and tidy.     iClicker Cloud - Roster How to Manage Your Roster in iClicker Cloud How to Block or Remove a Student from Your Course ( Tip: Remember to remove yourself if you had joined as a student. You may need to remove co-instructors and TAs, too, if you are using Brightspace by D2L.) Re-Enroll Students Receiving "Course Access Is Blocked" Message How to Resolve Multiple iClicker Accounts for the Same Student   iClicker Cloud - Grades How to Use the Gradebook on the iClicker Cloud Instructor Website How to View and Edit Student Scores How to View and Manage Attendance Data How to Export Grades for All Activities from iClicker Cloud Overview: How to Add Grades from iClicker Cloud to Your LMS     iClicker Classic - Roster How to Sync Your iClicker Classic Roster with Student App Accounts How to Delete a Student from Your iClicker Classic Roster ( Tip: Remember to remove yourself if you had joined as a student. You may need to remove co-instructors and TAs, too, if you are using Brightspace by D2L.) How to Manage Students with Multiple Registered Devices in iClicker Classic   iClicker Classic - Grades How to Use the iClicker Classic Gradebook How to Sync Grades with Your LMS How to Manually Upload Grades to Your LMS How to Export Grades from iClicker Classic ... View more

With iClicker Study Tools, students are able to take your iClicker polling questions and make them into flashcard packs and practice tests. Let your students know this feature is included with iClicker and read on for more ways you can create iClicker questions worth studying. Make sure your iClicker questions connect clearly to formal assessments.  Students enthusiastically review their iClicker questions when they know they are inspired by the ones they will encounter on their quizzes and exams. Your past formal assessments are also great places to find potential polling questions. What questions did students miss the most on your midterm last semester? Be sure to ask iClicker questions that are at the same difficulty level and the same question type they’ll meet on your quizzes and exams. Keep some slide design principles in mind. There’s a lot of overlap between a well-designed presentation slide and a well-designed flash card. Use a large, clear font and make sure it contrasts well with your background. You’ll also want to think about what your slides will look like on students’ phones, since that’s where they’ll review your questions. You should also try to include simple graphics when appropriate to trigger the picture superiority effect. Ask a variety of question types. The type of question you ask your students impacts how they’ll interact with them through Study Tools. If you ask a multiple choice question, flashcards will show a simple A-E response on the back of the card. If you ask students short answer, numeric and target questions, your students will see much more detail on the back of their flashcards. Introducing a variety of question types also takes advantage of interleaving, a method where instructors mix topics and question types to improve learning outcomes. ... View more

International Women’s Day is March 8th. This month’s trivia gives students a chance to test what they know about the century-old celebration. ... View more

Check out the great sessions we have planned for ACPA. We hope to see you there!  March 7:   Don't Wait: Support Student Success By Using Formative Assessment March 7:   From Dread to Success: How to Handle Unexpected Assessment Results March 7:   New Insights into Sense of Belonging: Lessons from Recent Research and Experience March 8:   An Unexpected Experiment: Six Assessment Lessons from the Asterisk Years March 8:   Level-Up Your Assessment Storytelling: An Interactive Experience ... View more

Are you going to the First Year Experience (FYE) Conference in Orlando next weekend? If so, join us for some great sessions or just stop by the booth to chat! If not, check out the available resources and post-conference events. Engagement as a Matter of Equity:  Join Phoenix Harvey & Debi Rutledge on   Monday, February 14, 2022 at 8 AM ET in Salon Room 5/6 . When implemented with intentionality, instructional technology and short retention surveys can be used to support first-year student engagement, retention, and support your institution’s equity and inclusion initiatives.  Student Retention Focus Group:  Join us on Sunday, February 13 or Monday, February 14  to interact with our mini retention surveys that identify students who need interventions EARLY based on topics including a sense of belonging, finances, resilience, intent to return, and attendance. Inform future direction with your feedback and also receive some goodies and incentives for participating. Note: this focus group is intended for administrators of student success and retention, first year experience, residence life, etc. It is not a tool for instructors. REGISTER Thinking outside of the “course” box:  Apply to join us on   Monday, February 14 from 8:00-10:00 AM in Salon 24   for a focus group where participants will get the opportunity to learn and collaborate on a new kind of student success tool–a mobile app for the first year experience that persists inside, outside, and across courses and student life, and that develops the underlying skills of the learner, from growth mindset and mental wellness to career readiness and social connections. (Registration link to come)       ... View more