Faculty Resources for Clickers

Two Ways to Use Clickers in Your Class

• Have Students Purchase Clickers
• Check out Clickers from the IT Help Desk

Check Out Clickers from the IT Help Desk

There are 4 sets of clickers for checkout at the IT Help Desk.

• 3 of the 4 sets can be checked out for 2 days.
• 1 of the 4 sets can be checked out for a week.

If you plan to use clickers in your classroom for more than 5 classes per quarter, we recommend that you have your students purchase clickers before the quarter starts and follow these instructions.

Further Resources

Basic How-To Guide For Clickers

• Using Clickers to Create Interactive Surveys: a quick walk-through on how to set up and use the TurningPoint clickers system.

Additional Guides and Tips

• 16 Suggestions for Teaching with Clickers
• 7 Things You Should Know About Clickers
• A Bibliography of Articles About Clickers from Vanderbilt University
• TurningTalk Clicker Community

Best Practices Tips for Teaching with Clickers

• Have students predict an outcome for a question
• Use the clickers to promote and deepen class discussions
• Adapt to each class session with on-the-fly questions
• Use the clickers to surface unspoken viewpoints
• Check understanding by asking the same question before and after

More Best Practices

• 16 Suggestions for Teaching with Classroom Response Systems
• Clickers Best Practices from Vanderbilt University
• Clickers Best Practices from Ohio University
• Research, Case Studies, and Best Practices from Turning Technologies

Examples

• University of Wisconsin
• University of Michigan