i>clicker Integration with Brightspace by D2L v2.5 Instructor Guide July 2016
Table of Contents Overview... 3 Step 1: Prepare your i>clicker 7 Folder... 4 Step 2: Configure your i>clicker Software... 5 Step 3: Enable Student Registration in Desire2Learn... 9 Step 4: Synchronize Your Roster... 12 Step 5: Upload i>clicker Polling Data... 13 Step 6: Review i>clicker Scores in Desire2Learn... 16 2
Overview This guide provides instructions for integrating your i>clicker 7 polling data with the D2L gradebook. The i>clicker integration with D2L: Enables students to register their i>clicker remotes directly within your Learning Management System (LMS). Allows you to easily download your class roster and student registrations from your LMS into i>clicker. Allows you to easily upload your i>clicker session data into your LMS gradebook. Note: The i>clicker integration with D2L requires some set up and authentication work from your LMS administrator prior to your use of the integration within i>clicker 7. Please consult your LMS administrator for a pre-packaged i>clicker software folder which contains the necessary integration files. Alternatively, your administrator may provide a single file for you to place inside your i>clicker 7 folder. See the instructions below for what to do with that file. Note: if you are using i>clicker 6 and not i>clicker 7, please consult the integrate for D2L v2.1 instructions. Guide Objectives This guide will show you how to: Copy the required LMS integration file into your i>clicker 7 folder (if necessary). Direct students to register their i>clicker remotes within your LMS. Download your LMS student roster and registrations into the i>clicker 7 gradebook. Upload your i>clicker session data to your LMS gradebook. 3
Step 1: Prepare your i>clicker 7 Folder TIP: Your administrator may have provided you with pre-configured i>clicker 7 folder (for Windows, Macintosh, or Linux Ubuntu) customized for your campus. In that case, you won t need to copy the integration file into your course folder because this step has already been done for you. You should have received the following authenticated file from your campus administrator: LMS_Wizard.xml. Copy this file into the Resources sub-folder of your i>clicker 7 folder. 4
Step 2: Configure your i>clicker Software When you copy the integration file into your i>clicker 7 Resources folder, the software will recognize you are using D2L as your LMS. You must match each D2L course to each i>clicker course (for the courses in which you plan to use the integration). To specify your D2L course in i>clicker: 1. Double-click the i>clicker icon to start the i>clicker application. 2. When you open i>clicker, you will see the Welcome Screen with no courses listed. Click the + Create button to add your course. i>clicker 7 Welcome window NOTE: If you already see your course in the course list, go to step 5. 3. The Create New Course window appears. Enter your Course Name. This information will serve as the unique identifier for your course inside the i>clicker software. i>clicker New Course window 4. Click the Create button. i>clicker automatically creates a new course folder in your i>clicker 7 Classes folder. The New Course window closes and you are returned to the Welcome Screen with your course name in the list of courses. 5. Select your course name from the course list and click Settings. 5
Settings button on the i>clicker 7 Home window 6. Click the Gradebook tab near the top of the new window. 7. In the Learning management system (LMS) section, Desire2Learn should be preselected. Gradebook tab of the i>clicker Settings window 8. Click the Select Course button in the Learning management system (LMS) section. 9. The instructions for Log in to your Learning Management System are displayed. 6
Log in to D2L instructions 10. Ensure that you are logged in to D2L on your computer s default web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome). Click Login. Your default browser will open to your school s D2L homepage. You may be prompted for permission to proceed; click OK or Yes to proceed. NOTE: if your administrator has allowed your school s instructors to save login credentials, you will see the Save my credentials and automatically log me in to my LMS checkbox option. This box is checked by default. If you do NOT wish to save your credentials, uncheck this box before clicking Log In. 11. After a few moments, your list of D2L courses should be shown. Select the course that matches the course you created in i>clicker and click Select. If you are teaching a multi-section course, please be sure to choose either the specific section that matches your i>clicker course and roster. You may also choose the parent course, in which case, the rosters of all sections will be included. NOTE: You can choose to Log Out from this window. You will need to log back in again later if you wish to download your D2L roster or upload i>clicker grades to D2L. Select your D2L course 12. The D2L course selected will appear next to LMS Course in the i>clicker Settings window. 7
D2L course is shown inside i>clicker settings 13. Click Save. 8
Step 3: Enable Student Registration in Desire2Learn To receive credit for their i>clicker responses, students must register their i>clicker remotes (i.e., tie their clicker ID to their student ID). Note: your campus administrator should have enabled the student registration External Tool for you. If not, please contact support@iclicker.com for assistance in properly settings up the External Learning Tool link from scratch. To enable i>clicker remote registration in Desire2Learn: 1. Log in to Desire2Learn using your instructor username and password. 2. On the Desire2Learn Home page, select the course to which you want to enable i>clicker registration. 3. From the Content page, click the Add a Module field from the content navigation. Type the name of the module you wish to create, such as Register i>clicker. Add a module 4. The option to Add Existing Activities now appears. Click the Add Existing Activities button and select External Learning Tools. Add External Learning Tools 9
5. The Add Activity window appears. Choose the appropriate External Learning Tool. For example, Register your i>clicker Remote. Add Activity 6. The link is now included in your course content and will be visible to students. NOTE: there may be slight variations depending on the version of D2L you are using. Please consult your D2L administrator for more information. 10
Directions for STUDENTS to register their i>clicker remotes: 1. Log into D2L and select your course. 2. Once on your Course Home page, locate the i>clicker Registration link in content (content browser). 3. Click the i>clicker registration link. 4. Register your i>clicker remote by entering your i>clicker remote IDin the field provided and click Register. Note: not all browsers work well with student registration. If students encounter issues, we recommend using Chrome to register remotes. 5. Your remote is now registered. You can remove your remote registrations from Desire2Learn at any time by clicking Remove on the i>clicker remote registration page. Other relevant facts for students about registration: Even if students are using i>clicker for more than one course, they only need to register their clickers in one course. Their registration data will automatically be applied to all of their other Desire2Learn courses using i>clicker. This is true if instructors are using i>clicker. If a student s instructor is using REEF Polling by i>clicker, the student will need to register the remote in their REEF account. Students can share clickers with a friend/roommate as long as they are not using i>clicker in the same courses. Students can register more than one clicker in Desire2Learn. If, for example, students break a clicker, they can register additional clickers through the same tool and all of their registered clickers (and their votes) will be tied to their name in i>clicker after the roster is (again) synced. If students are voting using the REEF Polling app, they should be sure to enter their student ID in REEF as it appears in your roster file. If students do not enter their student IDs as they are listed in your roster file, their account will not synchronize with i>clicker. Typically, this is the student s D2L username, but the value can vary by installation. We highly encourage the value be confirmed by the instructor or administrator from within the i>clicker gradebook in order to provide accurate instructions for students using REEF Polling. 11
Step 4: Synchronize Your Roster Once your students have registered their i>clicker remotes within your LMS, you can import your student roster (complete with registration data) into i>clicker so polling data can be credited to your students. To import your LMS class roster into i>clicker: 1. Open i>clicker 7 and click on Gradebook. 2. Click the Sync Roster icon. Sync Roster in i>clicker 7 gradebook 3. Your D2L roster will be downloaded, and you will receive a message that your roster downloaded successfully. To synchronize your roster: 1. Run a polling session, and require your students to vote. 2. Click Sync Roster for student names to be synchronized with remotes in your i>clicker gradebook. TIP: It is recommended that you Sync Roster after drop/add periods are over in order to keep your roster up-to-date. NOTE: If your D2L credentials were not saved during course setup in i>clicker, you will need to enter your credentials. 12
Step 5: Upload i>clicker Polling Data After you ve polled your students in class, your polling data will appear in the i>clicker gradebook. You can view students points, adjust scores, delete questions, synchronize registrations and export/upload student polling data into your LMS gradebook. To upload i>clicker scores into your D2L gradebook: 1. Launch i>clicker, select your course and click Open Gradebook. 2. From the Gradebook main window, select Sync Scores. Note: If your D2L credentials were not saved during course setup in i>clicker, you will be prompted to log in again. Gradebook main window 3. The Upload Scores to LMS to select sessions window appears. Select the session(s) you wish to upload and click Next. 13
Upload Scores to LMS Select Session window 4. The Upload Scores to LMS customize data window appears. From this window you can choose to: o o o o o o Upload each session as a separate entry Aggregate sessions together as a single entry Upload total points Upload performance points only Upload participation points only Upload both performance points and participation points as separate entries Upload Scores to LMS customize data window 5. Make your selections and click Upload. Note: you can only upload student grades to D2L. If you have other people in your roster (i.e. instructors), you will receive an error message. 14
Non-students error message If you have non-students (such as instructors, TAs) in your roster, click Cancel. Next, unregister all non-student remotes in gradebook. Once the non-students are unregistered, click Sync Scores again. When this message appears, click Continue to upload grades to D2L. 6. Your data will be uploaded to D2L, and you will receive a confirmation message. NOTE: The scores will be uploaded into your LMS Gradebook as numeric quiz grades in the i>clicker polling data scores category. You will be able to edit individual student i>clicker scores within the LMS after you ve uploaded the data. 15
Step 6: Review i>clicker Scores in Desire2Learn Once you have uploaded your i>clicker polling data to your Desire2Learn course, you can review the scores within the LMS. To view uploaded i>clicker scores in your Desire2Learn Gradebook: 1. Log in to Desire2Learn and select the course for which you wish to view your updated gradebook. 2. Once on your Course Home page, click the Grades (which may be listed under Assessments) link in the Desire2Learn header area. 3. The Grades page will open. Click Switch to Spreadsheet View to view and edit i>clicker scores. The session scores will appear as numeric scores in may be edited like any other scores within Desire2Learn. 16