iClicker is a student response system that allows instructors to pose questions to their students and instantly receive feedback, answers, and poll results.

1. iClicker Quick Set-Up Guide for Instructors
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iClicker is a classroom response system that allows instructors to pose questions to their students and instantly
receive feedback, answers, and poll results.
Contact the UIC Bookstore for information on acquiring an iClicker base (receiver) for your classroom and for
instructions on making iClicker devices available to your students. Students can register their iClickers through
your Blackboard course site by going to Tools -> iClicker Student Registration and entering the serial number on
the back of the device.
Need more help?
Email itl@uic.edu
Call (312) 996-9824
Visit http://go.uic.edu/iClicker
1 Download the iClicker software from
the ACCC website (located under
the“iClicker Documentation and
Software Downloads for Instructors”
area). Depending on what type of
system you are running, click the
appropriate download for either
Windows of Mac OSX.
2 Click on the download and save the
file. Select the“UIC_iclicker_”file.
3 Click on the download and save the
file. Select the“UIC_iclicker_”file.

2. iClicker Quick Set-Up Guide for Instructors
4 Navigate to the file and click the
iClicker App. You will be asked if you
want to run the program. Click“Run”
and iClicker will open a pop-up box.
5 Click“New”and you will be prompted to
enter the information for your course.
Once the iClicker list has been populated
with your course, you can select your
course and click“Choose.”
NOTE: This area is optional and is used as an identifier
for the course instructor – any name can be used for the
course title and no specific course information is needed.
6 Go into“My Settings”and a new page
with multiple tabs will appear.
7 Under the“General”tab, enter the 8
character code from the back of your
clicker in the“Instructor’s Remote ID”
box.
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8 Under the LMS/Reg tab, click
“Blackboard”in the Learning
management System box and click
“Set for Course”at the bottom of the
window.
9 Navigate to the file and click the
iGrader App. You will be asked if you
want to run the program. Click“Run”
and iGrader will open a pop-up box.
igrader
10 Select the“Sync”option at the bottom
of the box. When prompted, click“Run.”
11 Your Security Key can be found in your
Blackboard Learn course. The Security
Key can be found in Course Management
-> Course Tools -> iclicker Instructor Tools.

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12 Click“SSO Security Key”to generate a
one-time use key.
13 Enter the Security Key information.
Use your UIC NetID as your LMS
Username. Click“Log In.”
14 Select your course from the drop-down
menu and click“Import Roster”at the
bottom of the window. When prompted,
restart iGrader. Another pop-up box
will appear – click “Run.” The iGrader
columns will now be populated with
your student’s information.
15 Another pop-up box will appear – click
“Run.” The iGrader columns will now be
populated with your student’s information.