Canvas@Illinois , iClicker Instructions for Students

Overview

iClicker is a participation tool that instructors may use to track attendance, conduct polls or administer quizzes during class meetings. Students in a course that uses iClicker either use the iClicker remote or Student app to respond.

• Create a student account: Use your @illinois.edu address to make an account at iclicker.com or in the iClicker Student app. Watch the video How to Create and iClicker Account.
• Respond to questions during class: Ask your instructor whether they require you to use the iClicker Student app or a remote. Many permit either, but some require a specific option.
• Purchase: You need to purchase a subscription to the app or an iClicker Remote.
• iClicker Student App: The app is required in attendance-only courses but also works with polls and quizzes. You must purchase a subscription to use it. Pricing is based on whether the course is attendance-only (Pulse) or has polling questions and/or quizzes (Pro). Be sure to purchase the correct subscription. If you already have a Pro subscription, you do not also need a Pulse one.
• iClicker Remote: If permitted by the instructor, remotes are an option in courses that conduct polls and/or quizzes but not in attendance-only courses. When using a remote, register its ID# in your account profile. If you buy a new remote, you will also have the option to register it for a free subscription to the app, but don’t use the remote and the app in the same course.
• Enroll in the iClicker Cloud Course: Use the join link provided by your instructor or search for the iClicker course or by instructor name and then enroll in the Cloud course.
• View Grades: You can view scores immediately after class in the app or by signing into your iClicker account, but scores only appear in Canvas after your instructor syncs the gradebook.

Create an iClicker Account

• Go to iclicker.com and press the Sign in button. Choose Student and create a new account or sign in if you already have one. Be sure to use your @illinois.edu email address or you will not be able to receive your iClicker points in class. Please contact iClicker Support if you make a mistake. Be sure to get the iClicker Student app (as there is also a Cloud app for instructors).

• This may start a trial version of the app. When that trial ends, you will not be billed automatically, but you must purchase a subscription to continue using it.
• If you only use the iClicker remote, then you do not need a subscription. 

Sign up for an iClicker Course

• Sign up for the course at iclicker.com or through the mobile student app. It is best to do this before your initial class session that uses iClicker.

• Press the + sign to add a course.

• Press University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign or type it if needed. . (Please note that some courses may have a different option to enter for the Institution.)

• In the next window, type the name of the course or instructor exactly. Press the course to sign up. Note: You do not need to type the full name or title to search for the course. In the example below, typing “CITL” automatically finds any course with “CITL” as part of the name.

Register Your iClicker Remote

• Do this step only if you are using a physical remote.
• Press the menu button to go to the main menu of your account.

•  Press the Profile button.

• Press Register Remotes Then enter the ID # from your remote and press Save Profile.

Courses that Use Moodle LTI (Rare)

A few courses on campus (primarily in the College of LAS) may use a secondary MS embedded in Canvas called Moodle LTI. In these classes, you may be asked to sign into your course, locate the iClicker Student App tool (shown in the image below) and press that link. This should open your iClicker account, but you may be prompted to sign into it to finish linking your accounts. This is required for you to show up in the Cloud course for the instructor and to receive points.