- You are required to have an InterWrite PRS RF clicker.
- If you already have one from last semester, great! If not, you should buy one from the UCA Bookstore. They are also stocked by Textbook Brokers and the Campus Bookstore. You won't find them at Office Depot or Wal-Mart.
- You may find a deal at Amazon. Approach with caution, as a $12 clicker might not be worth anything at all if it's not the correct model (an IR clicker instead of an RF, for example) or if it has been beaten beyond recognition and does not work.
- You must bring your clicker to lecture and lab every single day. No, really. Every time I see you, I will have clicker questions to ask you. For points. Your points, not mine.
- You must keep track of your own clicker. You will never, ever get a single clicker point by coming up to me after class and saying, "I was here, but I forgot my clicker. Can I at least have one point for every question I wasn't able to answer?" I'll try not to be mean, but I will probably laugh at you.
- You must keep your clicker in working order. You will never, ever get a single clicker point by coming up to me after class and saying, "I was here, but my clicker batteries are dead. Can I at least have one point for every question I wasn't able to answer?" I'll try not to be mean, but I will probably laugh at you.
- You must always have your clicker for lab quizzes and midterm exams. No clicker, no quiz. No clicker, no test. You will never, ever get a single quiz or test point by coming up to me after the fact, with a quiz or test paper that you have penciled in, and saying, "I took the quiz right here because I left my clicker in my (boyfriend's truck/girlfriend's backpack), and all my answers are right here on the paper, so you can just grade that, right?" Because no, I can't. Well, technically I suppose I could, but I won't. I tell you three times, and what I tell you three times is true: No clicker, no quiz. No clicker, no test.
- You may never share a clicker with someone in this class. I should not have to say it, but experience tells me that I do: you cannot both be taking the same test at the same time using the same clicker. Plus, at some point one of you is going to forget to change the student number, and all those points will go to your friend (if you have no idea what I am talking about, relax and simply don't use someone else's clicker (or toothbrush)).
Here's Something You Could Do Before You Come to Class
If you have a clicker from last semester, great! You should already have your student number correctly entered. Even so, here's what I want you to do: re-enter, but this time include the leading zeros: 000XXXXXX. You should have a nine-digit ID number.
If you have never used a clicker before, relax! It's easy! And fun!
- All the instructions are in the box. If you have purchased a used clicker, and there is no User's Guide, the entire pamphlet is online. Download the .pdf.
- In the pamphlet, the box titled First Time Users instructs you on entering your student ID.
- Follow the instructions and enter your student ID number. Enter it exactly as it appears on your ID, with the leading zeros. You should have a nine-digit ID number.
- You should only have to do this once. If you somehow forget and loan your clicker (or toothbrush) to someone else, you will need to repeat this process to make sure that it's actually your student number.