Clickers 101

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Clickers 101

• Presented by Erin Misegadis

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IR vs RF Clickers

• IR clickers are best used when for teacher led
  activities when students can see the response
  screen.

Old Clicker New Clicker
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IR vs RF Clickers

• RF clickers are usually used for assessments,
  have a LCD screen and can input letters, symbols,
  or numbers for question answers.

Old Clicker
New Clicker
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Opening CPS

• When starting CPS for the first time you will
  need to Create a new database.
• Create a name for your database that has meaning
  or significance for your purposes, and save it
  where you will remember where to find it.

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Opening CPS
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Opening CPS
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Databases and Classes

• When creating new databases and uploading classes
  to your databases, you may be asked for your
  CPSOnline user id and password.
• Every teacher that has been entered into eSIS
  already has a user id and password.
• You may change your CPSOnline user id and
  password if you like, but ITD can not access your
  new information if you change it. You will have
  to call CPS customer service if you forget your
  password or user id.

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CPS Online Password

• sssYour 3-digit building ID
• F1st letter of the teachers first name
• LLLL1st four letters of teachers last name
• MMteachers birth month
• YYteachers birth year (197878)
• 134134. This is a unique district identifier
  from CPS.
• Ex 214emise0278134

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Creating Classes in CPS

• If you have been entered into eSIS then you can
  upload your class lists on CPSOnline as follows
• Open CPS, select the Prepare tab, select the
  Classes and Students tab, and click Import.

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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS

• Click Done on the next screen to appear, and
  you can now view your classes.
• You may also create a class by yourself by
  following these steps
• From the same screen where you started class list
  import find the New tab and select it.

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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS
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Creating Classes in CPS
Name your class and click Next.
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Creating Classes in CPS

• Click Next on the following screen, and Done
  on the screen that says Congratulations.
• You are now ready to start adding students to
  your class.

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Adding Students to a Class
From the same screen, select New and Student.
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Adding Students to a Class
You may now start entering student information.
When you have completed one students
information, you may either click New and then
Student again, or you may simply hit the
Enter key.
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Creating Lessons
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Creating Lessons
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Creating Lessons
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Creating Lessons
Select your font style, size, and color. You may
then begin typing your question and answer
options. Be sure to select the correct answer
option.
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Creating Lessons
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Engaging Lessons

• Engaging lessons will be demonstrated by your
  presenter today, as we do not all have clickers
  sets to use.

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Reviewing Reports

• Reviewing reports will also be demonstrated by
  your presenter today because you do not have any
  reports to view, as you have not engaged any
  lessons.

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WPS Clicker Resources

• To get online resources for clickers, go to
  www.usd259.com
• Next go to the Instructional Technology website.
• Select the Clickers resource tab.