Clickers

ITS offers the CPS (Classroom Performance System) Pulse clickers from eInstruction. These come in bags of 28 units with a receiver module that gets plugged-in to the computer in the classroom.  There are 3 bags of 28, so if needed you may use up to 84 units in the same class at the same time.

With this resource you can, either anonymously or not, sample your students at points throughout the lecture using a variety of question formats (multiple choice, short answer, Likert scale, etc.).  Additionally, you can decide to record these results as a basis for in-class participation marks.

The eInstruction software, a plug-in for Microsoft Powerpoint, is called CPS Powerpoint and is installed on all classroom computers on campus.  You can also download and install the software in your office or on your home computer so that you can prepare your slides in advance. The link to the download page is here, and you will want to select the product "CPS Student Response Systems" and then click on download next to the software version that you want.  At the time of this writing, CPS Powerpoint v6.72 for Windows is the standard for use on Windows 7 computers.