iClicker: Creating an Assignment

iClicker is ASU’s preferred student response system, designed to promote active learning and increase classroom engagement. It allows instructors to pose questions in real-time, providing students with a low-stakes way to participate and interact with course content, while giving instructors immediate insight into student understanding.

Creating Assignments

1. First, you must log in to iClicker at instructor.iclicker.com.
2. From the Courses homepage, click on the “Course name.” This will pull open the course, and a navigation menu will appear on the left side. Click on “Assignments.”
3. The Create Assignment window will open. Enter the details for your assignment in the “Assignment Name,” “Available Date and Time,” “Due Date,” and “Time” boxes.
4. Under “Assignment Performance,” choose the point values you want students to be graded with for this assignment.
5. Finally, add your questions to the assignment by uploading a PDF file of your presentation to iClicker.
6. Click the “Next” button. iClicker will upload your presentation and allow you to see each slide individually.
7. Select the “Question type” from the dropdown menu for each slide, and you can enter a “Correct answer.” If the slide does not have a question on it, click the “Trash can” icon on the left side.
   1. Important Accessibility Note: Each slide should include an Alt Text description. You can edit Alt Text for each slide to provide the question in text format for visually impaired students from the link above the slides.
8. Once you are finished editing the questions, click the “Create assignment” button in the lower right corner.

Editing Assignments

1. Once you are logged in to iClicker, from the Courses homepage, click on the “Course name.” This will pull open the course and a navigation menu will appear on the left side. Click on “Assignments.”
2. Click on the “Assignment name”. From this page, you will see your questions, the question types, and the points for each question.
3. To edit the assignment details Click on the ellipsis in the upper right corner next to the number of submissions and the due date. This will take you to the Assignment Setting page. When done click the “Save” button in the upper right corner.
4. To edit a specific question: If a specific slide needs to be changed, click the slide and an edit window will open. If you need to upload a new version of a slide click the “Pencil” icon in the upper right corner of the slide.
5. Choose the file you want to upload by clicking “Choose a File”. Select the file from your computer and click the “Save”  button.
6. When you are done editing, click the X in the upper right corner. Your changes will be saved automatically.

Additional Resources

• TLC Video: Getting Started with iClicker (slides available here).
• TLC Guide: iClicker: Creating a Course
• TLC Guide: iClicker: Quizzes and Polls
• TLC Guide: iClicker: Taking Attendance
• ASU Learning Experience: iClicker
• If you need to have iClicker installed on a university computer, put in a support ticket here: Service Now Ticket - University Classroom Software

iClicker Resources

Search the official iClicker Knowledge Base:

• iClicker Knowledge Base

Common support topics:

• How to Practice Before Your First Class
• How to Run an Exit Poll and View the Responses to get feedback on your class
• iClicker Cloud Polling Question Types
• How to Grade and View Polling Results on the iClicker Cloud Instructor Website
• How to View Attendance with the iClicker Cloud Desktop Software
• How to View and Manage Attendance Data in iClicker Cloud
• iClicker Student App Attendance Geolocation Tips (Troubleshoot Student Issue)
• How to Archive or Unarchive an iClicker Course
• How to Delete an iClicker Cloud Course