We had been using the Response Interwrite clicker system to collect (and grade) responses to 25-question multiple choice iRAT tests.  We had inserted the IFAT answer codes into Response. So, when we got to an iRAT (made with the on-line  IFAT Test Maker)  we simply indicated which IFAT answer sheet that Response was to use.  Students had the hard copy of the iRAT before them; they just used the "homework, self-paced" mode on the Response clicker.  Students would also mark their paper copies, taking them to the Team to do the tRAT and the scratch-off on the IFAT form.  We collected the hard copies and the completed IFAT forms.   It worked great.

How does one accomplish getting the iRAT responses as input, and automatic grading of same,  using the iClicker system, and iClicker2 input devices?   My  University just switched to iClicker this past fall semester, and this is the first time I will be using it, now this spring semester.  It seems iClicker has nothing equivalent to a "self-paced, homework" type mode.  

I guess one has to enter each question as a PowerPoint slide (using a PC and Microsoft Office) , and then show the slide to the entire class at the same time, with students entering answers this way?   Also, I guess one has to somehow use the "Question List" feature and somehow associate it with these PowerPoint slide based questions?

Would really appreciate some help... classes start next week, and am facing a learning curve for an entirely new clicker system... and how to integrate it with the TBL  iRAT process.

Thanks.
Gary


Gary D. Lynne, Professor
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