iClicker
iCLICKER UPDATE: FIRMWARE v5.04 RELEASED FOR BASE RECEIVERS
An important update is now available for the iClicker audience response system. New firmware has been released for the base receivers used to collect voting information. It is recommended that all bases be updated to the latest firmware version (5.04) to take advantage of the following new features and enhancements:
Faster vote gathering. The polling engine has been tuned to better handle vote collection in large classes.
Self-paced polling. The latest firmware is required to make use of the new Self-Paced Polling feature in iClicker v6.2 software.
Backward compatible. Firmware 5.04 is backward compatible with iClicker 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.1 software versions.
The iClicker Base Firmware Updater is a Windows application that allows you to update the firmware of any iClicker base currently running firmware version 4.03 or newer. If you received an iClicker kit after September 2011, the base firmware can be updated using the following instructions.
Instructions for Updating Receiver Firmware
Please note that the updater application is currently available for Windows only. If you don’t have access to a Windows machine, please bring your base to one of the campus offices listed below.
STEP 1: Download the iClicker Base Firmware Updater application.
STEP 2: Extract the downloaded zip file to a location on your local machine.
STEP 3: Navigate to the folder where the package was extracted and double-click the iclicker Base Updater
icon to run the program.
STEP 4: Connect the base receiver to a USB port on your computer.
STEP 5: Click the Check for Update button.
STEP 6: The program will search for updates and then ask you to confirm whether you want to update the firmware. Click Yes to initiate the upgrade.
If you receive a message indicating that the device firmware cannot be updated, please return the base to one of the following three campus locations to receive a new unit:
St. George
Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation
Robarts Library, Room 7010
ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca
416-946-3139
University of Toronto Mississauga
Centre for Information and Technological Literacy
The Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, Room HMALC-360
8:30 am – 12 noon and 1:00 - 3:30 pm
simone.laughton@utoronto.ca
905-569-4525
University of Toronto Scarborough
Centre for Teaching and Learning
Academic Resource Centre, Room AC-335
sutherland@utsc.utoronto.ca
416-287-7520
Should you need assistance to complete the update, please contact any of the offices listed above or the IT staff within your local department.
iClicker (commonly called “clickers”) is the proprietary name for the classroom response system (CRS) supported at the UofT. Clickers work in combination with presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote to allow you to pose multiple-choice questions to your students and view an instantaneous histogram of their responses. Clickers can be an excellent tool to increase student engagement, especially in large classes, where they can be used to encourage student reflection on course material, prompt student-student interaction, and provide you with immediate access to feedback on student understanding of course material. Clickers are especially well-suited to large classes, and can be used in the UofT’s highest enrolment classes.
USING CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS ("iClickers") IN THE CLASSROOM
REGISTERING YOUR iCLICKER
A New York Times article on the use of iClickers in the Classroom.
TO RESERVE CTSI's iClicker set, please fill in this ONLINE FORM.
An important update is now available for the iClicker audience response system. New firmware has been released for the base receivers used to collect voting information. It is recommended that all bases be updated to the latest firmware version (5.04) to take advantage of the following new features and enhancements:
Faster vote gathering. The polling engine has been tuned to better handle vote collection in large classes.
Self-paced polling. The latest firmware is required to make use of the new Self-Paced Polling feature in iClicker v6.2 software.
Backward compatible. Firmware 5.04 is backward compatible with iClicker 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.1 software versions.
The iClicker Base Firmware Updater is a Windows application that allows you to update the firmware of any iClicker base currently running firmware version 4.03 or newer. If you received an iClicker kit after September 2011, the base firmware can be updated using the following instructions.
Instructions for Updating Receiver Firmware
Please note that the updater application is currently available for Windows only. If you don’t have access to a Windows machine, please bring your base to one of the campus offices listed below.
STEP 1: Download the iClicker Base Firmware Updater application.
STEP 2: Extract the downloaded zip file to a location on your local machine.
STEP 3: Navigate to the folder where the package was extracted and double-click the iclicker Base Updater
icon to run the program.STEP 4: Connect the base receiver to a USB port on your computer.
STEP 5: Click the Check for Update button.
STEP 6: The program will search for updates and then ask you to confirm whether you want to update the firmware. Click Yes to initiate the upgrade.
If you receive a message indicating that the device firmware cannot be updated, please return the base to one of the following three campus locations to receive a new unit:
St. George
Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation
Robarts Library, Room 7010
ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca
416-946-3139
University of Toronto Mississauga
Centre for Information and Technological Literacy
The Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, Room HMALC-360
8:30 am – 12 noon and 1:00 - 3:30 pm
simone.laughton@utoronto.ca
905-569-4525
University of Toronto Scarborough
Centre for Teaching and Learning
Academic Resource Centre, Room AC-335
sutherland@utsc.utoronto.ca
416-287-7520
Should you need assistance to complete the update, please contact any of the offices listed above or the IT staff within your local department.
iClicker (commonly called “clickers”) is the proprietary name for the classroom response system (CRS) supported at the UofT. Clickers work in combination with presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote to allow you to pose multiple-choice questions to your students and view an instantaneous histogram of their responses. Clickers can be an excellent tool to increase student engagement, especially in large classes, where they can be used to encourage student reflection on course material, prompt student-student interaction, and provide you with immediate access to feedback on student understanding of course material. Clickers are especially well-suited to large classes, and can be used in the UofT’s highest enrolment classes.
USING CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS ("iClickers") IN THE CLASSROOM
REGISTERING YOUR iCLICKER
A New York Times article on the use of iClickers in the Classroom.
TO RESERVE CTSI's iClicker set, please fill in this ONLINE FORM.