Campus technology staff is preparing for the implementation of iClicker Cloud, Purdue’s new centrally funded and supported classroom response tool for West Lafayette and Purdue Northwest, which will become available for use in January 2024.
In-person and online training will be available in November. Starting in October, communications will be sent out about how to sign up for training sessions for all instructors. Training times, signup details and other updates will be available on the Purdue iClicker Cloud website. The website will also include quick start guides for instructors and students as well as other helpful getting-started documentation.
The current tool, iClicker Classic, will be available and supported for the fall 2023 semester only. Hotseat, another current tool, will be available and supported for the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters.
Upgraded features in iClicker Cloud include geolocation for attendance, clickable image answering, short answer submissions, and the creation of study guides from slides. Students will be able to respond using a personal device such as a phone, tablet or computer.
With Purdue centrally funding and supporting iClicker Cloud, students are no longer required to purchase physical clickers and there is no fee for students or instructors. Instructors who wish to continue to allow the use of the physical clickers can set their iClicker Cloud instructor portal to a hybrid option to allow for the use of both mobile device and physical clicker answering.
To stay up to date on the latest news about iClicker Cloud, please refer to the iClicker Cloud tile on the Instructional Technology website.