What are Clickers (or personal response systems)? (also known as classroom response systems) are remote type devices which students can use to respond to questions presented during a class session. The students’ answers are received by the instructor’s computer, processed by the pre-installed software, and results are projected to the entire class.

What is the tool good for? Clickers can be used for a variety of purposes:

• Instructors can take attendance by asking students to reply with their clicker response unit
• Instructors can do a quick survey to gauge students’ understanding of a concept just covered in the class
• Students can collaborate with classmates and submit group answers
• Quizzes and tests can be administered using the clicker
• Homework can be submitted via the student clicker unit

Presentation of Clicker technology in teaching and learning | Which Clicker can I use at the UofM? 

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Please contact the ALC (alcsupport@memphis.edu) for information on requesting your free instructor clicker startup kit from eInstruction.