5 - For Administrators
Managing Default Settings
By managing the default settings, administrators can create campus-specific preferences that will display to all
instructors using i>clicker on that campus. The default settings feature is most commonly used to establish a default
course management system and enter a campus web/security code for locally hosted i>clicker registration that will be
distributed to all faculty.
To manage the default settings:
1. Open i>clicker (if you haven't already done so) and
Add a Course
using a generic course name (e.g.,
Sample Cal State Course-101-001
).
2. Open the course that you just created by highlighting the new course and clicking
Choose
.
3. Click
My Settings
.
4. Change the My Settings option to whatever settings you would like instructors to inheret when they create
new courses in i>clicker. (Example: add your campus-specific URL or code into the
Server URL
field if you
are hosting registration locally rather than using the national i>clicker registration site.)
5. Click
Set for Course
when you are finished managing your campus default settings.
6. Close i>clicker.
7. Copy the file
Config.csv
from the
Session Data
folder within your course folder (e.g.,
iclicker
Win\Classes\Sample Cal State Course-101-001\Session Data
).
8. Paste the
Config.csv
file into the
iclicker Win\Resources
or
i>clicker Mac:Resources
folder.
9. From within the
Resources
folder, rename the
Config.csv
file to
Seed_Config.csv
.
10. (Optional) Delete the generic course folder that you created (e.g.,
iclicker Win\Classes\Sample Cal State
Course-101-001
).
11. Distribute the
iclicker Win
or
i>clicker Mac
folder--that now contains the
Seed_Config.csv
file--to your
campus faculty. You may also post it on your web site.
Once you’ve taken the above steps, your default campus settings will be applied to all new classes.
Instructors will still have the option to manage their own settings by changing the settings for their classes
in My Settings. You can remove the default settings at any time by deleting the
Seed_Config.csv
file.
NOTE:
You cannot create default settings for the
Course Name
and
Instructor Remote
fields. Instructors must
enter the data for these fields themselves.
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