Your clicker points are UP.

There were plenty of students who got the clicker calculation correct yesterday, for 3 points. The answer was 1815 calories to prepare that nice cup of tea.

Also, after eyeballing every answer, I decided to award 1 or 2 partial credit points, depending on what you sent in for an answer.

All of this is now posted in Webcourses, on your My Grades page, including whether you got partial credit or not.

Squeeze

When you get to the BA119 lecture hall this morning, squeeze in to the middle of the row. Every single seat is going to be occupied.

Make sure your iClicker 2 is ready. I have a real brain-burner ready for you!

L4

The first official iClicker 2 session was Lecture #4 (L4), last Wednesday. There were 7 questions.

I just uploaded your L4 iClicker 2 data. It breaks down into two figures:

1. "L4 answered" which is your class participation figure, the number of items you answered, whether correctly or incorrectly.
   
2. "L4 correct" which goes toward the 4 bonus points for iClicker performance, how many you answer correctly; cf. the syllabus about this.

Take a look at your syllabus and review the distinction between class participation pointage and the performance bonus. Each lecture will have two data like this. Right now, I have only uploaded L4.

To keep track of your iClicker 2 activity, I set up a log sheet, linked to the home page. It shows basic data for each session, date, number of questions.

Unregistered iClicker 2, no points for you.

I just uploaded to "Early clicker bonus..." rows in My Grades. Lots of nice juicy bonus points. Good.

The following serial numbers, however, will not accumulate any points for any clicking, either in class or on exams, until registered in Webcourses.

1. #22563642 ←← not even an iClicker 2!
   
2. #83450BCD
   
3. #81C24A09
   
4. #8259CF14
   
5. #821A2BB3
   
6. #82F73540
   

I will now start working on clicker data from last week and this week. More news to come.

Early iClicker 2 bonus points are UP.

I just got the iClicker 2 roster sorted out and now the bonus points are up in Webcourses if you were registered by Wednesday or by Friday. 83 students got a bonus point on Wednesday, and 138 got a bonus point on Friday. Nice.

The rest of you, get that iClicker 2 registered in Webcourses, ASAP, because today we start official class participation. If you missed registration last week, it could not hurt your grade; today, however, it starts taking bites out of your grade if you are not registered.

Buy back rebate for old iClickers

We have to use the iClicker 2 for this class.

For those with a 1st generation iClicker (no display, no alphanumeric), there is now a buy back rebate from the iClicker company. It is a short form in PDF to mail in and get a rebate. Look in the iClicker registration folder.

Register your iClicker 2 asap, in Webcourses.

You can now register your iClicker 2 in Webcourses. Look for the iCliker 2 icons.

iClicker points

I have a bunch of catching up to do in i>Clicker 2 data. Keep an eye on that on your My Grades page over the next few days.

Who has #8004D753 for an iClicker serial number?

If your i>Clicker 2 has serial number

8004D753

then you had better re-register it in Webcourses. It is not registered and it will not correlate to your semester grade without registration. The i>Clicker 2 software cannot handle unregistered clickers.

Homework and iClicker pointage

The conversion of your iClicking and homework to pointage on your semester grade is getting down to the wire. I have just activate the iClicker pointage row of your My Grades page in Webcourses.

The iClicker pointage is tricky to compute correctly in Webcourses, because it is not a real spreadsheet. For this reason, I cannot totally guarantee that your iClicker pointage will not change as we click through the last lectures of the semester. But for now, it is looking OK.

You can add up best three midterms, HW and iClicker pointage, then divide by 160 for your percentage going into the final exam.

Exam 3 is in the pipeline.

I have started looking at the clicker data for both sections and the scantrons are cooking. More on Friday, hopefully sooner.

Logs

If you want to start estimating your semester grade -- as if I were to award it now -- you can refer to these two new files in Webcourses:

1. Homework log, which gives you a rundown of the homework points we have had so far this semester. These homework points will be converted to 20 points on your semester grade, as discussed in the syllabus. The homework log is linked to the homework folder, at the top of the page.
2. i>Clicker 2 log, which does the same thing for how many clicker questions we have asked in class so far. The number of i>Clicker 2 questions you answer will also be converted to another 20 points on your semester grade, as discussed in the syllabus. Look for this log file linked to the course home page, with the little i>Clicker 2 icon.

The HW subtotal and i>Clicker 2 subtotals you have earned are also on your My Grades page in Webcourses. With your subtotals and the log files, you can get an estimate of your clicker and HW pointage.

In addition to the HW and clicker pointage, you have exam pointage that goes straight into the semester grade without conversion.

Clicker question #38 is UP.

I just posted the iClicker question points for Exam 2. It was a "heat-melt-heat" calculation.

Also, there is a new row with the actual answer you sent, plus an indication of whether it was correct or incorrect. About half of each section got it correct.

P.S. three students with unregistered iClickers did not get points.

L15 calculation

I just uploaded your clicker data from Monday. Also:

1. I made the calculation a two-pointer, so that I could award partial credit for a few people who rounded off incorrectly.
2. As a study help, I inserted your actual answer, as you typed it in, in the row marked "Your answer to L15 calculation" on your My Grades page.

Your iClicker 2 is still not registered.

Here is a set of serial numbers of clickers that are attempting to click in lecture but which have no name attached.Unregistered i>clicker remotes:
#814561A5
#8180CBCA
#81830200
#81A2FEDD
#81A488AD
#82054DCA

You will not be getting any cliclker points until these are registered through Webcourses and only through Webcourses.

Your clicker is unregistered if it is on this list.

Here is a set of serial numbers of clickers that are attempting to click in lecture but which have no name attached.

#814561A5
#81A488AD
#81BDCFF3
#82054DCA

Remember, you have to register your i>Clicker 2 in Webcourses only. Nowhere else is appropriate.

L5 data are up for afternoon section 0002.

Students in afternoon section 0002 may now view today's clicker data in their My Grades page on Webcourses.

L5 clicker scores are up, for morning section.

I just uploaded the iClicker scores for today, for section 0001. Look toward the bottom of the page, where you'll see the "L5 answered" and "L5 correct" rows.

Every time we use clickers, I will upload the data in this manner.

You guys in Sec. 0002, you'll have to wait til after lecture, maybe tonight, to see your clicker data. So hold your horses, but be ready for clicking in class at 1:30 PM!

Is it registered?

I just added a row to your My Grades page in Webcourses. It indicates whether your i>Clicker 2 is registered and on the roster yet; L2 bonus point if any, is on a different line. I updated this afternoon about 5 PM. I will update this row tomorrow afternoon again, after the afternoon lectures.

Bring that i>Clicker 2 tomorrow.

230 or so

It looks like about 230 or so have registered i>Clicker 2 now. Bunches of bonus points tomorrow, IF you bring the clicker and do some of that practice clicking.