To operate
your clicker, you may need to remove the little plastic
strip from the back. Then press the off/on switch to turn
it on. You will see a blue light when the clicker comes on.
Don't forget to turn your clicker off when you are finished using
it. You don't want to run your battery down. You can keep
your clicker for the entire term. There will be no charge
for your clicker if you return it at the end of the course.
If you lose it or don't return it, you will be assessed
$25. Remember that you have to use your own clicker in
order for your scores to be credited to you.
If you are going to miss class,
do not ask somebody else to bring your clicker and click for you.
Doing this is cheating and I take cheating very seriously. I
will regularly ask a few of the people from the class whose
clickers have registered to introduce themselves to me at the end
of class and to show me identification. If your
clicker registers and you are not there, you are in
trouble. If you are caught using more than one
clicker or if your clicker registers and you are not in class, you will
fail the course. It is that simple.
Each person registered for the course will be issued a radio-frequency
transmitter or "clicker". On the first days of class, we will
register your clicker to your name. Your responses will be
recorded and will count toward your course grade. You will receive some
credit simply for attending and responding to clicker questions.
You will receive additional credit for getting answers
right. Some of the questions will check whether you have
done the required reading . Other questions will test for
your grasp of material presented in the current lectures.