UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CPS Seminar for Mac Users A step by step guide to using the eInstruction Classroom Polling System hardware and software ATSC 9/11/2012 1
Contents Installation ................................................................................................................................. 2 Blackboard ................................................................................................................................ 2 First Time Running the Software .............................................................................................. 3 Importing a class ...................................................................................................................... 4 Managing the Receiver ............................................................................................................. 4 Testing the CPS system ........................................................................................................... 4 Engaging a Class ...................................................................................................................... 5 Delivery Options........................................................................................................................ 6 Fast Grade Lesson ................................................................................................................... 6 Student Paced Mode ................................................................................................................ 7 Reports ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2
Installation
1. Download the installation file by typing http://it.unh.edu/media/blackboard/ei/Install_CPS.dmg into the address bar of your browser, or by accessing the link at it.unh.edu, then selecting
the “Blackboard” tab, the “Blackboard Help and Information,” and select “CPS
eInstruction (‘Clickers’). The download link for Mac computers will be on this page. If
asked to open or save the file, select Save. If asked to cancel or save the file, select
Save File > . When the download has finished, navigate to the file and double-click on
it.
2. Double click Install CPS, then continue through the wizard. Restart your computer by
clicking Restart when the installation is finished.
Blackboard
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Access the course you wish to use CPS in through Blackboard.
On the left side under the “Course Management” section, select Customization.
From the Customization menu, select Tool Availability.
Scroll down and be sure that the first box next to “CPS Connection” is checked off. If it
is not, check it, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Submit.
5. Go to Tools in the main panel and select CPS Connection.
Allowing 3rd Party Cookies: This site requires that third party and session cookies
be enabled. It is a good idea to switch these settings back after working with CPS in
order to protect your computer.
■Firefox 11.0 +
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Go to the Firefox menu in the top left
Select “Options,” then “Options” again
Go to the “Privacy” tab at the top of the window
Select the check-box “Accept cookies from sites,” and “Accept thirdparty cookies”
Keep until: they expire.
Select “OK”
■Google Chrome 18.0+
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Select the wrench icon in the upper-left hand corner of the screen.
Select “Settings”
Go to the “Under the Hood” tab.
Select “Content settings...” under Privacy near the top
Be sure that the box next to “Block third-party cookies and site data” is
not selected
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Open Safari
Select ‘Safari’ located to the left of the Apple icon in the top left corner
of the screen
Select Preferences
Select Privacy
Select 'Block Cookies Never'
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6. Select My CPS Page. Find your course in the list presented, and select the link to the
left of it, Enable. The course must be made available (a setting you may change under
“Control Panel,” “Customization,” “Properties,” “3. Set Availability”) in order to enable it.
You may make the course unavailable again after you have imported the class into CPS.
7. Return to the main page for the selected course. On the left side under the Course
Management section in the “Control Panel”, select Course Tools.
8. Select UNH CPS Instructor Pad Tool. Select Continue to CPS site >.
9. Under the section that says “Serial Number,” select the serial code of a pad you have
already registered, or select New Pad.
o If you have not used CPS before, you will be prompted to make an account.
Enter a username and password into the boxes provided. We recommend that
you use your blackboard username so that it will be unique and easy for you to
remember. This account is independent of your Blackboard account in terms of
login information, but will be linked with your Blackboard so that you may
successfully import and sync classes. You may only use letters and numbers
when creating a CPSOnline password. You will also be prompted to include a
start and end date for the course. The end date may be adjusted later, but be
sure that the start date is on or before the current date.
o If it is a new pad, you will be brought to a new screen where there are two boxes,
one for “Pad Serial Number:” and one that says “Confirm Pad Serial Number.”
Follow the on-screen instructions to get your serial number, then enter it once in
each box.
o If your response pad does not match the one pictured on the site, and is instead
grey with a circular blue power button, then enter the serial number displayed,
but without including the first two zero’s. For example, if 0055A1BB is displayed,
enter 55A1BB in the box.
o After you have successfully entered an acceptable pad into the system, the
Status will change from a large question mark to a green check
mark.
First Time Running the Software
Here you will create a database for use with your CPS Software. The database stores
lessons and reports, and can be used for multiple classes. Deleting or creating a class will
not change the database, however. CPS will store data on whichever database is upon
upon engaging the class.
1. Double click the CPS Application in your “Applications”, “eInstruction”, “CPS” folder, or
find the eInstruction icon in your top taskbar, near the time, and then select “CPS...”.
2. Click Create a new Database
3. Navigate to a folder where you want to store the CPS database.
4. Create a new folder for the database by clicking New Folder.
5. Give the database a name depending on the class/purpose, then select Save.
6. If you wish to create a new database after the startup of the program, select File from
the topmost menu, and then select New.
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Importing a class
1. Open the CPS software, click on the Classes Tab, and select the Import button.
2. Select the circle next to “Blackboard”, then select Continue.
3. Enter the CPSOnline username and password you made when you registered your
response pad through Blackboard.
4. Enter “University of New Hampshire” as your Higher Education institution in the dropdown list. Select Continue.
5. If your information is correct, your activated class or classes should now appear in a list.
Select the box to the left of the course name or names you wish to import, then select
Continue.
6. When finished, and the screen reports that your import was successful, select “Done.”
Managing the Receiver
1. Insert the receiver into one of the open USB ports on your computer.
2. Right click on the CPS icon that now appears in your upper taskbar and select
“eInstruction Device Manager” from the drop-down list.
3. Your CPS receiver should be visible within the window. If the icon does not appear right
away after initial plug in (and driver installation), remove and insert the cps receiver
again until the icon appears (see above), or try a different USB port. You may also
select Options, Discover Devices to get the program to recognize your receiver. Click
on the button that resembles the receiver (to the right of the green “+” symbol) when you
wish to remove or disable the receiver.
Testing the CPS system
Before you start you must have a clicker handy.
1. Plug the CPS receiver into an open USB port in your computer.
2. Right click on the CPS icon on your screen and select eInstruction Device Manager. It
is located on the top taskbar where the time is located. Select the CPS receiver, and
click on the wrench icon.
3. Select the Test tab, and select Start Receiver.
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4. If you have a new clicker (circular power button) your clicker will connect automatically.
If you have an older one, (ovular power/join button), you may have to manually enter the
channel. To do so, turn on your clicker, press the Search key and use the arrow buttons
to choose Select Channel. Change the channel to the clicker test channel. The
channel number for the receiver will be found to right of the Start Receiver button and
say “Join< x >” where x is the channel number. After a couple of seconds the clicker
should connect to the receiver. You can use the enter button to send it commands.
Engaging a Class
1. Click on the Lessons tab within the CPS DataBase window.
2. Select the orane Verbal icon. A new window titled “Verbal Questions Setup” should
appear.
3. Name the session under “Session Title,” then select the type of grading you want from
the “Session Type” drop-down list (i.e. Class Participation, Attendance, Homework, etc.).
Select the class this session will be associated with from the drop-down menu.
a. “Anonymous Mode” will not count responses for individual students, or report the
data back to Blackboard.
b. “Generate Attendance Report from this session” will record who responds and
send attendance on to Blackboard.
4. When you are finished setting up your options, select Start. A new, narrow options bar
should appear.
5. Select Verbal on this bar to show the different types of questions, and select the one
you wish to ask. T/F is true/false, Y/N is yes/no, MC stands for multiple choice and 2-10
indicates the number of choices in the question. as, and AS 2-10 stands for questions
that require an answer sequence.
6. Another new window titled “CPS - Question Deliver - Verbal” will pop up. Select “Start
in the top left-hand corner to begin accepting student responses.
7. Select End when enough time has elapsed, or you have received all student responses.
A dark blue box indicates that the person with that response pad has answered the
question. This will bring up an “Answer Distribution” window. Selecting a choice under
“Correct Answer” will turn the correct response green and will show you and the students
the proportion of the class that was correct.
8. Select Close when you are done reviewing this question. The narrow options bar will
appear again. Select another question type from the “Verbal” drop-down menu if you
wish to continue asking questions. Otherwise, select Close. In the window that pops
up, select End Session.
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Delivery Options
These features allow you to change various aspects of the way in which questions are
delivered to students.
1. With the CPS window selected, choose Settings along the very top of your screen.
Then select Delivery Options. This can also be reached from the narrow “Engage”
toolbar by selecting Options there.
2. Information about each item is displayed to the far right as you mouse over the option
under “Helpful Information.”
Fast Grade Lesson
Requires a prepared answer key.
1. Click on the Lessons tab. Select the Database you wish to use.
2. Select the Tools button on the left, and select Fast Grade.... In the window that comes
up, name the lesson so that you can identify it later, and provide a description that will
help you to recognize it. Select OK when done.
3. This new window is where you select the correct responses to questions you have
already devised.
o MC2 through MC10 will be selected for any questions you want to be shown as
multiple choice. If there will be 4 options displayed, for example, simply click on
the button (A-D) that corresponds with what the correct answer choice is.
o If you wish to have a multiple choice question with multiple correct responses, go
to the “Multiple Correct” section and select if “Any” of the responses must be
accurate for the answer to be judged correct, or if “All” choices must be selected
in order to be correct. Then select a response as you would in a regular multiple
choice. That which you select will turn red, as opposed to blue, and you may
then select another correct response. When finished, select “Add” in the
“Multiple Correct” section to move on to the next question.
o There are also True/False and Yes/No options, next to MC2.
o For answers that will be a number value, click into the box under Properties titled
“Numeric” and type the correct answer. If you want to allow for a range of
answers, add a value into the field next to the “+/-.” This will display the student’s
response as correct if it falls within that range to either side of the actual answer.
When finished, select “Add” to move on to the next question.
o If you wish for your class to respond with a short textual response, click into the
box beneath MC2 and True/False, labeled “Short Answer.” Then type the correct
answer. Click “Add” to move onto the next question. NOTE: Typing with the
clickers is difficult and slow. It is advised that you keep short answer responses
from becoming wordy.
o For questions that require an answer sequence, such as order of events
questions, use the “Answer Sequence” box. Type in the correct order of
responses (such as: acbd), then select how many answer choices there were. In
the example of “acbd”, you would select AS4. In an example such as “bac”, you
would select AS3.
o The rubric question type will associate a rubric with a short answer or essay
question.
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Selecting “< Previous” in the bottom-left of the window will allow you to review the
answers you have entered, the selected choices appearing in red.
At the top where it says “Number of Questions“ it displays how many questions
have been entered thus far. Next to that where it says “Current Question:”
indicates which question you are currently on.
When finished, select “Save Lesson.”
Student Paced Mode
This mode allows for students to enter responses using their clickers at their own pace,
instead of as a whole or by using a single timer. Students will need a copy of the
assessment in front of them as the projector is meant to be turned off in this case.
1. Select the Lessons tab at the top, and navigate into the database under the “Lesson
Title” area. Find the lesson or test that you are going to engage, and select it so that it
appears dark blue. Select Engage near the top.
2. In the window that comes up, you can change the session title and session type, as well
as the class you wish to test.
3. You will then select Student Managed Assessment if you plan on grading the results,
or Student Managed Practice if it is a practice lesson. Then select Start.
4. At this point you should turn your projector off. There will also be a warning window that
opens up and reminds you of this. Select Ok on this window when the projector is no
longer displaying. The answers will be displayed on your screen, and leaving the
projector on will display this to all students.
5. A new grid-like window will appear titled “Instructor Feedback.” When ready to begin,
select Start. As students begin responding, their answers will appear in the spaces.
This window allows you to track the pace of students, how many questions they have
answered, the amount they have gotten correct, amount they have attempted, as well as
the battery level of each individual student’s response pad, indicated by the symbol
directly to the right of the students name. A blank space indicates an answer for that
question has yet to be received.
6. By selecting Options at the bottom, and selecting the box next to “Color Feedback” you
will be able to see on the grid correct responses as green, and incorrect responses as
red.
7. Students may go back and change their responses at any point up until you select End
to finish the assessment. When you are finished reviewing the responses received, you
may then select Close. The window will then close and bring you back to the main CPS
program window.
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Reports
These will be just a few of the many report options available in CPS. It may help you to
experiment with these after, as this section will give you the basic usability of the items, but
not the purpose and benefits of each report.
1. Select the Reports tab at the top right of the CPS DataBase window. you can change
the way that sessions are sorted in this section by left clicking the column headers such
as Session Title, Type, Date/Time, etc.
2. Select the session you would like to generate a report from, then select the Reports
icon.
3. A new window titled “CPS - Reporting” will open up. You may select all students in a
class, a single student, or a select group of students to generate a report for. You may
select a student and then hold down the “Command” key on your keyboard to select
others as well.
4. You may now choose the type of report you wish to view. Select it on the list to the lift,
such as “Instructor Summary” and then select Preview... in the bottom right.
5. A new window will appear with the type of report you selected.
a. The “-” and “+” signs next to the percentage at the top allow you to zoom in and
out.
b. The arrows to the right of that show the page number in the center, and allow
you to navigate between pages.
c. Also at the top is the option to print the report, or to export it in some other form
for later use.
6. When you are finished select Close. Then select Cancel on the CPS-Reporting tab.