iClicker Groups Student Guide
iClicker now supports group polling where you work with group members to discuss the question and decide on the best answer. Everyone in the group votes individually to build toward a group vote that automatically gets submitted once consensus (100% agreement) is reached. If consensus cannot be reached by the time polling ends and a majority vote (>50%) is also not achieved, the group receives a “No Response” for the question. Because the group vote is what gets recorded as the final vote for all members, it is important that everyone votes and that you convince your group members to vote for the right answer!
Note: If you use the iClicker Student app, make sure to update to the most recent version in order to use the Groups feature.
Finding Your Group
Once your instructor assigns you to a group, information about your group will appear on your course overview screen. Click the Group Members link to view the names of your group members.
You will also receive an in-app notification in the course notification center whenever you are assigned to a new group.
Answering a Group Poll
A group poll works a lot like any other iClicker multiple choice poll. When your instructor starts polling, the question image and answer choices will appear on your screen. With a group poll, however, you also see a results chart that shows how everyone in your group is voting. You can change your answer while polling is open and the chart updates in real time.
Discuss the question with your group to agree on the best answer and achieve consensus. Your group’s response is automatically submitted once all group members respond with the same answer.
If polling ends and consensus is not reached, your group vote will still be submitted if there is a majority vote with a single response receiving more than 50% of your group’s votes.
If neither consensus nor a majority vote is reached, no response is submitted for your group. No matter how you vote as an individual, all group members share the group’s vote as their final answer, including a No Response answer if consensus or majority vote isn’t reached. That’s why it’s important to get everyone to agree on the best response and make sure that everyone votes!
If you'd like to compare how your group voted with other groups in the class, toggle to the All Result tab after polling has ended.
Group Polling Scores
Working in a group means that the group’s submitted response is the response that gets recorded as your response, even if you voted differently within your group. If your instructor grades the group poll and awards points for correctness, your group’s response determines whether or not you will earn those points. If your instructor awards points just for responding, you’ll still earn those points based on your individual response rather than the group response.
The following table shows some scoring examples using a group of four students. Depending on how you and the other three students answer, this is how you would score on each question:
| Example Question 1 | Example Question 2 | Example Question 3 | Example Question 4 | Example Question 5 | Example Question 6 | Example Question 7 | |
| Correct answer | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
| Your answer | A | A | B | A | A | No Response | No Response |
| The rest of the group's answers | A, A, A (Consensus) | A, A, B (Majority Vote) | A, A, A | B, B, B | A, B, B | A, A, A | A, A, B |
| Group response | A | A | A | B | No Response | A | No Response |
| Do you get credit for the correct response? | Yes | Yes | Yes (You answered incorrectly but your group answered correctly by majority vote) | No (You answered correctly but your group answered incorrectly by majority vote) | No (You answered correctly but your group did not reach a majority vote) | Yes (You didn't answer but your group reached the correct answer by majority vote) | No (You didn't answer and your group did not reach a majority vote) |
| Do you get credit for responding (participation)? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |