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Answering Questions – XR Clickers
Clickers are designed to allow students to electronically respond to questions posed by an
instructor. Since that is the purpose of these devices it is paramount that the user knows how to
perform this task.
There are several different types of questions that may be asked. The steps needed to answer
each type will be explained below.
NOTE: Before you can attempt to answer any questions the instructor has to open polling. If this
is not open you will see a message indicating that on the screen of your clicker.
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Multiple Choice Answers
Multiple choice questions provide the user with as few as two, or as many as ten, possible
responses to a question. Of those choices the user must pick one. This type of question is the
easiest to answer on the XR clicker.
1.
Press the letter corresponding to the response that you feel is correct. The answer will
automatically be received as soon as you press that button.
NOTE: If polling is still open you may change your answer by pressing a different letter. You can
do this as many times as you like until polling closes.
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Numeric Responses
Numeric response questions allow you to type in an answer of up to 14 characters. These
characters can be numbers, as well as the addition sign, subtraction sign, and the decimal point.
1. To respond to the numeric question press the Ans Mode button. This will remove the
alphabet bar leaving only numeric responses possible.
2. Press the numbers corresponding to the answer.
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3. Press Enter.
NOTE: While polling is open you may change your answer as many times as you would like. To
change your response, repeat the above process.
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Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
When answering a fill-in-the-blank question the response may require alphabetic characters as
well as numeric characters. As with the numeric responses you are only allowed 14 characters.
1. Use the Ans Mode button to switch between the alphabet and numeric modes.
NOTE: You may change modes at any time within your response by pressing that
button.
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2. If you are in the alphabet mode you will need to type in your 14 character response
using the 1/A and 3/C buttons to toggle back and forth between letters.
If you are in the numeric mode you will type in your response by simply pressing the
keys you wish.
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3. After you have typed your response press Enter.
NOTE: Repeat the above process to change your answer. You can change your answer as
many times as you would like while polling is open.
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