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Connecting the CPS Bookstore Model to myWPI

Note

These instructions are for faculty using the CPS Bookstore Model. If you borrowed a CPS kit from the ATC, these instructions do not apply.

Setting up CPS in myWPI

  1. Access your myWPI course site and select the Course Tools link.
  2. Select CPS Connection.
  3. Select the “Register Class” button.
  4. Enter in your course end-date and fill in the information for a new user.
  5. WPI’s Instructor Setup code is “WPI65489” (without the quotes).
  6. When you have finished setting up a new account, scroll to the bottom and select the Register Class button.
  7. You will get a confirmation that the class has been set up for CPS. Click the Finish Registration button.
  8. Your students will now be able to activate their clickers through myWPI. They will do this by accessing the CPS Connection button through Course Tools as well. Instructions for students can be found here.

Establishing the Link between the CPS Software and myWPI

Tip

You should establish the CPS-myWPI link from the computer you will be engaging CPS questions from such as an E-Classroom computer, a laptop, or a lab computer.

  1. Run the CPS software by going to Start > All Programs > CPS CPS."
  2. Create a new database or open an existing CPS database.
  3. From the Prepare tab, click the Classes & Students button.
  4. Select the Import button. The CPS-Import Class Wizard window will open.
  5. Select Blackboard as your input source in the first page of the wizard and select Next.
  6. When prompted, enter your CPSOnline account information. You created a CPSOnline account when you activated CPS within your myWPI course site.
  7. Select WPI from the drop-down menu and click Next.
  8. Select the name of your course in the next screen and click Next.
  9. CPSOnline will connect with myWPI to import the list of students who have registered their clickers. You can click Done once this process has completed.
  10. Your class roster should now show up under the Classes tab in CPS.

Engaging a CPS Bookstore Lesson

Tip

It is a good idea to check to make sure you have properly set up the system and detected the CPS receiver prior to engaging your lesson. See Setting up the CPS in the Classroom for information on how to do this.

  1. After you have successfully detected your CPS receiver and opened your class database, click the Engage tab.
  2. Select the checkbox next to the lesson you wish to Engage, or use in your class.
  3. Check that the Title and the lesson Type (e.g. quiz, participation, etc.) are accurate.
  4. Your class should automatically show up in the Class dropdown box.
  5. Click the Advanced button and designate the total number of points possible. This information is uploaded into your myWPI gradebook as the "maximum" points.
  6. Check the box next to Include in Gradebook and click OK.

    Note

    You must check Include in Gradebook if you plan to upload the lesson scores to myWPI.

  7. Click the Engage Teach button.
  8. A CPS - Join window will appear. Students who have activated their clickers in myWPI should follow the instructions from this window to get their clickers ready for your lesson.
  9. CPS will minimize itself to a small toolbar located either at the top or bottom of your screen.
  10. You can begin class.
  11. When you are ready to pose a question to your students, select either the Questions button and locate your question, or select Next if you created your questions in the order you will be delivering them.
  12. Your question will appear on the screen with the possible answer choices.
  13. Select the Start button at the bottom of the question window to allow the system to begin accepting student answers from their response pads.
  14. A Ballot Grid window will appear with your class response pad range in boxes. Students can now begin responding to your verbal question.
  15. When you are ready to stop accepting answers, click the End button at the bottom of the question window.
  16. Results will display. To customize results, please skip to the next section on Customizing the Display Results in Lecture.
  17. When you are finished discussing the results, select the Close button to end that question. CPS will remain minimized as a tool-bar so that you can access the rest of your Lesson questions when you are ready to do so in your lecture.
  18. When you are finished with your questions, or are at the end of class, select Close from the CPS toolbar.

Exporting Graded Sessions to myWPI from the CPS Software

  1. After you have ended a CPS session and are back in the main CPS application window, select the Reports tab.
  2. Locate the lesson that you wish to upload and select it. Newer lessons are towards the top of the list.
  3. Select the Upload button. The CPS software will sync with myWPI.
  4. Log in to myWPI to ensure that the session appears in the gradebook.
  5. Students will now be able to see their scores in myWPI.

    6. Note

    If you forget to upload a lesson in to myWPI, the CPS Software will save the report so you can do it the next time you log into that PC and start up the CPS Software.

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