5 - For Administrators

# Managing Default Settings

By managing the default settings, administrators can create campus-specific preferences that will display to all instructors using i>clicker on that campus. The default settings feature is most commonly used to establish a default course management system and enter a campus web/security code for locally hosted i>clicker registration that will be distributed to all faculty.

### To manage the default settings:

1. Open i>clicker (if you haven't already done so) and Add a Course using a generic course name (e.g., Sample Cal State Course-101-001).
2. Open the course that you just created by highlighting the new course and clicking Choose.
3. Click My Settings.
4. Change the My Settings options to whatever settings you would like instructors to inheret when they create new courses in i>clicker. (Example: add your campus-specific URL or code into the Server URL field if you are hosting registration locally rather than using the national i>clicker registration site.)
5. Click Set for Course when you are finished managing your campus default settings.
6. Close i>clicker.
7. Copy the file Config.csv from the Session Data folder within your course folder (e.g., iclicker Win\Classes\Sample Cal State Course-101-001\Session Data).
8. Paste the Config.csv file into the iclicker Win\Resources or iclicker Mac:Resources folder.
9. From within the Resources folder, rename the Config.csv file to Seed_Config.csv.
10. (Optional) Delete the generic course folder that you created (e.g., iclicker Win\Classes\Sample Cal State Course-101-001).
11. Distribute the iclicker Win or iclicker Mac folder--that now contains the Seed_Config.csv file--to your campus faculty. You may also post it on your web site.
    Once you’ve taken the above steps, your default campus settings will be applied to all new classes. Instructors will still have the option to manage their own settings by changing the settings for their classes in My Settings. You can remove the default settings at any time by deleting the Seed_Config.csv file.

| NOTE: You cannot create default settings for the Course Name and Instructor Remote fields. Instructors must enter the data for these fields themselves.