# Designate an Instructor Remote

You may designate one remote as the instructor's remote for your own use in class. The instructor's remote controls polling and moves between slides in your presentation software, allowing you freedom to move around the room while conducting i>clicker polling sessions.

### To designate an instructor remote:

1. Click My Settings from the i>clicker Home Page.
2. Click the General tab and enter the instructor remote ID (located on the bottom of the back of your instructor remote) in the Instructor's Remote ID field.
3. Click Set for Course (recommended) or Set for Session.
4. You may now begin using the instructor remote to control polling and your presentation software. See the images below for a list of the instructor remote button functions.
Instructor remote button functions for i>clicker 1 and i>clicker 2 models

| TIP: Many teachers use the blue standard i>clicker remote as their instructor's remote. There are no technical differences between the blue i>clicker 1 instructor's remote and a white i>clicker 1 student remote. The color is designed to make it easier for you to keep track of your individual and loaner remotes. The i>clicker 2 instructor remotes, on the other hand, are designed specifically for use by instructors and cannot be used as student remotes.

| TIP: To use instructor remote to control your presentation software, the presentation software must be the "active" application on your computer screen. If i>clicker becomes the "active" program, click the presentation screen to make the presentation the "active" application again.