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Answering text answer questions

Students can answer text questions using the following buttons on their clickers:

English keypad Russian keypad
Alphanumeric keys

Responding to text answer questions on a SMART Response PE clicker is similar to texting on a cell phone.

Example 

To respond “iron”, a student would do the following:

English keypad:

  1. Press4 button three times to enter i.

  2. Press7 button three times to enter r.

  3. Press6 button three times to enter o.

  4. Press6 button two times to enter n.

Russian keypad (железо):

  1. Press4 button three times to enter ж.

  2. Press7 button two times to enter е.

  3. Press6 button four times to enter л.

  4. Press7 button two times to enter е.

  5. Press6 button four times to enter з.

  6. Press6 button three times to enter о.

Important 

Text answers are case sensitive. If the only acceptable answer to a text answer question is “Iron”, students must enter “Iron” and not “iron” or “IRON”.

To change to uppercase, students press ± (Shift) buttonon their clickers.

ClosedTo enter a space

ClosedTo make a change 

  1. Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor to the character you want to change.

  2. Press the Delete button to delete the character.

  3. Enter a new character.