American Constitutional Development

PSC 2302-03, MWF 10:10-11:00 AM, Draper 337

PSC 2302-05, MWF 12:20-1:10 PM, Draper 337
PSC 2302-06, MWF 1:25-2:15, Draper 337
(Include your section # - 3, 5, or 6 - on all correspondence and assignments.)

Instructor: Rebecca McCumbers Flavin Phone: (254) 710-6052

E-mail: Rebecca_Flavin@baylor.edu Office: Draper 322

Office Hours: Monday & Friday 2:30-5:00 PM; Wednesday 5:30-6:30 PM; and by appointment.
To schedule an appointment, send an email with your availability (days of the week and times).

Teaching Assistant: Brenna Gallagher: Brenna_Gallagher@baylor.edu

Course Description and Goals

This course will examine the creation and development of the United States Constitution. It will
explore the theory of constitutionalism, the institutional structures that provide a framework for
our government, and the rights and responsibilities established by the Constitution. The focus
of the course will be the study of important themes in the development of the U.S. Constitution
and specific Supreme Court Cases that illustrate these themes.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

 Identify and discuss the major influences on the formation of the U.S. Constitution;
identify and discuss the components of the U.S. Constitution; and identify and discuss
major Supreme Court decisions that have determined how this document is to be
interpreted.
 Explain how the Constitution has changed over time, and interpret the significance of
landmark Supreme Court cases within the broader context of the development of the
Constitution.
 Make cogent arguments regarding how the legal precedents we study potentially bear
upon the resolution of current constitutional controversies.

Required Course Materials

All reading assignments and study guides will be paginated using the editions listed below.
There are differences between the newest and earlier editions.

1. Curry, Riley, and Battistoni. Constitutional Government: The American Experience, 8th Ed.,
ISBN: 978-07575-9064-1 (listed as “CG” in your course schedule below).

2. Dorf, ed. Constitutional Law Stories, 2nd edition. ISBN: 978-1-59941-169-9.

3. Turning Technologies “clicker” (visit www.turningtechnologies.com for information about

this device): ANY model will work for this course; however, it must be a Turning Technologies
brand clicker. Because your clicker is integrated with Blackboard, you can register only one
clicker serial number at a time. Thus, if you’re using this brand in more than one class, you
should buy only one clicker and get the most advanced version you need. Clicker
“troubleshooting” can be found at the end of this syllabus in Appendix 1 and on the Turning
Technologies website. Read this information closely before contacting the professor with
questions about the clickers.

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Additional readings
1. Library E-reserve: From Blackboard, click on ‘Tools,’ and in this menu, click on the ‘Library
Reserves’ link. From there, choose the link for this course and the title of the reading designated
for a particular day.
2. E-documents: located in Course Documents folder on Blackboard.
3. Online: links available in External Links section on Blackboard

Assignments
1. Quizzes:
There will be regular in-class quizzes (one per week average), both announced and
unannounced, and these will comprise 20% of your final grade. The quizzes will typically feature
five short multiple choice or true/false questions taken from your reading assignment for that
day, and answers will be recorded using your “clicker”. Thus, you need to complete the
assigned reading before class. Reading study guides will be posted on Blackboard in the
“course documents” folder at least 24 hours prior to each class; the quiz questions will be drawn
from material on these guides.

Other quiz formats I will use on occasion include online in Blackboard or using the IF-AT forms
(see the exam section below for information about this format). When these alternate formats
are used, there will be 5-10 questions, and I will give you plenty of advance notice in class.

In-class quizzes and attendance will be registered using your “clicker”. Thus, you should always
bring your clicker to class. If your clicker malfunctions pre or mid-quiz, you will need to
record your answers on a piece of paper and give them to the instructor immediately upon
conclusion of the quiz. You will need to demonstrate that you do, indeed, have your clicker with
you after class to get credit for the quiz, and you should write your clicker response device ID
number on the answer sheet. It is expected that you will get your clicker repaired by the
following class period.

No make-up quizzes will be given. Should you miss the quiz due to unexcused absence,
tardiness, leaving class early, or forgetting your clicker, you will receive a zero. However, for
those who have a documented, University-recognized excused absence (e.g. athletics, death in
immediate family, personal illness), the missed quiz will be dropped and counted neither for nor
against you. You must provide appropriate documentation to the instructor to prove that the
absence is excused, and until you do so, the quiz will be registered as a zero in the grade book.

Quizzes will be assigned grades using the following scales:

5 question quiz 10 question quiz
5 correct = 100% 10 correct = 100%
4 correct = 85% 9 correct = 90%
3 correct = 75% 8 correct = 80%
2 correct = 65% 7 correct = 70%
1 correct = 55% 6 correct = 60%, etc.
0 correct = 10% 0 correct = 5%
Absent = 0% Absent = 0%

Each student will have his/her three lowest quiz grades dropped at the end of the
semester; this includes any zeros you may have accumulated due to unexcused absences or
forgotten clickers.

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2. Three Unit Exams and a Final exam:
There will be three unit exams, each worth 15% of your final grade; these exams will not be
cumulative. The final examination will account for 25% of your final grade. Part of the material
for the final exam will be from the fourth unit, and the rest of the final exam will be cumulative
material. A study guide for the cumulative section will be posted on Blackboard in the “course
documents” section a least one week in advance of the exam.

Each exam will feature a combination of multiple choice case identifications as well as multiple
choice and true/false questions similar to those appearing on your quizzes. There will also be
short, written case identification questions. The list of cases for both ID sections of the exam will
be posted on Blackboard in the “course documents” section one week before each exam. The
first study guide will explain in detail the exam format and include sample questions to guide
your study. To prepare for the multiple choice and true/false questions, review the reading study
guides and lecture notes.

The first exam in many courses is often the most difficult because in subsequent exams, you
know what to expect. Taking this into account, for our first unit exam, we will utilize the
“Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique” (IF-AT) for the multiple choice and true/false
sections of the exam. IF-AT uses “scratch off” cards for multiple choice and true-false questions,
enabling you to know immediately whether or not you have chosen the correct answer for a
particular question. This testing format will also enable you to receive “partial credit” for
multiple-choice questions if you do not choose the correct answer on the first try. The remaining
two unit exams and final exam will utilize “scantron” for the multiple choice and true/false
sections of the exam.

Make-up exams will be permitted only if you have a University-recognized excused absence. For
absences due to school related-activities such as athletics, choir, etc. you must notify the
instructor in advance of the exam and make arrangements for a make-up exam. For other
excused absences (serious personal illness or death in immediate family), you should give as
much advance notice as possible. Your make-up exam will be taken on or before the next
scheduled class day for our course; exceptions to this rule will be granted only in rare
circumstances. Make-up exams can be taken during regular business hours, Monday through
Friday, in 300 Burleson – the Political Science Department Office. For all excused absences,
you will be expected to provide documentation, and your grade will be recorded as a zero until
such documentation is provided to the instructor.

3. News Journal and Reflection

Each student will select a current political issue relevant to the study of American Constitutional
Development and keep a news journal – a collection of articles on the issue that have been
published between January 1, 2011 – November 20, 2011. You will write a 500 word (appx. 2
pages) reflection essay on the issue in which you discuss the topic and the constitutional issues it
raises. A detailed guide for this assignment including suggestions for topics will be posted on
Blackboard by September 9, 2011. The reflection essay and bibliography of your news journal
sources will be due in-class on Monday, November 21, 2011. Common sense advice – don’t
save this assignment until the last minute!!

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How you will be evaluated
Grade summary Grading Scale
Unit 1 exam (Sept. 19) 15% A 90-100
Unit 2 exam (Oct. 21) 15% B+ 87-89.99
Unit 3 exam (Nov. 16) 15% B 80-86.99
Final exam (Dec. 9, 12 or 13) 25% C+ 77-79.99
News Journal (Nov. 21) 10% C 70-76.99
Quizzes 20% D 60-69.99
Total 100% F 59.99 or less

Note that individual requests for “rounding up” grades will not be acknowledged. Regardless of
where the cut-off points are drawn for letter grades, there will always be borderline grades. To
be fair to everyone, I make these cut-off points clear in the syllabus.

Bonus points opportunities are not guaranteed, but if they are offered, they will be given at the
discretion of the instructor and will be extended to the entire class. No individual requests for
bonus points assignments will be granted.

Additional information & policies

1. Attendance:
Attendance is expected, not rewarded. The College of Arts and Sciences Attendance Policy
states:

“To earn course credit in the College of Arts and Sciences, a student must attend at least
75% of all scheduled class meetings. Any student who does not meet this minimal
standard will automatically receive a grade of “F” in the course. Any University-
related activity necessitating an absence from class shall count as an absence when
determining whether a student has attended the required 75% of class meetings.

In addition to the College of Arts and Sciences Attendance Policy, faculty and students
will be guided by the University Attendance Policy in the Undergraduate Catalogue.
Furthermore, departments and individual faculty members may establish more
stringent requirements regarding attendance, punctuality, and participation.

All attendance requirements and penalties for excessive absences will be set forth in the
syllabus for each course.

This policy is effective May 16, 2011.

Office of the Dean
College of Arts and Sciences”

Thus, any student who misses more than 25% of the scheduled class meetings (10 for this class)
will automatically fail the course. This includes both excused and unexcused absences. I enforce
this rule.

For this class there is an additional attendance policy: if you exceed five absences (any
combination of excused or unexcused), your final semester grade will be lowered by one point
for each subsequent unexcused absence you accumulate. Subsequent excused absences will not
incur a penalty, unless you exceed 10 total absences – automatic failure for the course.

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It is your responsibility to keep track of the number of absences you have, and you can check
your attendance and quiz score records in the grade center on Blackboard at any time. How to
interpret your attendance record:

 Non-quiz days: If a “-” appears in a non-quiz day column in the grade center, this means
that your clicker did not register a signal, and you were charged with an unexcused
absence. Any other symbol (e.g. o, 1, 2, p, e) means you were counted present or had an
excused absence. Any numbers appearing in the columns are irrelevant to your grade;
they simply indicate your answer to the polls/practice questions I will use to take
attendance.

 Quiz-days: a zero indicates you were charged with an unexcused absence. A “-” will
appear in the column when you have an excused absence, meaning this quiz grade will be
automatically dropped when the quiz average is calculated. Again, if you have an excused
absence, the quiz will be recorded as a zero until proper documentation is provided.

I will group like columns together in the Blackboard grade book to eliminate confusion that may
result from a “-” or zero meaning different things for each group. On the rare occasion that your
clicker malfunctions and you are counted absent by mistake, you must notify the instructor on
or before the next scheduled class period. Thus, it is your responsibility to confirm whether or
not your clicker is working, not the instructor’s.

2. Classroom comportment:
To ensure an environment of mutual respect and optimal learning:
 Be prepared promptly when class starts and prepare to stay until the end of class. If you
are tardy or leave class early, you may miss the roll call/quiz. Plus, it is distracting to
others when you arrive late or leave early.
 You may not use a laptop, ipad, iphone or any other electronic device for note-taking in
this class. Electronic devices and their power cords present a potentially dangerous
obstruction should we need to exit class quickly due to a fire or other emergency.
Exceptions will be granted to this rule only for those with documented medical
conditions/OALA accommodations that require typed notes.
 During quizzes, no talking will be permitted, and all books and notes should be put away.
If you fail to abide by this rule, you will receive a zero for the day’s quiz.
 No talking or being disruptive during class. If you fail to be respectful to your peers by
talking/being noisy, you will be asked to leave the classroom and will be counted absent
(unexcused) for the day.
 To succeed in this course, you will need to attend and be attentive in class. If you need to
nap, read for another course during class, etc., you should stay home. You will sleep and
study better there. I reserve the right to count you absent if you are in class but not
“present”.
 No texting or use of cell phones during class.
 Finally, bring the day’s readings to class so that you can make annotations on them that
will be helpful when you study.

3. E-mail policy:
I welcome your emailed questions, and I will do my best to respond within 24 hours (excluding
Sundays). If several students ask the same question, I will post answers to those commonly
asked questions about course material on Blackboard and direct you there. However, please do
not email questions inquiring about issues clearly spelled out in the syllabus, reading schedule
or Blackboard grade center (e.g. What is our assignment for tomorrow? When is X assignment

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due? How many absences do I have?). If you don’t understand the syllabus, I’ll be happy to
provide clarification. If you lose your hard copy, the syllabus and updated reading schedule will
always be available in electronic format on Blackboard.

To help us better help you, when you email us with questions about course material, be as
detailed as possible. Don’t simply say, “I don’t understand Marbury v. Madison.” Instead, be
specific, like this: “I understand that Marbury involves a writ of mandamus, but I have no idea
what this writ is. I think it is . . . . . (and explain what you think).”

4. Study guides and tips

To do well attend class, take good notes, and complete the study guides for your daily reading.
These guides are not collected for a grade, and I encourage you to work on them in study groups
if you are a student who benefits from collaborative learning. However, the study guides will be
unhelpful if you don’t understand the context of the question; thus, simply getting the answers
from another student will not provide adequate preparation for quizzes or exams. You need to
read the text on your own, attend class, and study your class notes. The material is challenging
and dense. You may need to read some assignments more than once to fully understand them.

5. Honor code:
Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated, and infractions will be punished with the maximum
severity allowed by the University honor code policy. This applies to every assignment,
including quizzes. For example, sharing knowledge of quiz or test answers with students in
another section constitutes cheating as would attempting to use your study guide during a quiz
or test or bringing another student’s clicker to class and recording answers for him/her.

For information about the honor code, visit: http://www.baylor.edu/honorcode/. If you have
any questions about academic dishonesty, do not hesitate to ask the instructor. Ignorance of
honor code rules will not be accepted as an excuse.

6. Disability services:
Any student who needs learning accommodations should inform the instructor by the end of the
second week of class. The student is responsible for obtaining appropriate documentation and
information regarding needed accommodations from the Baylor University Office of Access and
Learning Accommodation (OALA) and providing it to the professor early in the semester (visit
their website for more information: http://www.baylor.edu/oala/). The OALA phone number is
(254) 710-3605, and the office is in Paul L. Foster Success Center - Sid Richardson - Room 190.

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 Tentative Schedule of Readings and Assignments
Note: This schedule is subject to change depending upon class progress. Amendments to the
schedule will be posted on Blackboard (file name: “updated reading schedule” in the Course
Documents folder – it will always be the first document listed). You are responsible for being
aware of these changes. Your reading study guides will indicate pages you should read closely
vs. ones you can skim. Assignments and readings should be completed before class on the
day they are listed. Those readings listed in the “recommended” section are supplementary
and optional. The reading load for this course is heavy but fair; if you fall behind on reading,
you will suffer come exam time.

CG = Constitutional Government: The American Experience

CS = Constitutional Law Stories
ER = Electronic Library Reserve (From Blackboard, click on ‘Tools,’ and in this menu, click on
the ‘Library Reserves’ link. From there, choose the link for this course and the title of the
reading designated for a particular day.)
W = Web – link provided in “External links” on Blackboard
BB = Blackboard – Course Documents folder

Date Assignments
Unit 1: Recommended: W “Man a passionate defender of what he
Constitutionalism and believes the Constitution to be” and “The Tea Party and the
the US Founding Constitution”

M 8/22
W 8/24 Read: The syllabus; CG Chapter 1 (focus on pages 3-5, 11-12,
14-20; skim the rest)

Begin reading: The U.S. Constitution (available in CG

Appendix or online)

Recommended: W “Constitutions around the world”

F 8/26 Quiz #1 in class: This quiz will be on syllabus policies –
intended to be a grade booster/practice for clickers. Hint: be
familiar with the attendance policy, how attendance/quizzes
are graded. [Future quizzes will cover the assigned readings
for that class day.]

Read: ER “The Story of DeShaney v Winnebago” (focus on

pages 185-193, 201-209)

Recommended: CG Chapter 3 pages 55-68

M 8/29 Read: CG Chapter 2 pages 29-36; W Declaration of
Quiz #2 – pop quiz on any Independence
day this week
W 8/31 Read: CG Chapter 2 pages 36-45; BB Unit 1 folder
handouts “Articles of Confederation Chart” and “side-by-side
comparison of VA & NJ Plans”

Recommended: W Articles of Confederation

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F 9/2 CG Chapter 2 pages 45-51; W The Federalist Papers #51

Recommended reading: W Centinel #1/Anti-federalist

writings
M 9/5 – no class Labor Day – University Holiday
W 9/7 Read: CG Chapter 4 pages 90-96; CS Chapter 1 (this is a
longer reading – it will be your assignment for the week)

Recommended: CG Chapter 3 pages 55-68

F 9/9 Quiz #3

Read: Finish reading Wednesday’s assignment

M 9/12 Read: CG Chapter 7 pages 155-166; CS Chapter 2
W 9/14 Quiz #4

Read: Finish reading Wednesday’s assignment

F 9/16 Read: ER You Decide, Chapter 1 “Deciding on the
Constitution’s Meaning”

Catch-up & Exam Review

M 9/19 Exam #1

Unit 2: Separation of Read: CG Chapter 5 pages 101-122

Powers and Checks
and Balances Recommended: ER selection from Presidential Power Stories
W 9/21 (Curtiss-Wright or Youngstown)
F 9/23 Read: CS Chapter 7 “The Story of Korematsu”

In class: Documentary “Of Civil Wrongs and Rights – The

Fred Korematsu Story”; print and bring to class the study
guide for the film to fill out during the film

Out of class: Blackboard Quiz #5 on the Korematsu

documentary on Blackboard anytime after class until 11:59 PM
on Sunday 9/25
M 9/26 Read: CG Chapter 5 pages 122-124 and Chapter 6 pages 133-
154
W 9/28 Read: CG Chapter 5 pages 124-131; CS Chapter 15 “The Story
of the Guantanamo Cases”
F 9/30 Read: CG Chapter 8 pages 175-195
M 10/3 Read: CS Chapter 9 “The Story of Lochner v. New York”
W 10/5 Read: CG Chapter 9 pages 199-217; CS Chapter 6 “The Story
of Plessy v. Ferguson”
F 10/7 Read: finish Wednesday’s assignment

Recommended: ER “The Story of Brown v. Board of

Education”
M 10/10 Read: CG Chapter 9 pages 217-228; 223-228

Recommended: CS Chapter 8 “The Story of Baker v. Carr”

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W 10/12 Read: CG Chapter 10 pages 229-257
F 10/14 – no class Fall Break
M 10/17 Read: Finish assignment from 10/12; CS Chapter 4 “The Story
of Bush v. Gore”

Recommended: W “Contemporary Application of Loving v.

Virginia”
W 10/19 Read: finish assignment from 10/17

F 10/21 Exam #2

Unit #3: Fundamental Read: CG Chapter 11 pages 259-280

Rights
M 10/24
W 10/26 Read: CG Chapter 11 pages 280-289; CS Chapter 10 “The
Story of Roe v. Wade”
F 10/28 Read: CG Chapter 11 pages 289-292; ER You Decide, Chapter
4 “Civil Rights: California’s Proposition 8 Barring Gay
Marriages”

Recommended: W “Incest in the 21st Century”

M 10/31 Read: CG Chapter 14 pages 345-360
W 11/2 CG Chapter 14 pages 360-366; Chapter 15 pages 367-373 &
381-386

Recommended CG pages 373-380

F 11/4 Read: CG Chapter 16 pages 387-396; Chapter 17 pages 409-
421

Recommended CG pages 396-408; 422-434

M 11/7 CG Chapter 18 pages 435-447; CS Chapter 13 “The Story of Al
Smith”; W “The Religious Freedom and Restoration Act”

Recommended: CS Chapter 14 “The Story of City of Boerne v.

Flores”
W 11/9 CG Chapter 18 pages 447-459
F 11/11 Read: CG Chapter 18 pages 459-470
M 11/14 Read: finish reading CG Chapter 18

W 11/16 Exam #3

Unit #4 Rights of the Review: CG Chapter 11 pages 270-273

Accused
F 11/18 Read: CG Chapter 13 pages 317-331

In class: Film “Gideon’s Trumpet” – part 1; print and bring to

class the study guide for the film to complete during the film
M 11/21 Due in-class: News Journal

Read: Finish Friday’s assignment

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 In class: Film “Gideon’s Trumpet” – part 2; print and bring to
class the study guide for the film to complete during the film

Out of class: Blackboard Quiz on the film anytime after class

until 11:59 PM on Sunday 11/27
W 11/23 & F 11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday – no class
M 11/28 Read: CG Chapter 13 pages 331-343

Recommended: W “The Notion of a Living Constitution”

W 11/30 Read: CG Chapter 12 pages 293-308
F 12/2 Read: CG Chapter 12 pages 308-315
M 12/5 Wrap-up & Exam Review

Recommended: W “Scalia on Interpretation”

Week 16: Dead Final Exam
Week/Exams Section 6: Friday, December 9, 9-11 AM
Section 3: Monday, December 12, 9-11 AM
Section 5: Tuesday, December 13, 9-11 AM

Note:
1. You must take your exam at the appointed time – e.g. if
you’re scheduled for the Friday exam, you may not wait to take
it with the other sections on Monday or Tuesday.
2. Any exam conflicts must be resolved with the instructor by
November 21; no requests for exams at alternate times will
be approved or scheduled after this date.
3. Final exam grades will not be posted on Blackboard until
every section has completed the exam.

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 Appendix 1: FAQ’s about Clickers

Q. I have a clicker, but it’s not a “Turning Technologies” brand clicker. Will it still work?
A. No. Only “Turning Technologies” clickers will work for this class. Your answers are
recorded via a tuning device that will pick up “Turning Technologies” clickers only.

Q. How do I register my clicker?

A. Follow these steps:
1. Log on to your Blackboard account.
2. Select the course for which you would like to register your response pad (i.e. PSC 2302).
3. Click on the ‘Tools’ link in the left-side navigation menu.

4. Click on ‘Turning Point Registration Tool: TurningPoint Registration Tool

5. Enter your Response Device ID within the space provided.

 To locate your Response Device ID, see the back of your remote and enter the characters directly
below the bar code
 Confirm the Response Device ID in the space provided below your original entry.
6. Click ‘Submit’. The system associates the Response Device ID with your name and Blackboard ID. Upon
completion, you’ll notice your currently registered Response Device ID at the bottom of the screen in the
grey area.
7. You are finished. Don’t forget to bring your clicker to class every day.
8. If you have any questions or concerns, call the Turning Technologies technical support line at 866-746-
3015 between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. CST M-F. They will be very helpful. You may also contact Nils
Holgersson at Baylor ext 1738.

Q. I am using a Turning Technologies clicker in my Business, Math, etc. class, too. Do I

need to buy multiple clickers?
A. No. In fact, if you try to use multiple clickers, you will see that you can register only
one clicker ID at a time. If you register a second clicker, it will erase the first one and
replace the ID with the latest one entered. As a result, your clicker will not match up
with your Blackboard ID for this class, and you will be counted absent, receive zeroes on
quizzes, etc. Thus, you should purchase only one Turning Technologies clicker
and get the most sophisticated model you need (I’ve ordered the cheapest/most simple
model for this class).

Q. My clicker was lost/stolen, and I got a new one. What should I do?
A. If you change to a different clicker mid-semester, you will need to notify your
instructor so that he/she knows to generate a new class roster with your new clicker ID.
Otherwise, your responses will not be matched to your Bear ID, and you will not get
credit for attendance/quiz answers until the roster change is made.

Q. How do I know if my quiz answers or attendance were recorded after a quiz?

A. Check the grade book in Blackboard.
 For non-quiz days: If there is a “-” in the column, you were counted absent.
 For quiz days: If there is a “-”, this means you have an excused absence. If there is
a 0%, this means you were charged with an unexcused absence.

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Q. How do I know if my answer was recorded during the quiz?
A. When you enter your response, the light will flash yellow, meaning your answer is
being sent. A green light indicates your response was received.

Q. I accidentally entered the wrong answer/changed my mind. Can I change my

answer?
A. As long as “polling” is still open for the particular question, you may change your
answer. The system will record only the last answer entered before polling closes.

Q. When I try to input my quiz answer, I get a yellow or red light. What’s wrong?
A. There could be a few problems, or there may not be a problem at all.
 If the yellow light is flashing multiple times, this means your answer is being
sent. There’s no problem.
 If it’s a single yellow flash or a red light of any sort, check to be sure you are on
the right channel and that “polling” is open. Both of these can be determined by
looking at the screen in your classroom. The channel will be posted in a box at the
bottom of the PowerPoint slide. Each classroom uses a different channel, so you
will need to be sure to check that you have the correct channel at the start of each
class. For polling, look in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to see if
polling is open or closed. If polling is closed, that means you cannot enter a
response yet, or you are too late to enter a response. A red light at any point
means your answer wasn’t recorded.
 If it’s a red light, and none of the above has solved the problem, this means your
answer wasn’t recorded, and there’s some kind of equipment failure. Make a hard
copy of your quiz answers for the remainder of the quiz (see the quiz section of
the syllabus for instructions). To “fix” your clicker, follow the instructions below.

Question still not answered?

While your instructor is very familiar with the clickers, she is not a tech-support guru
and cannot “fix” your clicker. Most clicker issues are the result of user errors outlined
above; however, on the rare occasion your clicker is malfunctioning for some other
reason, you need to contact:
1. Nils Holgersson, Academic Consultant - Electronic Library - Classroom Technology
Services, (254) 710-1738
2. Turning Technologies technical support line at 866-746-3015 between 6 a.m. and
8 p.m. CST M-F.

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