29 May, 2015, Advanced 0 Contents.OverviewTurningPoint Clickers are a type of and allows your students to digitally interact with your material in the classroom in the form of in-class polling questions. This tool is highly recommended for large lecture classes of 50 students or more. Each of your participants will need a clicker device (also called a Response Card) to answer various types of questions on the projector screen of a computer equipped with a USB receiver device and running the TurningPoint application.TurningPoint can also integrate directly into your Blackboard courses, allowing students to register their devices with their username so that you can score and upload their poll responses into your Grade Center.
TurningPoint app allows students to respond to interactive questions and is proven to increase retention, engage learners and allow instructors to immediately assess student understanding. Students can use web-enabled devices to participate and responses are collected in real-time where instructors can ensure content is resonating.
The Educational Technology Center can offer you support in the use of TurningPoint Clickers, and you can also borrow a set with 30 clicker devices and a receiver from. However, unless the students have access to a TurningPoint licenses, these devices will only be useful for anonymous polling.
The also has student clickers and instructor sets available for individual purchase, and the also has sets available for purchase.Setting Up Your AccountThe first thing to do as an instructor when setting up TurningPoint is to create an account. You can do this directly by going to webpageOnce you’ve gone through the account creation process, log into the, and select the Downloads tab on the left.Under TurningPoint Cloud, select “PC – Install” for Microsoft and “Mac – No Install” for Apple operating systems. Alternatively, you can work with the newly released TurningPoint 8. Both function the same, and feature only minor aesthetic changes. Just keep in mind that any poll created in TurningPoint 8 will be incompatible with TurningPoint Cloud.The TurningPoint Cloud ApplicationOnce you’ve installed and launched the application, you will be prompted to enter your account credentials once again.You will also be prompted to save your password or set up an offline password, which you may choose to do if you are on a private computer. Once logged in, you should see the following window.PowerPoint Polling will allow you to use PowerPoint to poll your participants. Anywhere Polling will launch TurningPoint’s native polling software, and Self-Paced Polling will do the same but allow students to participate over an extended period of time.
We will be covering PowerPoint Polling in the tutorial, but if you are interested in Anywhere Polling or Self-Paced Polling, you can view the tutorials on these services on the. To set up and run a PowerPoint Poll1. First, ensure that your USB receiver has been plugged in and recognized. To check this, make sure that there is a number underneath the Receiver indicator at the top of the application.2. Second, ensure that your clicker devices are set to the right channel.a.
To change the channel on the receiver, simply click the number underneath the receiver indicator and select a different channel number.b. To change the channel on the clicker, click Ch. And then type in your number and click Ch.
Channel 41 is the default, channels 1-82 are available. You should not need to change this unless there is another TurningPoint poll going on in the immediate vicinity.3. Click on PowerPoint® Polling. This should automatically launch PowerPoint. Open an existing presentation, or create a new one. There should now be a TurningPoint ribbon accessible along the top of PowerPoint.4. To add new polling questions to your presentation, see below.
Otherwise skip ahead to step 6.a. Click New from the TurningPoint ribbon/toolbar and select a question type (For this example, we will use Multiple Choice).b. This will create a new slide with a blank question and answer textbox, as well as a polling graphic.c. Type your desired question and up to 10 possible answer choices for multiple choice questions. Click away from the text box to make the polling graphic automatically reset to display the correct number of responses.5. To set correct answers (Optional)a. In the TurningPoint Cloud Slide Pane, click to expand Scoring Options and select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.b.
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Setting a correct answer automatically sets all other answer choices to incorrect, but if multiple answers are correct, then you can set them manually.c. Input the Correct Point Value to assign a number score.e. Add a Correct Answer Indicator to give participants a visual confirmation of the correct answer after polling has closedf. If you wish to have a countdown timer automatically close polling after a certain time, go to Objects and select Countdown. Selecting Object under TurningPoint Cloud Slide Pane will allow you to alter the time.7. If you have a participant list, you may load it in the Participants area.6.
Before running your PowerPoint Poll, you must Reset your presentation so that all the answers are zeroed.Conducting a PollLaunch your PowerPoint in presentation in Slide Show mode, and when you navigate to a slide with a TurningPoint polling question, you should see a bar appear at the top right. By default, polling opens to audience responses as soon as the slide is reached, but you can adjust this in the TurningPoint Cloud Sidebar Slide Pane.1. Advance your slides normally to proceed through each step.
Once you see Polling Open, participants may now begin using their clickers to submit number or letter answers to your polling question. The number of responses will increase with each submission from your audience.2. Advance your slide one step forward to stop polling.
This will display your poll results. Advance again to display your Correct Answer Indicator, if applicable. Advance again to proceed to the next slide.3.
To reset this poll question, click the green Reset button.4. At the conclusion of polling, if you want to save your results, click the black Save button in the TurningPoint banner to save the PowerPoint Poll as a unique session with that individual poll’s results captured.NOTE: You MUST save this as a unique session if you wish to upload the results to Blackboard.5. To conduct the poll for another group of participants, hit the Reset button again and start again in Slide Show mode.6. To export these results into a spreadsheet, selecting the Reports button in the TurningPoint banner will open up a pop up window that will allow you to save your results as either an XLS, CSV or HTML file.Blackboard IntegrationWith TurningPoint, you have the ability to use PowerPoint polls as graded assessments which can then be added to your Blackboard grade center. Setup For StudentsThis requires a few things first. Your students will each need a TurningPoint account. Students can go the webpage to set up their accounts, but in order to link these accounts to their Blackboard course, students MUST access their TurningPoint Account through the TurningPoint Account Registration Tool Link in your course.
You can set this up in your course by selecting Tools from a content area and choosing More Tools and then TurningPoint Account Registration. You can also set this up by selecting the + button at the top of your content menu, selecting Tool Link, and choosing TurningPoint Account Registration from the drop down list. Be sure to click the “Available to Users” box to let you students select the link. The link will automatically send your students to create a, which will allow them to either log in with their TurningPoint account, or create one with their Pitt email address.
Your students will each need a dedicated clicker device.
Important Announcement:1. TurningPoint Software Upgrade and Enterprise LicenseGeorgia Tech is upgrading its audience response system (clicker system) to the latest version, TurningPoint 8, for the fall 2017 semester. In addition, Georgia Tech purchases an enterprise license for TurningPoint, which will allow students to use TurningPoint app for free (you may still need to purchase a physica clicker device if required by your instructor).
Please do not purchase an individual license for using the clickers.2. Clicker Support Transitioned to OIT Digital Learning in Spring 2018Starting from Spring 2018, clicker support will be provided by the Digital Learning team at the Office of Information Technology(OIT). The Center for Teaching and Learning no longer offers the support.
If you need any assistance, please submit your request to [email protected] following FAQs may answer questions you may have about using clickers:I already own a clicker device. What do I need to do?You can continue using the clicker device. However, you need to register it in T-Square or Canvas, depending on which system your course will use.I don't have a clicker device.
Do I need to buy one?Please check your syllabus or communications from your instructors to see if they allow mobile devices in the class. If mobile devices are not allowed, you need to purchase one. The clicker is available at the Barnes & Noble Georgia Tech bookstore.Can I use the TurningPoint app on my mobile devices?Please check your syllabus or communications from your instructors to see if they allow mobile devices in the class. If yes, then you may go to the app store to download and use the 'TurningPoint' app. However, you should not purchase an individual license for using the app.Do I need to create an account in order to use the app?After you download and open the app, you will be asked to sign in. Use your Georgia Tech email to sign in and then you will be directed to the Georgia Tech login service page. Log in with your credentials.If I use a laptop, how can I participate in class polling?Go to and use your Georgia Tech email to sign in.
You will be directed to Georgia Tech login service page and then log in with your credentials.Do I need to register my clicker device?Yes, registration is required. Otherwise your responses from your clicker device in classes will not be identified.If I use TurningPoint app, do I need to register too?Yes, registration is required.
Otherwise your responses sent from the app in classes will not be identif ied. Since Georgia Tech has a site license, you don't need to enter any subscription code during the registration.How do I register? If your course uses T-SquareIf your course uses Canvas.
Log on to. Go to your course site. Select TurningPoint 8 on the left menu (If you don't see it as a menu option, please contact your instructor. Your instructor needs to activate the tool before you can register). Click on the link Press here to launch and you will be redirected to the site, student.turningtechnologies.com. If you use TurningPoint app, you don't need to enter anything.
What you need to do is click through the 3 steps to finish the registration. If you use a clicker device, enter your clicker ID, which can be found on the back of it at the bottom (e.g., Device ID: 0DB23C).
Please note that these three letters are not used in any device ID: O, I, and L (NO OIL). Continue to finish the registration. Log on to. Go to your course site. Select Modules on the left menu.
Click on Turning Technologies Account Registration (If you don't see it, please contact your instructor. Your instructor needs to activate the tool before you can register). Click on the link Launch Turning Technologies Account Registration and you will be redirected to the site, student.turningtechnologies.com. If you use TurningPoint app, you don't need to enter anything. What you need to do is click through the 3 steps to finish the registration. If you use a clicker device, enter your clicker ID, which can be found on the back of it at the bottom (e.g., Device ID: 0DB23C). Please note that these three letters are not used in any device ID: O, I, and L (NO OIL).
Continue to finish the registration.Clicker Purchase and Registration. TurningPoint has several clickers.
Which one should I buy?You may buy the ResponseCard NXT (device in white on the right).You may also buy a newer version of clickers, for example, QT2 Response Device (device in black on the right). It is also compatible with TurningPoint 8 software and its keypad is full-featured. Where can I buy the clicker?The clicker is available at the Barnes & Noble Georgia Tech bookstore. If I lose my clicker and buy another one, should I register the new one?Yes. You have to register your clicker before you use it in class. Is there a clicker specially designed for the visually impaired?Yes, is designed for the visually impaired.
The keypad contains all the features and functionality of a clicker, but with braille characters adjacent to the corresponding buttons. In addition, it includes a vibration motor that pulses when various actions occur.
If you can't find it in the bookstore, contact Turning Technologies for purchasing.Using Clickers in Classes. How do I know I'm correctly answering questions with my clicker?You need to be on the answering screen to respond to questions — and ensure that your answers are recorded by your instructor. For example, it can be easy to get confused and send an instant message or note instead. When you turn on your clicker, the default screen displays the following icons: channel indicator, battery life, back (to the previous screen), and toolbox.When you answer a question, the answer you enter is displayed in the center of the screen. Don't go to settings and select Send Message or Note to Leader. If you see an icon of a raised hand in the top center of your clicker display, you are in the wrong place. If you answer a question from this screen, it won't be recorded, and you won't get credit for your response.
To go to the correct screen, press the button on the top left side of your clicker until the hand icon disappears from the top and the wrench icon in the bottom right is no longer highlighted.Clicker Firmware. What firmware version is used in my clicker device?Some clickers with outdated firmware may not work when answering numeric questions. The latest version of clicker firmware is version 2.1.5. To check which version you have, do the following:.Turn on the device.Select the wrench tool by pressing the top right button on the clicker.Scroll using the right or left arrow until you see the Device Info function appear. Select this using the center button. You'll see your device ID number.Scroll right or left until you see your firmware version (for example: 1.0.1).How can I update my clicker firmware?. (Windows only.
The Mac updater cannot update the NXT device firmware.).Download the on how to update the firmware.Connect a mini USB cable to your clicker and computer, and follow the instructions to download.If you can't update the clicker firmware on your own computer, you may go to the Office of Information Technology Support Center (Room 215, Clough Commons) to update it. Office hours are 8 a.m. To 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.Help and Support. Is there a user guide for the clicker?Yes, there is a available for download. What can I do if I need additional assistance?Send your questions to.
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