Instructional and assessment delivery for engagement and student feedback.

Before class

Prep

Quick Tutorial Videos

• Adding interactive slides in Windows (90 seconds)
• Adding interactive slides for Mac (93 seconds) 

Full Refresher Video (10 minutes)

Set up in Classroom

• Log into the classroom computer and select the TurningPoint App icon or launch it from the start menu. 
• Log in (using your UMD credentials) to your Turning desktop management dashboard.
• Optionally enter an Offline Password (will not work for mobile devices). This is for the continued use of clickers during a network outage.
• If you are using clickers, verify the receiver and classroom displays have the correct channel.
  
• If students will be using mobile devices, enable mobile responses and be sure to communicate the session ID to your participants.
• Select your ELMS-Canvas course from the pre-populated list (individual courses must have been enabled to appear on this list).

Launch

• In the PowerPoint Polling panel, click on the Start now link to open your PowerPoint presentation.
  
• Reset your session data and charts by selecting the Reset button on the TurningPoint tab.
  
• Begin your PowerPoint presentation.

During class

• Use the interactive slides in your presentation to ask multiple choice and true/false questions. This type of question can be used with clickers and/or mobile devices.
• When using mobile devices:
  
  • You can use the Hotspot type question for queries about an image.
    
  • Use Word Cloud to identify popular answer choices.
    
  • Consider creating teams for competitions.
    
  • Have students rank responses to specify preferences.

Measure

• Group students into demographic groups for answer comparisons.
• Track student responses and statistics for each question.
• Compare answer choices and history for specific slides.
  

After class

• End the presentation and save your session/clicker data by selecting the Save button on the TurningPoint tab.
• Save your PowerPoint presentation (optional) and close PowerPoint.
• Close TurningPoint and log out of the classroom computer.

Get support

For immediate help: 301.405.2500 (x52500)