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Turning Point An introduction to Audience Response Systems

By: Patrick Davis

One Time Effort

Loading Software instructions located in the directory with the software.

Familiarize yourself with the product

Load Software

http://jonathan.con.musc.edu/turningpoint/

For those using Windows go to the PC folder

For those using Mac OS go to the Mac Folder

Follow install instructions in the respective folder

Pre-Class Prep

Set-up questions

Prepare presentations

Reserve Audience Response System

Start up PowerPoint

For PCs the Turning Point application integrates with PowerPoint. You will notice a new tab on the top tool bar.

For Mac you if you are using office 2004 Turning Point integrates as with PC; if you are using office 2008 you must start Turning Anywhere in addition to starting PowerPoint

PC: Click the TurningPoint Icon

Mac: Starting TurningAnywhere

PC: PowerPoint will start automatically

PC: Inserting Turning Slides

Mac: You will see this

Mac: Create your PowerPoint or not

You may incorporate your poll questions into your PowerPoint presentation, but you do not have to. Turning Anywhere allows you to display the questions independently.

You may run TurningAnywhere independently from PowerPoint. It is a stand alone polling tool

Creating Question Lists

Mac: Open Turning Anywhere

Go to the Question List tab and either create a new question list or open an existing one.

Mac: Editing an existing question list

Mac: Save the Question List

Mac: Adding Questions

In Class

Make sure the receiver is plugged in

Starting and stopping polling

Unplug the receiver and return to NTC

Plug in the RF Receiver

PC: Step through the PowerPoint

When a Turning slide comes up Polling will be open

Press the space bar, Polling will close and a chart will display with answers

PC: Polling Open

PC: Polling Closed

Mac: Starting and Stopping Polling

To Start Polling go to the A icon on the top right.

Select Start Polling

When all have had the opportunity to respond close the polling by repeating the first step, then.

Select Stop Polling

Display your polls

Adding On the Fly Questions

PC: if during your presentation an opportunity presents itself to incorporate a polling question you may do so without leaving the presentation.

Mac: same as adding questions previously. No need to exit polling just open the question list, question list editor and click the + to add another question.

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Questions?

PC: on the Fly question

PC: on the Fly Question

PC: on the Fly question

PC: on the Fly question

When you exit your presentation PowerPoint will prompt you to save changes

Saving will save the new slide and incorporate it into the slide presentation.

When the slide is added Polling is open.

Press the space bar as before to close polling and display the results.