CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOM

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CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOM

• Basic Software Training
• Angie Hammons
• Educational Technology Specialist
• hammonsa_at_mst.edu
• 102B University Center
• 341-6195

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Objectives

• Understand how TurningPoint integrates into
  Microsoft Suite
• Create Slides
• Modify slides
• Run a Session
• Save a Session

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Five Steps to Success
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Install Turning Point

• IT will install Turning Point on your computers
  and on the classrooms computers.
• A Help Request will be entered on your behalf,
  and you will be contacted for a date/time to
  install TP on your desktop and/or laptop
• TP will be installed on the instructor station in
  your scheduled classroom.

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TurningPoint Menu Ribbon
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Step 1 Create Slides

• Click Insert Slide
• Types of Slides
• Chart Slides
• Summary Slides for Competitions
• Template Slides
• Special Slides

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Slide Design

• The question region
• The answer region
• The chart region

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Types of Charts
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Convert to Picture Slide

• Create a TurningPoint slide
• Insert pictures to use as answers using the
  options in PowerPoints Insert gt Picture menu
• Resize and arrange the pictures the way you want
  them to appear on the slide.
• Select the Convert to Picture Slide from the
  toolbar (artists palette).

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Correct Answers and Points
Place your cursor in the answer region of the
slide, an Answer Value task pane will appear.
Choose the answer(s) you want to give value, then
choose the value from the dropdown menu.
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Add Objects

• The Insert Object menu gives you the ability to
• Choose Charts Change your chart type on your
  slide.
• Choose Answer Now Add an answer now indicator
  to your slide.
• Choose Countdown Add a countdown time to your
  slide.
• Choose Response Counter Add a counter that will
  count your incoming responses to your slide.
• Choose Response Table Add a table that will
  illustrate individual incoming responses.
• Choose Correct Answer Indicator Demonstrate to
  your audience what the correct answer was before
  proceeding to the next slide.
• Choose Stats Add statistical data to your
  slide.
• Choose Text Message When using vPads, to send a
  text message to the audience.

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Add an Answer Now Indicator

• Select Insert Object
• Select Answer Now to display the submenu of
  Answer Now indicators.
• Select the type of Answer Now indicator you would
  like to appear on the slide.

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Add a Countdown Indicator

• Select Insert Object from the toolbar.
• Select Countdown to display the submenu of
  Countdown indicators.
• Select the type of Countdown indicator you would
  like to appear on the slide.

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Add a Response Counter

• Select Insert Object from the toolbar.
• Select Response Counter to display the submenu of
  Response Counters
• Select the type of Response Counter you would
  like to appear on the slide.

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Add a Correct Answer Indicator

• Select Insert Object from the toolbar.
• Select Correct Answer Indicator to display the
  submenu of Correct Answer Indicators.
• Select the type of Correct Answer Indicator you
  would like to appear on the slide.

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Settings

• Information
• Presentation
• Slides
• Global Changes

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Step 2 Set Up the Response Devices
RF Clicker
XR Clicker
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Response Device Wizard

• From the TurningPoint 2008 tab make sure Response
  Devices is selected from the drop down menu.

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• Select Settings tab
• Check to see if a Receiver has been found
• Set the number of expected Devices.

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Run a Polling Test

• From the TurningPoint 2008 toolbar, select Tools
  then Settings.
• Select the Polling Test tab.
• Click Start Test.
• Press a key on each response device to be used.
• Click End Test.

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Step 3 Create a Participant List

• Select the Education Template for the new
  Participant List.
• Click Next.
• Select the Participant List Field. (Student Name,
  Student ID)
• Name your Participant List and click Finish.

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Importing List

• Click Participants
• Select Import a Participant List
• Click File and click Save to save the data in the
  Participant List before closing the Participant
  Information window.

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Modifying a Participant List

• From the toolbar, click Participants and select
  Edit a Participant List
• Open the desired list.
• Edit the existing data in the white fields by
  selecting entries and typing new information.
• Add a new participant by right-clicking in the
  Participant Information window and selecting Add
  Participant to Location.

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Keyboard - PL

• You can use this feature to test your slides.
• It will also give you data to try reports with.

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Step 4 Run a Presentation Session

• Open Presentation
• Run the Response Device Wizard.
• From the toolbar, click Reset and click Session.
• From the toolbar, click Select a Particpant List.
  From the window on the right hand side of the
  screen select your list and click Use Selected
  List.

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Run the Slide Show
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Run the Slide Show

• Click the mouse to control the progress of the
  slide show.
• Open Polling
• Click a second time to close polling and display
  results.
• Click again to advance to the next slide

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Step 5 Save Session Results

• From the TurningPoint toolbar, select the Save
  Session button.
• Make sure to save on YOUR S Drive.
• You can also save to removable media such as a
  USB flash drive.
• DO NOT save results to the C drive.

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View a Report

• Click Tools in the toolbar.
• Select Turning Reports.
• Select Generate Reports.
• Choose a Session File.

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Create Reports

• Select the type of report.
• Specify whether to include page breaks by
  checking the Insert Page Breaks check box.
• Click Generate Report.

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Types of Reports

• Results by Questions
• Demographic
• Participant Results
• Results by Participant
• Participant List
• Standards

• Attendance
• Individual Scoring
• Ranking and Moment to Moment
• Outline
• Participant Questions and Comments

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REMEMBER

• Technology can and will let you down.
• Please have a back up!

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Additional Support

• Angie Hammons
• Education Technology Specialist
• 341-6195
• Turning Technologies
• Customer Support 1-866-746-3015
• www.turningtechnologies.com
• edtech.mst.edu