Transcript Clickers in the Classroom

CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOM
Basic Software Training
Angie Hammons
 Educational Technology
Specialist
 [email protected]
 102B University Center
 341-6195
Objectives
 Understand how TurningPoint integrates into
Microsoft Suite
 Create Slides
 Modify slides
 Run a Session
 Save a Session
Five Steps to Success
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.
TurningPoint Menu Ribbon
Step 1: Create Slides
 Click Insert Slide
 Types of Slides
 Chart Slides
 Summary Slides for
Competitions
 Template Slides
 Special Slides
Slide Design
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The question region
The answer region
The chart region
Types of Charts
Convert to Picture Slide
1. Create a TurningPoint slide
2. Insert pictures to use as answers using the
options in PowerPoint’s Insert > Picture menu
3. Resize and arrange the pictures the way you
want them to appear on the slide.
4. Select the Convert to Picture Slide from the
toolbar (artist’s palette).
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.
Add Objects
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The Insert Object menu gives you the ability to:
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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.
Add an Answer Now Indicator
1. Select Insert Object
2. Select Answer Now to
display the submenu of
Answer Now indicators.
3. Select the type of Answer
Now indicator you would
like to appear on the slide.
Add a Countdown Indicator
1. Select Insert Object from
the toolbar.
2. Select Countdown to
display the submenu of
Countdown indicators.
3. Select the type of
Countdown indicator you
would like to appear on the
slide.
Add a Response Counter
1. Select Insert Object from
the toolbar.
2. Select Response Counter to
display the submenu of
Response Counters
3. Select the type of Response
Counter you would like to
appear on the slide.
Add a Correct Answer Indicator
1. Select Insert Object from
the toolbar.
2. Select Correct Answer
Indicator to display the
submenu of Correct Answer
Indicators.
3. Select the type of Correct
Answer Indicator you would
like to appear on the slide.
Settings
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Information
Presentation
Slides
Global Changes
Step 2: Set Up the Response Devices
RF Clicker
XR Clicker
Response Device Wizard
 From the TurningPoint
2008 tab make sure
Response Devices is
selected from the drop
down menu.
 Select Settings tab
 Check to see if a Receiver has been found
 Set the number of expected Devices.
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.
Step 3: Create a Participant List
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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.
Importing List
1. Click Participants
2. Select Import a
Participant List
3. Click File and click
Save to save the data in
the Participant List
before closing the
Participant Information
window.
Modifying a Participant List
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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.
Keyboard - PL
 You can use this feature to test your slides.
 It will also give you data to try reports with.
Step 4: Run a Presentation Session
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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.
Run the Slide Show
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
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.
View a Report
1. Click Tools in the
toolbar.
2. Select Turning
Reports.
3. Select Generate
Reports.
4. Choose a Session File.
Create Reports
1. Select the type of
report.
2. Specify whether to
include page breaks
by checking the
Insert Page Breaks
check box.
3. Click Generate
Report.
Types of Reports
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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
REMEMBER
 Technology can and will let you down.
 Please have a back up!
Additional Support
 Angie Hammons
 Education Technology Specialist
 341-6195
 Turning Technologies
 Customer Support: 1-866-746-3015
 www.turningtechnologies.com
 edtech.mst.edu