Transcript Managing TurningPoint Files IV. The Session (.tpz) file Gerald Bergtrom, Ph.D. Learning Technology Center University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee October 2005 Edited by Tanya Joosten, Alan.

Managing TurningPoint Files IV.
The Session (.tpz) file
Gerald Bergtrom, Ph.D.
Learning Technology Center
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
October 2005
Edited by Tanya Joosten, Alan Aycock, Susan Gifford
Important Notes:
• The student response data gathered in a presentation is
stored in a session (.tpz) file by TurningPoint.
• You must save session data before closing out your
TurningPoint presentation. If you don’t, you will lose
the data from that class presentation
• After you close your session you should transfer the
session file from the classroom to your office computer.
In this tutorial you will:
Save your session (response data)
as a .tpz file on the podium computer
Copy the .tpz file from the
classroom (podium)
computer to a flash drive
Bring flash drive to
your office computer
Copy the .tpz file from your
flash drive to your office
computer
Note: File management from laptop presentations is easy; this tutorial
assumes you present from a mediated classroom computer.
When you end a presentation, or any time
you stop a session, click on save session
(floppy disk icon) on the TP toolbar to save
student response data for the session.
DO NOT USE THIS ONE – it will
save the presentation, but not
the session data!
In the Save Session window, browse to the Sessions
folder.
Change the default File Name to something you can
easily identify later.
Click Save to generate a .tpz file with
student response data for the session.
You are returned to your presentation; Close
your presentation (save it only if you have
changed it during the session).
To use the session data on your office
computer, copy the .tpz file from the
classroom computer to your flash drive…
To find the .tpz file, double-click on
My Documents.
…then double-click on the TurningPoint folder.
Now, double-click on the Sessions folder.
Identify and copy the appropriate .tpz
(Sessions) file.
Copy this file to your flash drive; then click
here to safely remove the Flash drive.
• Bring your flash drive back to your
office computer.
• Boot up, plug in the flash drive.
• Copy the tpz (and other) files saved
from your presentation.
NOTE: If you can access your X-Drive or
G-Drive from your office or home
computer, you can directly copy the .tpz
files without using a flash drive.
Important:
.tpz files must be in the Sessions folder
on the computer you will use to view,
maintain and report data.
Cautionary Notes:
.tpz files are ‘zipped’ (compressed), containing
response data and a copy of your presentation
file. Presentation files with embedded movie
clips, animations and other images can generate
.tpz files in excess of 20 MB.
An X-Drive is not likely to hold all presentations
from a single semester. Even a 512 MB flash
drive can only hold 10 really big session files.
After copying .tpz files to your office computer,
delete them from the classroom computer and
from your flash drive as well.
The End