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Overview |
TurningPoint™ is an Audience Response System that allows faculty to engage students in active learning and make class time more interactive. Presenters can use prepared PowerPoint presentations with embedded questions or run ad-hoc polls; audience members respond using a small hand-held clicker or a mobile device with TurningPoint’s ResponseWare. |
Available To |
Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments |
Benefits |
TurningPoint helps make classroom sessions more interactive. It can correlate in-class feedback and responses, then display anonymous results in real time using charts and graphs. It can also assist with quizzing and attendance. |
Key Features |
- Real-time interactive polling
- Grade integration with Blackboard and QuestromTools/Sakai
- Participant list integration with Blackboard Learn
- Hand-held clickers (also available for the visually impaired)
- Responseware App for mobile phone responses from the Apple App Store or Google Play
- Integrates with PowerPoint on Windows and Mac
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Requirements |
Faculty
- Microsoft Windows® 7, 8, or 10 (32 or 64 bit) or Mac OS X v10.7 or higher
- Microsoft Office® 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, or 2016 (32 or 64 bit) NOTE: Slides from PowerPoint versions previous to 2007 will NOT work with TP 7.5.8 and will need to be upgraded prior to usage with TurningPoint
- TurningPoint Cloud 7.5.8 Software (downloadable from the Turning Technologies site) Please do not download TP 8 at this time
- RF Receiver (v 3 or higher) NOTE: Instructors teaching in large lecture spaces should request a long range receiver.
- ResponseCard RF LCD
Students
- ResponseCard RF LCD (one-time purchase with a license, available at the BU Barnes and Noble Bookstore or online from Turning Technologies)
- Valid TurningPoint license
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Cost |
Faculty
- TurningPoint Instructor Kit with software, and Instructor Turning Account: Free
Students
- ResponseCard RF LCD and license (inquire at BU Barnes and Noble Bookstore for current pricing or online via Turning Technologies)
- Student Turning Account: Free
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Getting Started |
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