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TurningTechnologies,LLC,255WestFederalStreet,Youngstown,OH44503USA.
TurningPoint®isaregisteredtrademarkofTurningTechnologies,LLC.Othertrademarkedproductnamesmentionedinthismanual
areownedbytheirrespectivecompanies.
Thefollowingregulatorystatementsapplytoradiofrequencyandinfraredtransmittersandreceiversmentionedinthismanual,
includingtheResponseCardRF,ResponseCardRFLCD,ResponseCardIR,ResponseCardXR,ResponseCardNXT,QTDevice,
CPSIR,CPSPulse,CPSSpark,Gen2,PRSRF,PRSIR,DualBoard,TouchBoard,TouchBoardPlus,MeetingBoard,SchoolBoard,
iPannel,Mobi,MobiView,MobiKWIK,MobiLearner,Mobi360andtheirrespectivereceivers.
FCCStatement
Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemaynot
causeharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmaycause
undesiredoperation.
Changesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheuser’sauthoritytooperate
theequipment.
ICStatement
ThisdevicecomplieswithIndustryCanadalicence-exemptRSSstandard(s).Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)
thisdevicemaynotcauseinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterference,includinginterferencethatmaycause
undesiredoperationofthedevice.
LeprésentappareilestconformeauxCNRd'IndustrieCanadaapplicablesauxappareilsradioexemptsdelicence.L'exploitationest
autoriséeauxdeuxconditionssuivantes:(1)l'appareilnedoitpasproduiredebrouillage,et(2)l'utilisateurdel'appareildoitaccepter
toutbrouillageradioélectriquesubi,mêmesilebrouillageestsusceptibled'encompromettrelefonctionnement.
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Contents
CONTENTS 3
ABOUT 6
WelcometoTurningPoint5! 6
What’sNewinTurningPoint5 6
TechnicalRequirements 8
RequirementsforSoftwareandHardware 8
CompatibleDevices 8
GettingStarted 9
DownloadandSetup 9
DownloadingTurningPoint 9
OpeningTurningPoint(ZippedFile) 9
InstallingTurningPoint(EXEFile) 10
ConfiguringAutomaticUpdates 10
DeviceSetup 11
ChangingtheChannelontheReceiver 11
LockingtheReceiverChannel 12
SettingUpResponseWare 13
TestingthePollingConnections 15
PairingaPresenterCard 16
BEFORETHEPRESENTATION 18
ImportingContent 18
ExportingContent 18
CreatingaNewQuestionList 19
QuestionTypesandOptions 20
MultipleChoice 20
ShortAnswer 21
NumericResponse 23
True/False 24
Matching 25
Essay 26
DemographicAssignment 26
PriorityRanking 27
CreatingParticipantLists 28
ManuallyCreatingaParticipantList 28
DownloadingaParticipantListfromanIntegration 29
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DURINGTHEPRESENTATION 31
RunningaSession 31
AbouttheChartWindow 32
SavinganAnywherePollingSession 33
AFTERTHEPRESENTATION 34
GeneratingReports 34
ResultsManager 35
Overview 35
OpeningtheResultsManagerOverview 36
AddingaManualGradeColumn 38
ReorderingtheSessionColumns 38
OverwritingSessionScores 38
Sessions 39
ExcludingaSession 39
SettingSessionPerformancePoints 40
SettingAttendancePoints 40
Participants 40
EditingParticipantInformation 41
ViewingGradeOverviewInformation 41
RemovingaParticipantfromaSingleSession 42
RemovingaParticipantfromtheParticipantListviaResultsManager 43
DeletingaRemovedParticipantfromResultsManager 43
ViewingRemovedParticipants 44
ReinstatingaParticipant 45
Devices 45
SavingDeviceIDsfromtheReal-TimeRegistrationTool 46
AddingorRemovingDevices 46
AssigninganUnassignedDevice 47
ViewingtheGradeOverviewforUnassignedDevices 48
AssigningaSingleSessiontoaParticipant 48
Export 49
ExportingaParticipantReport 49
ExportingaSessiontoanExportScheme 50
ExportingtheResultsManagerOverview 50
Integrations 51
UpdatingParticipantListsfromanLMS 51
ExportingSessionstoanLMSIntegration 51
Archiving 52
ArchivingaParticipantList 52
RestoringanArchivedParticipantList 53
ADDITIONALTOPICS 54
ThePowerPointPollingShowbar 54
SlideTypesandSlidePreferences 55
Objects 62
InsertingaCorrectAnswerIndicator 62
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InsertingaChart/ChangingtheChartType 64
InsertinganAnimatedChart 65
InsertingaCountdownTimer 67
InsertingaGrid 68
InsertingaPrompt 70
InsertingaResponseCounter 71
InsertingStats 72
IndividualSessionManagement 74
ImportingSessions 74
MergingSessions 74
PREFERENCES 76
OpeningtheTurningPointPreferences 76
Software 77
Administration 77
ShortcutKeys 78
Connections 78
ResponseDevices 79
PresenterCard 80
PresenterWare 80
RemotePoll 80
RemotePollMonitor 81
Anywhere 81
Charts 81
Competitions 82
Presentation 83
CONTACTUS 87
GLOSSARY 88
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About
Thischaptercoversthefollowingtopics:
WelcometoTurningPoint5!
What’sNewinTurningPoint5
Technical Requirements
GettingStarted
Welcome to TurningPoint 5!
TurningPointcombinesalloftheTurningTechnologieslegacyapplicationsintoone,user-friendlyinterface.Contentcreation,
participantlists,datamanagement(ResultsManager)andreportsareinonecentrallocation.Allthreepollingenvironments:
PowerPointPolling(formerlyTurningPoint),AnywherePolling(formerlyTurningPointAnywhere)andSelf-PacedPolling
(formerlyTurningKey)areincluded.
Existingcontentsuchasquestionlists,participantlistsandsessionfilescanbeimporteddirectlyintothenewsoftware.
What’s New in TurningPoint 5
TurningPointisTurningTechnologies’ first, trulycross-platform, poll inANY environmentapplication.
Simplifiesuserworkflowanduserexperienceforallcurrentapplicationsbyconsolidatingthemintoonecentralinterface
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A robustHTMLcontenteditorthatsupportspictures, special characters, subscriptsandsuperscripts
Anequationeditor
Simplifiestheabilitytocreatequestionlistsforuseinall threepollingenvironments
Simplifiestheabilitytocreate, importandexportparticipantlistsfrom thenewparticipantlisteditor
DraganddropfunctionalityforCSVandTXTfiles
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CopyandpastefunctionalityforMacandPC
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QuicklyimportfilesdownloadedfromspecificgradebooksandLearningManagementSystems
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A newlyenhancedareatomanageaggregatesessiondata(formerlyResultsManager)
Customizedviewbytogglingdataoptions
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UpdateparticipantlistsdownloadedfromLearningManagementSystems,exportbothsinglesessionandcumulative
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gradecolumns
Deviceanddatamanipulation, allowingdifferentdevicestobeusedforindividual sessions
A reportinterfacethatconsolidatesthe32reports, traditionallyavailablefrom TurningTechnologies, intosixnew
customizablereports
Availableforallenvironments:PowerPointPolling,AnywherePollingandSelf-PacedPolling
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Reportsarecustomizedbytogglinginformationonandoffinthedataview
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Allreportscanbeeasilyprintedwithoutformatting
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ExportresultstoExcel,CSVandHTMLforsharingandmanualmanipulation
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Technical Requirements
TurningPointisdesignedtofunctiononmostcomputers;however,therearesomebasichardwareandsoftwarerequirements.
RequirementsforSoftwareandHardware
ThefollowingsoftwareandhardwarespecificationsarerequiredbeforeusingTurningPoint:
MicrosoftWindows®XP,Vista,7or8
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MicrosoftOffice®2003,2007,2010or2013(forPowerPointPollingandviewingexportedreportsinExcel)
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Microsoft.NET3.5SP1
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IntelorAMD2GHzprocessor
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512MBRAM
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120MBharddiskspace
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1024x768at32-bitcolororhigherresolution,100%DPI
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StandardUSB2.0port(forUSB-basedhardwaredevices)
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Ethernetor802.11compatiblewirelessnetworkcardrequiredifResponseWareisinuse
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Adobe®Flash®Player(forAnimated2D/3Dcharts)
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Adobe®Acrobat®Reader(forprinting)
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Java™7orlater(forimportingRTF,DOC,DOCXandQTIdocumentsandexportingreportstoExcelandCSV)
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CompatibleDevices
ThefollowingdevicesarecompatiblewithTurningPoint:
ResponseCardIR,RFandRFLCD(PowerPointPollingandAnywherePolling)
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ResponseCardXRandNXT(PowerPointPolling,AnywherePollingandSelf-PacedPolling)
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QTDevice(PowerPointPolling,AnywherePollingandSelf-PacedPolling)
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PresenterCard(PowerPointPollingandAnywherePolling)
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ResponseWare(PowerPointPollingandAnywherePolling)
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PresenterWare(PowerPointPollingandAnywherePolling)
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Getting Started
TogetstartedwithTurningPoint,thesoftwaremustbedownloadedfromwww.turningtechnologies.com/downloads.
UninstallingpreviousversionsofTurningTechnologiessoftwareisnotnecessary;however,onlyoneversionofthesoftware
shouldbeopenatanygiventime.
Thissectioncoversthefollowingtopics:
DownloadandSetup
DownloadingTurningPoint
OpeningTurningPoint(ZippedFile)
InstallingTurningPoint(EXEFile)
ConfiguringAutomaticUpdates
DeviceSetup
ChangingtheChannelontheReceiver
LockingtheReceiverChannel
SettingUpResponseWare
TestingthePollingConnections
PairingaPresenterCard
DownloadandSetup
TurningPointcanbedownloadedthroughtheTurningTechnologieswebsite.Afterithasbeendownloaded,thefilewillneedto
beunzippedorinstalleddependingontheversionthatwasdownloaded.
Thissectioncoversthefollowingtopics:
DownloadingTurningPoint
OpeningTurningPoint(ZippedFile)
InstallingTurningPoint(EXE File)
ConfiguringAutomaticUpdates
DownloadingTurningPoint
TheTurningPointsoftwareisaccessiblethroughtheTurningTechnologieswebsite.
Prerequisites
PleaseverifythatyourcomputermeetstheTechnical Requirementsonpage8beforedownloadingTurningPoint.
1 Gotowww.turningtechnologies.com/downloads.
2 ClickTurningPointandthenclickthelinktodownloadthePCversion.
ReleasenotesareavailableinPDFformattotherightofthedownloadlink.
3 EntertherequiredinformationandclickSubmit.
4 Clickthelinktostartthedownload.
5 Savethefiletoaspecifiedlocation.
OpeningTurningPoint(ZippedFile)
ThezippedfilemustbeextractedbeforeTurningPointcanbeopened.
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1 Double-clickthedownloadedZIPfile.
2 SelectthedesiredfolderlocationandclickUnzip.
3 Opentheunzippedfolderanddouble-clickTurningPoint.exe.
TIP
CreateashortcutforTurningPoint.exeonthedesktopforquickeraccesstotheapplication.
DONOTremoveanyfilesfromtheApplicationfolder.Theapplicationwillnotfunction
properlyiffilesareremoved.
InstallingTurningPoint(EXEFile)
TheExtractionWizardinstallsthesoftwareontoyourcomputerifthe“install”versionofTurningPointwasdownloadedfromthe
TurningTechnologieswebsite.
1 Double-clickthedownloadedsetupfile.
2 ClickNext.
Awindowopensanddisplaysthelicenseagreement.ReadthelicenseagreementonthescreenorclickthePrintbutton
tosendthetexttoaprinter.
3 SelecttheradiobuttonlabeledI acceptthetermsinthelicenseagreementifyouaccepttheterms.
4 ClickNext.
5 EnterthenameandorganizationinthefieldsprovidedandclickNext.
AwindowopensanddisplaysamessagethatthecomputerisreadytoinstallTurningPoint.
6 ClickInstall.
ThecomputerinstallsTurningPointanddisplaystheFinishbuttononthepagewhentheprocessiscomplete.
7 ClickFinish.
SelecttheLaunchTurningPointcheckboxtoimmediatelyopentheapplication,ordouble-clicktheTurningPointshortcut
onthedesktoptoopentheapplication.
ConfiguringAutomaticUpdates
Automaticupdatesprovidesuserstheoptiontoupdatethesoftwarewithoutfirstuninstallingit.
IMPORTANT
Aninternetconnectionmustbeavailabletocheckforsoftwareupdates.
1 OpenTurningPoint.
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