Clickers in the Classroom

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CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOM

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

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Objectives

• Basic Software Features
• Understand how TurningPoint integrates into
  Microsoft Suite
• Create Slides
• Modify slides
• Run a Session
• Save a Session
• Standards
• Comparative Links
• Conditional Branching

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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

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

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Slide Design

1. The question region
2. The answer region
3. 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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Modifying a Participant List

1. From the toolbar, click Participants and select
   Edit a Participant List
2. Open the desired list.
3. Edit the existing data in the white fields by
   selecting entries and typing new information.
4. 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

1. Open Presentation
2. Run the Response Device Wizard.
3. From the toolbar, click Reset and click Session.
4. 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

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.

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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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Standards
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Create a Standards List

• Click Tools from the toolbar.
• Select Standards from the Tools menu.
• Click New
• Enter a name in the box provided and click OK.
• To add a category
• Select the parent category
• Click Add Category or Add Standard
• Enter a title in the box provided
• Repeat steps 1-3 until you have added all
  categories and standards
• Click Yes.

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Assign Standards to Slides

1. Click Tools from the toolbar
2. Select Standards from the Tools menu
3. Select a slide to assign a standard to using the
   Current Selection drop-down menu.
4. Select a Standards List.
5. Select a standard from the list
6. Select the right arrow button to assign the
   standard to the slide.
7. Repeat these steps to add additional standards

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Comparative Links
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Set up Comparative Links

1. Click Tools from the toolbar
2. Select Comparative Links
3. Select the slide to include the comparison in the
   Selected Slide drop-down menu
4. Select a slide to compare with in the Link to
   Slide
5. Click Create Link to create the comparative link.
6. Click Done.

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Conditional Branching

• Click Tools from the toolbar.
• Select Conditional Branching.
• Select the slide where the branching will begin
  in the Selected Slide drop-down menu

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Conditional Branching

• Define the condition using the following steps
• In the Logical Operator drop-down menu, select
  None for the first condition you specify
• In the Branch Item drop-down menu, select the
  answer you would like to use for the comparison
• In the Comparison Operator drop-down menu, choose
  a mathematical operator to use in the comparison
• In the Condition drop-down menu, choose whether
  you want to specify a number or percentage of
  respondents or compare to the majority response
• If you choose Responses or Percentage in the
  Condition drop-down menu, enter a value in the
  box provided.

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Conditional Branching

1. Click Add to add the condition to the slide.
2. Repeat steps 3 through 5 to add multiple
   conditions to a slide
3. Click Done when finished with the conditional
   branching.

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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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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