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Clickers, more formally known as personal response cards, are wireless handheld keypads that enable participants in an audience to answer multiple choice questions posed by a presenter using specially designed […]
Hello fellow clickers!
Welcome to the ITG blog dedicated exclusively to personal response systems (a.k.a. clickers). I am hoping to use this platform as an informal way to communicate clicker news, events and […]
Export Error – Spilling the Beans on a Java Update
It has been recently reported and verified that Mac OS X (10.7 – 10.11) users are not able to export CSV or Excel reports in TurningPoint 5 due to a […]
ResponseWare Webinar
Turning Technologies’ training manager, Kevin Herrholtz, recently presented a 45 minute webinar on using TurningPoint ResponseWare. Please find the recording here. A few viewing notes: The webinar demonstrates using TurningPoint […]
Importing a Participant List into TurningPoint 5
The new version of TuringPoint 5 allows users to import and manage participant lists into the application management console by following these steps: Download a participant list from the Classes*v2 […]
Popping the Big Question(s)
In case you are wondering when the best time to ask a polling question might be during a lecture, this post (The 3 Best Times to Ask Your Students Questions) […]
Clickers Making a Difference in the Classrooms Thanks to One of Yale’s Own
WNPR ran a week-long series called “Where We Live: Improving STEM Education” One piece entitled “Improving STEM Education in College – Many College Students Leave the Sciences. Why?” describes ways educators […]
PowerPoint Add-Ins Adding Havoc?
If you notice sluggishness or loss of functionality when using TurningPoint, check to see if other PowerPoint add-ins are causing conflicts. Here are steps to temporarily disable PowerPoint add-ins as a […]
Breaker, Breaker, 1-9 – Is My Receiver Receiving? Come On Back…
A simple way to verify that the TurningPoint software is recognizing a receiver is by going to the application settings. Not only will the settings display receiver information, but also […]
Control Your Sessions with PresenterCard
ITG is now offering faculty the use of a new remote called PresenterCard that allow presenters to control TurningPoint and TurningPoint Anywere polling software. The cards provide presenters the ability […]
Using the PresenterCard
PresenterCards allow presenters to control TurningPoint and TurningPoint Anywere software. The cards provide presenters the ability to start/stop polling, hide/show results, and advance slides in either PowerPoint or Keynote. […]