Clickers: Use Anywhere Polling in TurningPoint to Poll Without Previous Setup

by | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized

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    1. To access the clicker software, insert the Turning Technologies USB receiver into your computer’s USB drive.
    2. Open the Turning Technologies drive and double-click the TurningPoint application folder.
    3. Open the application and content to be polled over.
    4. Click Anywhere Polling from the TurningPoint dashboard.
      Click Start Now on Anywhere Polling
    5. Click the triangle-shaped Play button to open polling.
      Select Open Polling button
    6. Ask your question verbally.
    7. Click the square-shaped Stop button to close polling and display results.
      Select Close Polling button
    8. Right-click on the correct answer choice and select a correct answer.
      Right click on the correct answer and select Mark Answer # as correct.
    9. When polling is finished, click Options, mouse over Session and click Save Session.
      Select the Options gear, select session, and select save session.

      Note:  By default, the number of answer options are set to 4.  If you would like to change the number of choices, then click the small down triangle next to the larger triangle-shaped Play button, then choose the number of answers you wish to allow your students to choose from.
    Select the Quick Poll Menu and select the option for the number of answers possible in your question.

    With this method, you can ask questions on the fly without preparing them beforehand.