2.  Plug in the Receiver
› The best place to plug in the USB receiver is in
your SmartBoard speaker.
› This provides an unobstructed line of signal.
› It also leaves your USB ports free in your laptop!
› From the TurningPoints toolbar, select
Tools>Settings.
› Select the Polling Test tab.
› Select the Start Test button.
› Press a key on each response device to be used.
› Select End Test button.
› Select the Done button.

3.  Opening TurningPoint 2008
› Start>Teacher Menu>TurningPoint 2008

4.  Your TurningPoints Presentation
› Open an existing PowerPoint to add
Formative Assessment options.
› Create a new PowerPoint Presentation

5.  Open the Office button.
 Select “Open”
 Choose a PowerPoint file to upload
 Open

6.  After opening TurningPoint 2008, make
sure the TurningPoint 2008 ribbon is
selected.
 Insert Slides.
› Blank Slides or Question Slides

7.  To open a blank slide:
› Click Home ribbon>New Slide
 To open a question slide:
› Select TurningPoint ribbon
› Open the Drop Down menu by “Insert Slide”
› Choose the graphic that best fits your
question type.
› Different graphics represent data in various
ways.

8.  Using the TurningPoint 2008 settings pane
on the right:
› Once you’ve entered your answer options,
you will need to indicate which answer is
correct.
› Also, if the question lends itself to multiple
responses, you should indicate that in the
multiple response drop down menu.
› The settings pane is also where you will select
which participant list you would like the
software to save responses from.

9. 1. Yes
2. No

10.  Objects can be added to both new and
existing presentations on Question Slides!
› The “Charts” tab can be used to convert PowerPoint slides into
interactive TurningPoints slides.
› “Animated 2D/3D” will add dimension to response charts in new and
existing PowerPoints.
› “Answer Now” will provide several graphics that can be used to
prompt students to--Answer Now.
› “Countdown” counts down to the time when response is due.
› “Response Counter” tracks the number of completed responses.
› “Response Table” helps you identify who has responded and in what
time frame.
› “Correct Response Indicator” provides an image for the correct
response.
› “Stats” will provide Mean, Median, Variance, and Standard
Deviation of responses.

11.  Create a Participant List
› Open Excel and copy your class data.
› From the Turning Point ribbon, select
Participants, then Participant List Wizard.
› Select education and click next.
› The participant list is set, so just click next.
› Skip the group screen by clicking next.
› Name your list and click finish.
› You will then need to paste your data in.
› Once your list is created, it will be listed in the
participant list column.

12.  Reset the Session
› Will remove any responses taken during that
particular session.
 You will have the option of resetting one slide,
or all slides.
 Resetting is especially useful when giving the
same assessment multiple times.

13.  Running the Presentation
› You can run your presentation through the
Slide Show ribbon or by using the slide show
button in the bottom right corner of the
screen.

14.  Saving the Session
› Saving the session is important if you intend
to run a report of student responses.
› Session will only save if there have been
clicker responses; otherwise, you should just
save the presentation file.

15.  Generate Reports
› Save your session to your documents.
› Under the TurningPoint ribbon, select
“Tools”>”Reports”
› Scroll in the “Sessions” tab and select and
highlight the session you wish to generate a
report for.
› With it highlighted, choose the “Reports” tab,
and select the type of report that you want.
› Select report type>Generate Report>report
will be uploaded into Excel.

16.  Free Resources
› http://turningtalk.turningtechnologies.com
› Select “Account” to register.
› After your register, open the confirmation email
to follow the link which will activate your
account.
 Shared Content
› Under the “Shared Content” tab, you can
search for PowerPoint presentations using
TurningPoints that have already been created;
or you can upload one you’ve created.