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CLICKERS

A number of classrooms, including technology classrooms, are equipped to run TurningPoint presentations instead of the usual PowerPoint presentations. A TurningPoint presentation is a modified PowerPoint presentation that allows students to interact with the presentation via a personal response device colloquially known as a clicker. This clicker is used to answer polling and quiz questions posed during the PowerPoint presentation.

Clicker-enabled Classrooms (Spring 2008)

Running a TurningPoint Presentation:

  1. Plug your receiver in & launch TurningPoint

  2. Open your presentation through the File menu in PowerPoint

  3. Choose the method of gathering information that you want to use. Choose between:

    1. None -- anonymous polling

    2. Auto -- will gather the Response Card ID’s from everyone who response during the session and will record all answers gathered from that Response Card

    3. Apply a Participant list that you created for that group

      TurningPoint Toolbar -- Participants

  4. Click on the Lightening Bolt (the Response Device Wizard) and verify the range equals or exceeds the number of participants:

    TurningPoint Toolbar -- Lightning Bolt

  5. IMPORTANT -- Reset your session.

    TurningPoint Toolbar -- Reset

  6. When you are done with your presentation, Save your session. IMPORTANT -- Always save the TurningPoint session from the TurningPoint toolbar.

    TurningPoint Toolbar -- Save Session

Response Card Channel Setting:

  1. Press and release GO button.

  2. While the light is flashing red and green, enter 2-digit channel code

    • Channel 1 = 01

    • Channel 21 = 21

    • Default channel code is 41.

  3. After second digit is entered, press and release GO button.

  4. Press and release 1/A button. The light should flash yellow to confirm.

Clickers

Troubleshooting:

  • Is the receiver well seated in its USB port?

    A loose USB connection between the receiver and the instructor station means the clickers are unable to "talk" to the instructor station. Check this first.

  • Are the clickers set to the correct channel?

    The default channel is 41. However, in some circumstances it may be necessary to set the clicker channel to a different channel due to localized radio interference from another device (e.g. a wireless access point). Each clicker-enabled classroom should have a prominent poster indicating the channel for that classroom.

  • If you experience technical difficulties beyond those described above, please contact the IT Help Desk at 341-HELP or submit an online Help Request at https://help.mst.edu for assistance.

The TurningPoint Show bar:

The show bar is only seen in slide-show mode. These items are accessible through the function keys on the keyboard and are explained below. If you run your mouse over the Show Bar, you should see a tool tip with the corresponding function key (F1 - F12).  Click one of the links below to see an image of the TurningPoint shortcut keys or PowerPoint shortcut keys (TurningPoint shortcut keys will only work when TurningPoint is open).

TurningPoint Shortcut Keys

PowerPoint Shortcut Keys