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  <Title>TurningPoint Anywhere Software Upgrade</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s Blackboard system. Additionally, the latest software includes a number of enhancements from the previous version and is now available for <a href="http://umbc.edu/go/software" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">download</a>. Please reference the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/clickers" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC FAQ</a>  for further information.</div>
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  <Summary>Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s...</Summary>
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  <Title>Ad hoc clicker usage via Responseware now available</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Are you interested in trying out clickers in your classroom before making the decision whether to use them routinely in every class period? Have you always wanted to be able to anonymously poll your staff on important questions during staff meetings?  DoIT is now offering the opportunity for faculty and administrators to do just that via <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/mobiledistancelearning/higheredresponseware/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ResponseWare</a> by <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Turning Technologies</a>.  Using <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/mobiledistancelearning/higheredresponseware/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ResponseWare</a> in conjunction with <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/audienceresponseproducts/pollingsoftware/turningpointanywhere/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Turning Point Anywhere</a>, faculty can present a question during lecture and have students respond in real-time using a Wi-Fi or data connection, and their own smartphones, laptops or tablets.  Audience responses can be displayed for immediate assessment. Participants can either log in anonymously or by name, and the polling results can be captured for further analysis if desired. <br><br>DoIT has a 75-seat license of <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/mobiledistancelearning/higheredresponseware/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ResponseWare</a> available for ad hoc usage for classes and meetings.  Interested faculty and staff would need to <a href="https://rt.umbc.edu/UMBC/RequestHelp.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">submit an RT ticket</a> including the specific date and time of their class/ meeting, along with the total number of students/ participants.  They would then need to <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=31196850" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">create a free ResponseWare account</a> (using their UMBC E-mail address) and download and install the <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/audienceresponseproducts/pollingsoftware/turningpointanywhere/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Turning Point Anywhere software</a> (available for Mac or PC).  DoIT staff will add them to the ResponseWare license as authorized presenters for a limited amount of time.<br><br>Presenters would then complete the following steps in order to start polling:<br><ol><li><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=31197387" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Reserve a ResponseWare session ID</a></li><li><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=31197389" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Open the ResponsWare session for participants to connect to</a></li><li>Display the question you want your participants to answer (you can embed questions in a MS Power Point presentation or any other type of file you can display, or <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=22709326" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">create questions directly in Turning Point Anywhere</a>)</li><li>Press the start polling arrow in Turning Point Anywhere.</li><li>Press the same button to stop polling, and the results will display automatically on the screen, as well as on participants' devices.</li></ol><p>For further information on using <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/audienceresponseproducts/pollingsoftware/turningpointanywhere/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Turning Point Anywhere</a> please <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events/12473" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">register for a clicker workshop </a>on the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Training group</a>, or if you have at least 4 interested people, contact Karin Readel (<a href="mailto:readel@umbc.edu">readel@umbc.edu</a>) to arrange for cohort-based training.<br></p><br></div>
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  <PostedAt>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:10:49 -0400</PostedAt>
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