Before class

Set up

• Log into the classroom computer and select the PointSolutions (formerly TurningPoint) App icon or launch it from the start menu. 
• Log in with your UMD credentials to your PointSolutions dashboard.
• If you are using Clickers, verify the receiver and classroom displays have the correct channel.
• Enable mobile responses to use mobile polling – and ensure that your students have the session ID.
• Select your ELMS-Canvas course from the list (individual courses must have been enabled to appear on this list).
  
  • View further information on Linking ELMS-Canvas Courses to PointSolutions (Clickers).

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Launch

• In the Anywhere Polling panel, click on your course under the Courses list, then click the Start now button to open the PointSolutions showbar interface.
• Start polling by selecting the green play (Open Polling) button on the showbar.
• Stop polling by selecting Close Polling on the showbar (the results will be displayed).

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During class

Engage

• Poll with multiple-choice or true/false questions over any application or by verbally asking questions.
• Award points based on correct/incorrect answer submissions.
• Group students into teams for competitions.
• Ask questions on the fly with open-ended questions.
• Insert customized questions.
• Message students individually or use Open Chat with mobile polling for collaboration.

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Measure

• Group students into demographic groups for answer comparisons.
• Track student responses and statistics for each question.

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After class

• Click the x to close the Anywhere Polling showbar.
• When prompted, save your session response data.
  
  • NOTE: Your session data will by default be saved on the classroom computer; choose another location to be sure you can access the session data after leaving the classroom!
• Close PointSolutions and log out of the classroom computer.

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