Turning Point, Turning Point AnyWhere and Poll

Everywhere
Audience Response Systems (ARS)

Nisa Peek
Instructional Technology Specialist
KSU, ETC
npeek@kennesaw.edu
 Resources

https://sites.google.com/site/dekalbtraining2/
Or
http://bit.ly/gt4xPN
 Family of ResponseWare
• ResponseWare Defined
• Three Components
– TurningPoint for PowerPoint
– TurningPoint AnyWhere
– PresenterWare
 Handheld Device
TurningPoint with PowerPoint
• Open the Turning Point App
• Join a Session Window
• Session ID: dekalb
• Ask for First Name, Last Name, etc. Click on
Done – Since guest don’t need to log in.
• Screen will say Polling Closed until next slide
• What is a Session?
 Facebook Status
Which is your favorite?

1. Sometimes I question my sanity-

occasionally it replies.
2. After only one karate lesson, I can brake
boards with my cast.
3. Due to circumstances beyond my control,
I will no longer be controlling any
circumstances.
4. I took a walk on the wild side and got
arrested for trespassing.
Awww......

Look out Arnold Palmer

Do you agree?
1. Yes 50% 50%
2. No

1
 The Braves will have a winning season.

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. Disagree
4. Strongly Disagree
 Skittles Activity:
Red – Favorite Color
Blue – Favorite Memory
Yellow – Dream
Orange - Wildcard
 B_A_E_
1. VSR 100%

2. NPV
3. JGQ
4. TQN

0% 0% 0%
0 of
30 1 2 3 4
 Sessions
• Session Complete
• Session saved with presentation
• Continue a previous session
• Reset a session or current slide
• Can have use same presentation and have
multiple sessions.
 Reports
• View Reports – must have a session created
and run
• Tools, Reports
• Select Session
• Reports Tab
• Export to Excel, editable, graphs change,
labels on graphs stay the same
 Creating a New TP Slide
• Insert Slide – Various Types
• Insert Objects – Countdown Timers
• Setting Correct Answers
• Adding Standards
• Adding Participants
• Converting an existing slide
Enter….PresenterWare

• Remote Control for TurningPoint AnyWhere or

TurningPoint
 TurningPoint AnyWhere
• Software runs from desktop
• Install separately from TurningPoint
• Utilizes a showbar
• Use on the fly or with preset questions
• Blogs
• Forums
• Shared Content
• Professional Development
• Best Practices Research
• Question Point
 Polleverywhere
• http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Mister Poll
• Unresponsive – on several occasions –
creating an account – error messages
 Comparison
Turning Point Polleverywhere
Asynchronous No Yes
Installed Software Yes No
Web Based No - RWPoll Yes
High Learning Curve Yes No
Reporting Features Yes Yes
Use with Web 2.0 No Yes
(Twitter, Facebook)
Use with PowerPoint Yes Yes
Correlate with Yes No
Standards