Clickers: Preventing Students from Answering Outside the Classroom
If you want to prevent your students from answering outside the classroom while using the PointSolutions Mobile app then here are some suggestions for doing that.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | May 23, 2024 | Academic Integrity, Student Response System: Clickers
If you want to prevent your students from answering outside the classroom while using the PointSolutions Mobile app then here are some suggestions for doing that.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Aug 24, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
Update Required to PointSolutions Software Our current clicker vendor has released an update to the PointSolutions PC software that fixes a major issue that prevents users on our campus from […]
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
Want to poll your students without using PowerPoint? PointSolutions Anywhere Polling is the option within PointSolutions that can be used over the top of any other program.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
In order to see your new courses each semester in PointSolutions, you must first connect them in your PointSolutions Account.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
If you require students to use clickers in your classroom, you will need a receiver to collect the students’ data.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
At times it may be necessary for an instructor to share their participant list from PointSolutions with someone else. In order to do that, it must first be exported.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
In the PointSolutions software, each class roster is called a course. A course is a list of participant names, User IDs, Device IDs, and other custom categories. The use of a course allows for detailed reporting on each participant from a session. This allows the instructor to automatically create a list of students based on the information from Blackboard rather than having to add each student individually. With TurningPoint 8, the software automatically updates participants for you each night at midnight and then syncs them the next time you open the software.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
Some classes require the use of student response devices, often called clickers. Clickers are handheld devices that enable instructors to pose questions to students and immediately collect and view the responses of the entire class. They are often used to give quizzes, take polls, open discussions, and take attendance.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
PointSolutions allows instructors to upload their clicker scores directly into the Grade Center of a Blackboard course.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
To prevent signal interference, individual classrooms on campus have been assigned unique clicker channels. Be sure to use the right channel for your classroom to avoid problems.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
It may sometimes be necessary to manually edit a student’s clicker points for a certain class day. This could be because they forgot their clicker, and you allowed them to take their quiz on paper, or because of some other set of extenuating circumstances. It’s important to manually edit these scores within the TurningPoint software itself as opposed to inside of Blackboard to prevent the changes you make from being overwritten.
Read Moreby Lesley Speller | Apr 2, 2023 | Student Response System: Clickers
PointSolutions Mobile is an app for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices that can also be accessed by a web browser. Instructors have the option to allow students to use the PointSolutions Mobile app in place of a clicker in classrooms where there is sufficient Wi-Fi coverage.
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