Turningpoint

The starting point to get access to this tool is to fill in the TurningPoint request form, via the Self-Service Portal. After processing your request, you will receive an email to create your account. If you already have a TurningPoint account and want to reactivate or change your amount of seats, you can fill in the same request form.

There are multiple versions that can be installed. An “install” version, “no-install” version and a “web” version. If you are not looking to integrate the polling in your PowerPoint, you can also create a simple polling in the browser.

Which version to install depends on your preferences. The ”No-Install” version is the most portable and, like the ”Web” version, does not require administrator rights. Both are therefore more quickly to start with than the regular Install version.

• The Install version of TurningPoint can be found in the Software Center on your TU Delft laptop. The Software Center can be found via the Windows Start menu. Mac users can request the installation of TurningPoint by filling in this form, via the Self Service Portal. 
• The No-Install version is downloaded as a zipped file that can be placed in any location, such as your desktop, a folder or flash drive. The file must be unzipped and you access the software by double-clicking the TurningPoint.exe file in the folder.
• There is also the Web version of TurningPoint that can be downloaded. The primary difference from the other versions is that the content and results are stored online on your TurningPoint account instead of your computer. The TurningPoint Web version provides the PowerPoint and Anywhere Other functionalities will be available via the browser.

All installation files are available when you login to TurningPoint and click on the download-icon on the top-right.

1. Launch the TurningPoint application and Sign In using the TurningPoint login details provided via TOPdesk.

2. After logging in, you will see the TurningPoint dashboard.
   1. Click the Preferences icon located on the bottom right of the dashboard page. A new window will pop up.

• 2. Select PowerPoint from the left menu displayed in the new Preferences pop up window.
  3. Scroll down to the section Presentation and select Screen Image from the Slide rendering for mobile responses dropdown menu.
  4. Finalise by clicking Close.

1. You can set TurningPoint 8 to automatically check for updates. This will save you from having to manually check for updates.
1. In Preferences, click Software on the left menu.
2. Check-mark Automatically Check for Updates and Add-In Always Loaded.
   By checking Add-In Always Loaded, the TurningPoint plugin will automatically launch when you open PowerPoint. However, you will have to log in every time you launch TurningPoint.

• 3. Click Close to save your settings.

There are 2 ways for students to join your interactive polling presentation, via mobile or web application.

Polling Using a Mobile Application and or a Web Application

For these types of virtual applications, you need to enable mobile responses and create a session ID which students can then use to join the polling using a mobile and or web application. Please follow these steps to do so:

1. On the top right side of your dashboard, click Enable Mobile Responses to set up the session properties.
2. You can then choose to reserve a personal ID (i.e. your course code) by clicking on Reserve or generate a random ID.
3. Your session ID will be created once you click Start Session.

Mobile Application

Students can download the mobile application in Playstore or Appstore and join the polling using the given Session ID.

Web Application

Students without the mobile application can also join by going to https://ttpoll.eu and entering the given Session ID.

1. Go to the Content tab.
2. Click the Content dropdown menu and select Import.
3. Browse your computer and find the existing PowerPoint Presentation.
4. Select the PowerPoint file and click Open.

1. Start a new PowerPoint Presentation by clicking Start now on the PowerPoint Polling dashboard.

2. A new Blank Presentation opens. Select the TurningPoint tab.
3. Click New and select the type of question you wish to include from the drop-down menu. You can choose the following types:
   • Multiple Choice
   • Short Answer
   • WordCloud
   • Numeric Response
   • Hotspot
   • True/False
   • Essay
   • Demographic Assignment
   • Priority Ranking
   • Likert
   • Ice Breaker
4. To follow the example described below, select Multiple Choice.

5. Type your question in the top text box. You can include up to 10 possible answers, although more than 5 is often hard to read in the lecture room.

6. Configure the question options in the Slide Preferences tab located on the right side of the page. There, you can format bullets, determine whether or not the question allows for multiple responses, and whether to show the responses during or after polling.

7. Select the correct answer at the bottom of the Slide Preferences Pane, after which TurningPoint will automatically change the other options to incorrect. The correct answer will be highlighted green, the incorrect answers will be highlighted red.

To make your presentation more interactive, you can include objects via the Objects functionality. In this example we will insert a timer to our slide.

1. Click Objects from the main menu.
2. Select Countdown and then Square. A counter will be added to your slide bottom.

3. The object properties can be edited in the Objects’ Preference tab that shows on the right side of the page. In this case, select Objects and adjust the amount of time the timer should count down.

As mentioned above, when using internet applications, you will need to enable mobile responses to create a session ID. This can also be done after launching PowerPoint in TurningPoint by clicking Mobile responses.

Starting a presentation can be done by pressing F5 to enter the presentation mode. However, in case you run multiple tests of the presentation prior to its start, it is advised to Reset the Session by clicking on the reset icon before pressing F5.

1. Click Save session to Save the PowerPoint presentation session.

2. Saved sessions can also be loaded by going to Manage > Session > Import.

3. After saving or loading a session, click on Reports to view the results of the session.

4. Here, you can:

• filter the question based on a certain criteria;
• generate statistics;
• export the results to Excel, CSV or HTML.