Category: Audience Response System (ARS)

  • With the Pin on Image question type, your students can interact with your slide and point to an area of an image. Let your students pin on a map where they are from or test your students’ knowledge by having them mark the correct body part on an image in the anatomy session. Inspiration on […]

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  • During the next couple of months, Digital Education will be hosting online workshops, Q&A’s and supporting ABC Learning Design drop-in sessions. Here is an overview of what’s available during July and August. All events are bookable via our Calendly event booking page, and you’ll receive the Zoom invite(s) closer to the session. Building Student Engagement […]

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  • TurningPoint interactive polling software allows you to interact with learners and identify their understanding, but that’s just touching the surface of what it can do. Here are some great tips for thinking outside the box to get the most out of the technology. 10. Ice breaker Create and use TurningPoint slides to emphasise a theme, […]

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  • TurningPoint 8

    The latest version of TurningPoint offers one, simple interface for polling in PowerPoint, polling in any application and self-paced polling. TurningPoint is an easy-to-use desktop polling application tied to a cloud-based interface available for Mac or PC. TurningPoint 8 supersedes TurningPoint Cloud as the next version and come with slight enhancements and fixes. Plymouth University […]

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  • TurningPoint software update

    TurningPoint software has been updated across the University to make it compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. The new upgrade requires users to log in to the software before using it. Academic Support, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) has acquired 2 licenses which will be loaned out with our physical handsets and we will make our current […]

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  • The University has now updated all its lectern software to TurningPoint v5 (image1). Those that have used this system before will notice that the new interface is different to the previous version and now incorporates a three in one software package. ‘PowerPoint Polling’ is the most commonly used ‘TurningPoint’ application, but I would urge users […]

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  • TurningPoint is a Personal Response System (PRS) which allows the classroom to become more interactive and engaging, it improves concentration, motivation and supports the student voice during face-to-face learning.TurningPoint enables lecturers to embed question polling in their presentations and allow learners to answer them with the aid of individual electronic clickers. Asking multiple questions with this technology is […]

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  • ResponseCard Anywhere

    Voting on the move or ’Anywhere’ come to that. Without a doubt, one of the most exciting things to come out of the 20 Century is our ability to create and communicate digital information, and loads of it. It’s not quite instant, but we are getting there and at a rapid pace. Which brings me […]

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  • New ‘Pin on Image’ question type in Mentimeter

    With the Pin on Image question type, your students can interact with your slide and point to an area of an image. Let your students pin on a map where they are from or test your students’ knowledge by having them mark the correct body part on an image in the anatomy session. Inspiration on […]

  • Upcoming workshops, Q&A’s and drop-in sessions during July & August 2020

    During the next couple of months, Digital Education will be hosting online workshops, Q&A’s and supporting ABC Learning Design drop-in sessions. Here is an overview of what’s available during July and August. All events are bookable via our Calendly event booking page, and you’ll receive the Zoom invite(s) closer to the session. Building Student Engagement […]

  • Top 10 ideas for using TurningPoint

    TurningPoint interactive polling software allows you to interact with learners and identify their understanding, but that’s just touching the surface of what it can do. Here are some great tips for thinking outside the box to get the most out of the technology. 10. Ice breaker Create and use TurningPoint slides to emphasise a theme, […]

  • TurningPoint 8

    The latest version of TurningPoint offers one, simple interface for polling in PowerPoint, polling in any application and self-paced polling. TurningPoint is an easy-to-use desktop polling application tied to a cloud-based interface available for Mac or PC. TurningPoint 8 supersedes TurningPoint Cloud as the next version and come with slight enhancements and fixes. Plymouth University […]

  • TurningPoint software update

    TurningPoint software has been updated across the University to make it compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. The new upgrade requires users to log in to the software before using it. Academic Support, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) has acquired 2 licenses which will be loaned out with our physical handsets and we will make our current […]

  • TurningPoint v5 – Lectern software

    The University has now updated all its lectern software to TurningPoint v5 (image1). Those that have used this system before will notice that the new interface is different to the previous version and now incorporates a three in one software package. ‘PowerPoint Polling’ is the most commonly used ‘TurningPoint’ application, but I would urge users […]

  • TurningPoint: using an interactive response system to unlock student achievement

    TurningPoint is a Personal Response System (PRS) which allows the classroom to become more interactive and engaging, it improves concentration, motivation and supports the student voice during face-to-face learning.TurningPoint enables lecturers to embed question polling in their presentations and allow learners to answer them with the aid of individual electronic clickers. Asking multiple questions with this technology is […]

  • ResponseCard Anywhere

    Voting on the move or ’Anywhere’ come to that. Without a doubt, one of the most exciting things to come out of the 20 Century is our ability to create and communicate digital information, and loads of it. It’s not quite instant, but we are getting there and at a rapid pace. Which brings me […]