#turning technologies

Quick Tip – locked clicker channel

If your channel on your turning technologies clicker is locked…  this is how you fix it.

Press Channel, shift, shift, channel.  This will lock or unlock your clicker channel.

Have a used clicker?

Some used clickers are coming from classroom kits where, because they are used differently than we do here at SBU, have had their clicker IDs changed and they no longer match the ID printed on the back on the device.  This will result in your course results not processing correctly.

To check to see if you device ID is set correctly…

  press the wrench button then the go right button twice press…

Send Message mode will not get you points in class

Before you even answer a poll in class… how many icons are on your screen?  Does it look like this?

It shouldn’t. This is the Send Message mode. Theoretically it is for asking the instructor questions during polling – but no one uses it really, and the messages you send go into a weird report that they never really have a reason to look at, so they won’t be seen.

It should look like this:

To…

checklist of Turning Technology Cloud woes

We use clickers with an LMS – namely Blackboard (9.1.110082.0).

When you use an LMS, you need to register your online Turning Technology account with your school email address and indicate that you are either an instructor or a student.

Once registered as a student you can not start the TurningPoint Cloud program.  So, if you have to use clickers for a class – and you have to run the software…

“TurningPoint Cloud” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

If you are getting this error when trying to run TurningPoint Cloud from a USB stick on a Mac; here is your solution:

Normally, when you download software from the internet and open it, the message below will appear.

This message is not being displayed and causing the damaged error you are seeing due to a default Security setting on the Mac.

      To resolve this, I had to access Security &…

Turning Technologies Open House

Turning Technologies Open House

Turning Technologies, maker of the student response system, TurningPoint Cloud, will be here to demonstrate and discuss the new version of their software. Feel free to drop in at anytime.

FAQ — when getting your participant list through TurningPoint Cloud – the server address at Stony Brook University is https://blackboard.stonybrook.edu

I've had it since I took Developmental Psych two years ago and figured I'd keep it until I graduated from UB just in case I needed it for another class...I've seen too many friends buy one and sell it back only to end up needing it again. Anywho, I'm done now, so I want it off my hands. I'd like to get a few bucks back since I paid something like $90 for it. If I don't hear anything I'll probably attempt to sell it on Amazon.