TurningPoint 2008

Enhanced Classroom Response Features

We responded to our users' requests and added new features and functionality.

TurningPoint 2008, the cornerstone of Turning Technologies' TouchPoints™ for Education assessment solution, is the latest and most innovative version of our industry leading classroom response software. TurningPoint is 100% native to Microsoft PowerPoint® to provide educators with the most powerful and affordable classroom response system on the market.

Specific to the K-12 market, TurningPoint now includes:

  • A comprehensive list of state and national standards powered by Academic Benchmarks.
  • RemotePoll™ allows for polling from remote locations and is perfect for video conferencing and/or satellite broadcasts.
  • TurningPoint AnyWhere software. Our AnyWhere classroom polling application uses the same functionality as TurningPoint through a floating toolbar that allows users to poll from content in any PC application including web browsers, PDFs, Word documents, and more.
  • TurningPoint's integration with VantagePoint provides educators and administrators with the ability to compare student response session results to standards as well as AYP and NCLB goals.
  • Plug and play hardware setup.
  • Office 2007 support.
  • And much more!

Interactive Teaching Tool

TurningPoint transforms the standard classroom PowerPoint® presentation into a powerful classroom performance system that captivates students' attention. Teachers can conduct electronic testing, formative assessments, surveys, opinion polls and games that allow every student in the class to select a response via their ResponseCard® keypads (classroom "clickers") and transmit the data immediately to the presentation.

Microsoft Integration

An interactive PowerPoint presentation can be one of the most effective tools for teaching, providing an easy way to create engaging teaching activities. Whether you are developing a new PowerPoint presentation or editing one you use in class today, our classroom response system features interactive functionality that is readily available within PowerPoint through the TurningPoint toolbar. With complete integration into your PowerPoint installation there is no need to use any other application besides MS Office®. The TurningPoint toolbar enables users to move between Microsoft applications generating reports in Excel®, or paper based tests and study guides in Word®. TurningPoint's export wizard assists you in your effort to move information from MS Office into other teaching software databases, such as grade book software or learning management systems.

TurningPoint - Complete Integration into Microsoft Office Suite

  • Use Microsoft PowerPoint® to create interactive teaching activities specific to your classroom curriculum.
  • Track response information and view reporting results with Microsoft Excel® and Microsoft Word®.
  • Create and import question lists with Microsoft Word®.
  • Communicate and share collected information with Microsoft Outlook.

Feature Highlights of TurningPoint for K-12

  • State Standards - Link a question, set of questions or an entire test to individual or multiple state standards.
  • Reporting - The Report Wizard automatically organizes student response data at the individual student, class, grade and/or district level. Report types range from graded tests to state standards tracking by demographic.
  • Data Slicing - In real-time, view class responses by question grouped by demographic type.
  • Grading and Point Values - Track assessment or participation points, grade quizzes and tests automatically. Review results via TurningPoint reports or export into other teaching tools, such as grade book software.
  • Compare Results - Present a question to your students - later in the class present the same question and automatically display a side-by-side comparison of the results.
  • Picture Response - Create an interactive polling slide where each response option features a picture, graph, equation or symbol instead of text.
  • Student Rosters - Use Turning Technologies' classroom response system to create, store and manage student rosters, or import student rosters from a student management system.
  • Student Monitor - At any time during your interactive PowerPoint presentation instantly see how students are responding to questions and how they compare to the overall group.
  • Formulas and Equations - Create and display question slides with mathematical equations using the Microsoft Office Equation Editor.
  • Competitions and Teams - Track points by student or team. Display competitive standings through dynamic scoreboards.
  • Video - Create and display video content on question slides.
  • Parser - Automatically generate TurningPoint presentations from existing quizzes, tests and study guides created in MS Word or an XML document.