Turning’s web-based platform enables content creation, querying, and data management directly from the web. It has a simple user interface, including only the most commonly used question types, and data is saved directly to the instructor’s account. With web polls, you can not only create poll questions, but you can also add content/lecture slides. In other words, you can create lesson presentations with survey questions on the web.
Content creation
Log in to the Turning Account from WebCampus (or instructor.turningtechnologies.com). You should have already added your current course and turned it on for Turning. Click on To select to enter the course.
In the course, you will see a menu bar at the top, where you can create and manage ContentTo see the Listing, Program poll, view poll Results and take Presence. Content is the default home page, where you can create course materials for surveys and presentations. You can also create folders for content organization. Note that content created in your Turning account can be used in any of your courses. If you have multiple courses using Turning web polling, it is recommended to create folders to organize the content, as you can see in the example below. Use the Create folder button to add folders to the content page. You can then add content to the folder.
To create a survey and presentation content, click the Create content button. Enter a name (for example, session 1) and click Create. You will be taken to a page where you can add questions for the survey, add a content slide and/or upload an existing PowerPoint presentation. A click on the Create will add a multiple-choice question. By clicking on the drop-down arrow next to Create will bring up the menu, giving you more options for content.
Adding a poll question is simple. Take for example a multiple choice question. This type of question can also be a true-false question and a multiple-response question. The simple text editor lets you format the question text, use an image or video, or add a table to your question. You can add more answer choices, set the correct answer(s), add points, make it an anonymous opinion poll, and more.
Note that the Add below the question slide works the same as the button Create button at the top of the page. A click on the down arrow next to Add will open the drop-down menu, where you can add more questions or text slides.
Slides (questions, lesson slides, etc.) can be arranged by dragging and dropping the slides into the order of your choice, as can be done in PowerPoint. You can also use the three dots in the upper right corner of each slide to move them up or down. Created content is automatically saved to your Turning account.
Present content
When you are ready to present, click the To start up button at the top of the page, next to the Create button. This opens a dialog allowing you to generate a session ID and adjust live polling options. Note that the default option for “Show results” is “Always”. This option displays results during polling as students answer the question. The “Review only” option only reveals the results after you close the survey. When you are satisfied with the setting, click To start up to close the dialog box.
Then you will see the message on the screen indicating the session ID (which will appear on all slides) and reminding you that “Polling session is about to start”. You can proceed to Start session. Once started, as students join the session and answer questions, you will see the number of students already in session (the number next to the people icon in the upper right corner) and the number of students who answered the survey question (the number number next to the mobile device icon). To continue, press the Next button at the bottom of the page.
For a question slide, to open the poll, click the Cheek button. Click it Stop button to close the poll.
When you have finished the presentation or when you click on the End session button, a window will appear asking to save session data. The session name is auto-populated with the session timestamp. Keep or change the name. Then click on the To finish to save the session and exit the presentation. The file will be saved in your Turning account, ready to review and/or export.
Data managment
The session file contains student class participation data. You can review and edit the session, download the data or export it to WebCampus.
To manage data, click the Results tab in the top menu bar. By default, you are redirected to the Gradebook where you can see all participation scores. Hover over a session and you can sort the column. The pencil icon allows you to rename or delete the session file. If you are ready to export scores to WebCampus, click the Export and choose Canvas. You can then select a session file and upload it. Alternatively, you can download the data as a CSV file for data management.
You can review and edit a session file before uploading it to WebCampus. Click it Sessions tab and click the Reports link of a session file.
This will open the session data reports. The default view of the report is the descriptive statistics of each question (frequencies and number of answers). If you need to edit a question, such as changing the point value or correct answer(s), click the three vertical dots next to Points and then To modify. Save the changes when complete. Points will automatically update for all students. You can also Export the data from this view as an Excel file.
You also have the option of viewing the detailed results of the session. Click it Retail to view student responses/performance in the session. You can also Export this view to Excel.
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