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Step-by-step guide

This guide provide step-by-step to successfully start a PowerPoint Polling Session in the Classroom using TurningPoint PointSolutions Classic:

Running a PowerPoint Polling Session in-class:

1. Start the TurningPoint PointSolutions App Classic on the classroom instructor computer. (Review instructions if needed - Accessing the TurningPoint PointSolutions Classic - Desktop App)
2. From the Polling tab, select the course and click PowerPoint polling.
    
3. PowerPoint will start.
4. Open your PowerPoint Presentation file with the interactive polling slides.
5. Reset the session.
6. Make sure the course and Live Polling is selected in the Participants tab.
   
7. Start the Slide Show to Run and save the session.
8. Close the polling environment to return to the TurningPoint PointSolutions Desktop Dashboard

Uploading Grades to MyClasses:

Grades can be uploaded to MyClasses directly from the TurningPoint PointSolutions App Dashboard within the Manage tab.

1. Select the Manage tab.
2. Select the course.
3. Click Upload Grades.
   
4. A list of un-registered students will be displayed. Use the list to email students.
5. Click Ok to close the notification window.
   
6. Select the grade columns you want to upload and click Upload. 
   
7. Close the Task Window.
   

IMPORTANT: A Turning Technologies A PointSolutions Account subscription is mandatory. If a participant does not purchase a subscription, his or her score will show as an asterisk in all TurningPoint PointSolutions Desktop participant reports. Furthermore, his or her score will export as "0" to an Excel workbook and will not be exported to the Gradebook in MyClasses.