Audience Response Systems
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Availability
Classroom Support Services has the Turning Point audience response system available for faculty to use in their classes. The system that we have in our equipment pool is available to be checked out for single-use or infrequent events. Faculty and departments who decide to integrate the use of audience response systems into their ongoing curriculum have students purchase a personal "clicker" at the bookstore.
Participant List
To record and save data that can be traced back to individual students requires that a participant list be established ahead of time. The names of audience members must be listed in a spreadsheet along with the ID number of the clicker device that they hold. This requires some work in advance and other organizational considerations to accomplish using our checked-out system, but we have seen it done. You will need to create a list of audience names that is associated with specific clicker numbers and then be sure to hand out specific clickers to each of them.
Availability
The system gets regular use but there are usually days during any given week when it is available. Please contact me directly to propose specific dates. The Turning Point system is wireless and very easy to set up using a laptop computer with the PowerPoint plug-in installed on it. You can visit the turningtechnologies site for more information.
Site License
The UW has a site-license agreement with Turning Technologies for the Turning Point audience response system. The software can be downloaded by anyone via the turning technologies web site: http://www.turningtechnologies.com/
Hardware Requirements
A USB Receiver/dongle is required that plugs into the computer you are using. Each member of the audience needs to have a clicker device for sending responses. The system is wireless and can be used anywhere. Classroom Support Services has a system that can be checked out for single-use (or occasional) sessions involving up to 150 participants.
