Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 1

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1 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 1 A Turning Account is a unique identifier that is used to tie together all software accounts and response devices. A Turning Account is required for use with Turning Technologies products. Go to Enter your address and click Create Account. Check your and click the link to verify your Turning Account. If you did not receive the verification , click the Resend Verification button in Turning Account. Select Instructor and click Next. Enter all required fields as noted by the asterisks. Select the box labeled By checking this, you agree to comply with the End-User License Agreement and Terms of Use and click Next. Enter and confirm your password in the fields provided and click Next. The password must be at least eight characters long and contain one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter and one number. Optionally, Redeem a License or Register a Device. Click Finish. The Turning Account Dashboard is displayed. Creating a participant list from Turning Account allows participants to register for a course. After the participant list is created, an invitation is sent to participants requesting them to register for the course associated to the participant list. Go to and sign in to your Turning Account. Select Participants from the left menu. Click Add. The Save Participant List window opens.

2 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 2 Enter the participant list Name and ID. It is highly recommended to name the participant list after the course (refer to screenshot). Participants can search for the course by course name, course ID, instructor name or EXACT instructor . Click Save. The participant list is successfully saved. Select the participant list and click. The participant list opens. Click Add. The Invite Participants window opens. Enter a participant's address. To add multiple participants, separate addresses with a comma. Valid addresses are marked green while invalid addresses are marked red. Copy and paste addresses into the Invite Participants window. addresses MUST be separated with a comma (,). Click Send to invite the participant(s). Click the Accepted or Invited buttons to track which participants have or have not registered for the course. A participant list can be easily imported from your Turning Account. Select the Manage tab. Click the Participant List drop-down menu and select New. The Create Participant List window opens. Select the Download from Integration radio button and click Create List. The Connect to Integration window opens. Select Turning Account Registration from the Integration drop-down menu.

3 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 3 The Server Address, Username and Password are automatically populated. Click Connect. The Import Participant List window opens. Select the participant list or lists to import. Optionally, check Select All to import all participant lists. Click Import. A confirmation box is displayed. Click OK. The participant list is added to the left panel of the Participant List Overview screen. Select the participant list to view the participant information. The imported participant list contains the following information: Device ID(s), License Status, First Name, Last Name, User ID and . When creating a question list, the preferences can be saved and used as a template for future question lists. Select the Content tab. Click Content, mouse over New and select Question List. The Question List window opens. Enter a name and a brief description for the question list. Click the arrow next to Preferences to expand the window and adjust the options as necessary in the Content and Polling sections. Save the preferences as a preset for other question lists. Click Save as Preset, provide a name, click Add and then Save. The next time a question list is created, select the name from the Use Preset drop-down menu.

4 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 4 Click Save. The Question List Editor is displayed. Select the question type from the drop-down menu that matches your exam. Enter the correct answer in the field provided. Repeat steps 6-7 as many times as necessary. Optionally, questions may be added, deleted, duplicated or rearranged within the question list. To add a question, select a question, click and select Add. (Or, select a question and press Ctrl + N (PC) or Cmd + N (Mac) on the keyboard.) The new question will be added directly below the selected question. To delete a question, select a question, click Delete key on the keyboard.) To duplicate a question, select a question, click + D (PC) or Cmd + D (Mac) on the keyboard) and select Delete. (Or, select the question and press the and select Duplicate. (Or, select a question and press Ctrl Duplicating questions can speed up the question list creation process if there are a multitude of questions with similar formatting. When a question is duplicated, the question, scoring and polling options are duplicated as well. To rearrange the order of the questions, click the area to the left of the question number and drag the question to the new location. Click Save and Close to save the question list. Question lists and answer keys created in TurningPoint 5, TurningPoint Anywhere and TurningKey can be imported into TurningPoint Cloud. There is no need to recreate existing content. Select the Content tab. Click the Question List drop-down menu and select Import. IMPORTANT Answer key files (TKY) are considered question list files in this case. Browse to the location of the file(s) to be imported. Select the question listand click Open. A dialog box appears. Click Yes to convert the selected file to the new format.

5 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 5 A participant list can be exported from TurningPoint Cloud for use on another computer or by another authorized user. Select the Manage tab. Click the Participant List drop-down menu and select Export. Select the participant list or participant lists to be exported. Click, navigate to the save location and click. Click Save. Enter and re-enter a password for the participant list or participant lists. Click Export. A copy of the selected participant list or participant lists are now saved to the selected location. IMPORTANT In order for another individual to import the participant list, you must provide the individual with the participant list password. Now that a participant list has been exported, it can be imported into TurningPoint Cloud on another computer. To import a participant list see the next section, Importing Participant Lists. Follow the appropriate Ten Step document located on the Training Resources page: uments.htm%3ftocpath%3d 11. For additional resources, visit Exported sessions can be imported into TurningPoint Cloud.

6 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 6 Sessions imported from legacy versions of TurningPoint will not require a password and will be converted upon import into an encrypted file. From the Manage tab, click the Session drop-down menu and select Import. Browse to the location of the session or sessions. Select the session or sessions and click Open. The following message is displayed for files exported from TurningPoint Cloud. Enter the session password. The session password must be provided to you by the individual who created and/or exported the session. Click Continue. Select one of the following options: l Move Session- Moves the session into TurningPoint Cloud and adds it to the list of sessions. l Leave in Place- Leaves the session in its current location, but also adds it to the list of sessions. Click OK. The import summary displays the status of each session or sessions selected for import. Click OK. The session or sessions are now displayed in the left panel. Select the session to view the file location, dates and an overview of the session contents. The icon to the left of the session information represents the polling environment that generated the session file. A session can be exported from TurningPoint Cloud for use on another computer or by another authorized user.

7 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 7 Open TurningPoint Cloud and sign in to your Turning Account. From the Manage tab, click the Session drop-down menu and select Export. The Export Session window opens. Place a checkmark next to the session or sessions to be exported. Click Select All to select all session files for export. Sessions will be saved in a folder with the same name as the participant list. Click to select the location to save a copy of the session file. The following window is displayed. Enter and re-enter a password for the session. Click Export. IMPORTANT In order for another individual to import the session, you must provide the individual with the session password. There are nine types of session reports. Each report can be customized by selecting the data options on the right side of the reports window. IMPORTANT A Turning Account license is mandatory for each participant. If a participant does not purchase a Turning Account license, his or her score will show as an asterisk in all TurningPoint Cloud participant reports. Furthermore, his or her score will export as "0" to an Excel workbook and will not be exported to an LMS. From the Manage tab, select a session from the left panel.

8 Transitioning from TurningPoint 5 to TurningPoint Cloud - NO LMS 8 The Session Overview screen is displayed. Click Reports at the bottom of the Session Overview screen. Double-clicking the session name will also open the reports window. Select the report type from the drop-down menu in the upper right corner. The report session header appears on all reports. The session header includes the session name, date created, active participant count, average score and the question count. The calculation for the average score is the sum of the total points for each active participant divided by the number of active participants. These numbers are not dependent upon participant account licenses.