Audience response systems, or clickers, offer an option for student engagement and active learning. Clickers are designed to actively engage students during the entire class period, gauge students’ level of understanding of the material presented, and provide prompt feedback. Student responses are anonymous to other students. TurningPoint AnyWhere is for instructors who want to create instant polling questions from content on web pages, PDFs, Microsoft Office products, whiteboards, and more. For instructors who want to create and save quizzes and create interactive presentations in a PowerPoint format for current and future classes, they will need to download TurningPoint software. Once students have purchased and registered their TurningPoint clickers, instructors with TurningPoint software can easily upload grades from polled responses into their Blackboard courses.
 
Both TurningPoint and TurningPoint AnyWhere downloads are free and compatible with PC or Mac. TurningTechnologies has an array of resources and videos to help decide which software is appropriate for different needs in higher education.

Turning Technologies Response Card NXT is the recommended and supported audience response device at ECU. Students can purchase this product through the Dowdy Student Stores.

For more information on using audience response systems in your classroom, simply contact the Instructional Technology Consultant (ITC) for your Academic Unit. Your ITC can help provide you with the information you’ll need to start using clickers in your classroom as well as help show you how to use the Turning Point software. To find the ITC for your academic Unit, just visit: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/itc/.