How to Create a Turning Point Presentation
1. Open Turning Point from the Start Menu by going to:
Start-> All Programs->TurningPoint2008 ->TurningPoint2008
2. Select the “TurningPoint 2008” tab at the top of the page (Figure 1a)
a. Once selected the ribbon will display the options for creating a Turning Point
presentation (Figure 1b)
Figure 1a
Figure 1b
3. To create a session ID click “Tools” and select “Responseware” from the drop down menu.
4. Enter your username (drake email address) and password, then click “Login” (Figure 2a).
This will generate a session id for you (Figure 2b). Be sure to write down the Session ID
number and type it on your title slide for your students to see.
Figure 2a
Figure 2b
Close the window when finished.
5. To create a new slide click “Insert Slide” then choose the type of slide you would like to use
from the drop down menu.
Note: For this example the option “Vertical Slide” has been selected.
a. This type of slide tends to be the most common slide option.
b. Once you have selected a slide type, a new slide will open prompting you to enter a
question and answer options.
c. The type of graph you’ve selected will appear on the left side of the slide.
6. To enter a question, click on the text “Enter question text…” and begin typing your
question.
7. To enter the answer choices, click on the text “Enter answer text…” and begin typing
answer options. Once your first answer if created, hit the “Enter” key to move down to the
next answer entry.
8. Once you have entered all answer choices, click on the graph (Figure 7a).
The system will automatically update the graph with the new answer options (Figure 7b).
Figure 7a
Figure 7b
9. Once you have entered the answers, give each answer a value by selecting either “Correct”
or “Incorrect” from the drop down menu located on the far right side of the screen.
10.Once you have selected the “Correct” answer, the rest will automatically update to
“Incorrect” (Figure 9a). However, you can create a quiz that has more than one correct
answer (Figure 9b).
Figure 9a
Figure 9b
11. Repeat steps 3-9 to create additional quiz questions.
12. Once you have created your quiz, click the “Reset” option from the ribbon and select “All
Slides” from the drop down menu. This will reset all of the graphs back to 0%.
13. Be sure to save your project! Do this by clicking “File” from the top ribbon and selecting
“Save”. Enter the file name and location where it is to be saved.
You are now ready to present!