TurningPoint Anywhere for the Mac

The AnyWhere polling application uses the same functionality as TurningPoint through a floating toolbar that allows users to poll from content with any application displaying on the screen, including PowerPoint, web browsers, PDFs, Word documents, and more. However, in contrast to TurningPoint, which integrates with PowerPoint, TurningPoint Anywhere runs independently from this and other applications.

For example, you would create your questions in your preferred application (e.g., Word, PowePoint, etc), then at your presentation, you would open TurningPoint Anywhere and open the polling feature. TurningPoint will then capture a copy of the question displayed on the screen, and record the responses associated with it.

Hardware Requirements
The following hardware specifications are required before installing TurningPoint AnyWhere:
• G3 processor or better / Intel processors fully supported (Universal Binary)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 10 MB hard disk space
• Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port

Requirements for Software
The following software applications are required to take full advantage of TurningPoint AnyWhere for
Mac capabilities:
• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Download TurningPoint Anywhere software

Quick Steps for Running a Presentation (A "cheat sheet." Please use in conjunction with the User Guide, below.)

Full User Guide
Guide to the User Guide (below)

The following list provides guidance for locating essential information for session preparation and delivery in the User Guide, above.

  1. Install TP Anywhere, p. 3
  1. TP Anywhere showbar (for use during the presentation), p. 3
  1. Import a participant list from ELMS (PDF)
  1. Load a participant list into to the presentation to run during the session (the server address is elms.umd.edu), p. 9
  1. Confirm/Change Channel: Confirm/Change Channel (in the top menu TP, click TurningPoint Anywhere, Preferences, Response Devices).  Under ResponseCard Channels, confirm the channel for the receiver is the same as posted in the classroom.  Tell your students to set the correct channel on their response device.
  1. ResponseWare connections for users with web-enabled devices, such as the iPhone/iTouch, laptops, Blackberry. p. 6 (Please also refer to the Quick Steps for Running a Presentation, above).
  1. Testing ResponseCard ("clicker" device) communication, p. 5
  1. Run a successful session, p. 11
  1. Save the session file, p. 13
  1. Viewing and editing the session data, p. 16
  1. Export to ELMS (Connecting to an LMS) (PDF) (as an alternative: you can also view Reports in TP Anywhere, see p. 21).