Personal response systems are a great new way to engage students during class.

The Weigle Information Commons Class of 1968 Seminar Room includes a classroom set of 35 Turning Point clickers. Faculty can reserve the room online to bring a class in to explore clickers.

Getting Started

• Start here: Download the authoring toolbar from Turning Point's download site. Please check that the version matches the one you would use in the classroom. The WIC Seminar Room has Turning Point 2006.
• Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers (Educause 2005 PDF)
• Best Practices ideas from Turning Point
• You must start the program using the Turning Point icon - this will then launch PowerPoint.
• Turning Point offers regular online training sessions. WIC offers occasional hands-on sessions listed on WICshops
• Clickers website created by SAS Computing
• Clickers Bibliography compiled by SAS Computing
• Daily Pennsylvanian article on clickers - February 25, 2008
• Tutorial site from University of Wisconsin

Sample files for Turning Point clickers

• Library Demonstration PowerPoint - WIC uses this sample file to show visitors how the clickers work.
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire template from Turning Point training
• Jeopardy template from Turning Point training

Updated: December 2007
Read the current version of this page at http://wic.library.upenn.edu/multimedia/clickers/