Students currently enrolled on the CM30078 Networking unit will soon be using the Audience Response System (ARS) as part of a coursework assignment. As part of this, they are likely to need to create some TurningPoint-based slides themselves. Students can access the TurningPoint software in two separate ways.

1. Using a TurningPoint 2008 on a BUCS PC

The software can found on all BUCS Windows-based PCs in the Library and on the PCs in the teaching labs around campus (e.g. 1W 2.25)

Once you have logged on, the software can be found in the following way,

Start > (All) Programs > Departments > e-Learning > TurningPoint 2008 > TurningPoint 2008

2. Downloading TurningPoint 2008 onto your computer

The software is available for download via the Audience Response System project blog at: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars

Scroll to the right-hand side section labelled ARS Software Download. Versions of the software for the PC and Mac are available.

Users must have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on their PC or Mac for the TurningPoint 2008 to function. The Mac-based version of this software will only work with Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac.

Important advice

The TurningPoint 2008 is based around a toolbar as pictured below.

toolbar

The toolbar will only display, if you launch TurningPoint 2008 from your Windows Start menu (or similar on a Mac). Clicking on the relevant icon/link, will display the Microsoft PowerPoint splash screen first, followed by the TurningPoint one.

If you have any instances of Microsoft PowerPoint open already, you must close these first prior to opening up TurningPoint 2008.