Introduction

The aim of this How To guide is to give an outline of the Reports utility within the TurningPoint 2008 application. The Reports utility allows users to generate and view a range of reports based on the responses received during a TurningPoint ARS session. These are available within both Word documents and Excel worksheets, and contains data and information about questions, answers, participants and responses gathered during your session.

Why should I use Turning Reports?

“Turning Reports displays a hierarchical menu of reports organised by category, such as Results by Question Reports and Demographic Reports. If you click on one of these categories, the Turning Reports screen displays subheadings of specific report titles, and shows samples of each selected report. Thirty-one reports are available for reporting on the entire audience, by individual participants, by groups, by standards, and on the basis of demographics. If you have specified correct answers or point values, you can “grade” participants and groups, verify that standards are met, and provide valuable feedback to participants.” – TurningPoint 2008 User Guide for Office 2003 [download PDF ].

If you are using the ARS to support undergraduate or postgraduate units, or for staff development sessions, you may wish to upload the generated Excel worksheet into the corresponding Moodle course.

How can I get to it?

On staff Windows-based PCs, Turning Reports is available at: Start > (All) Programs > Turning Technologies, LLC > TurningPoint 2008 > Reports

On BUCS PCs, Turning Reports is available at: Start > (All) Programs > Departments > e-Learning > TurningPoint 2008 > Reports

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What next?

Before you proceed, you must have saved your TurningPoint 2008 session using the Save button, on the TurningPoint toolbar. This is, rather than, or as well as, clicking Save (or File > Save/Save As…) within PowerPoint 2003.

  • Once the Turning Reports utility has opened, select the Sessions tab and then locate your ARS session. If it is not displayed in the list, click on the Open link to locate it. The file should have a .tpz extension type.
  • Following this, click on the Reports tab. The Turning Reports window displays a list of the categories of
    reports you can generate from your session file. Each category of report is listed by name. You can double-click the category or click on the plus sign beside the category to view a list of reports in each category.
  • You can select multiple reports by selecting multiple check boxes. You can also select an entire category of reports by selecting the check box for the category.
  • When you are finished, click on the Generate Report button. Depending on the number of reports you are generating, the process may take a few moments. Your Excel worksheet will open automatically once the process is complete.

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Where do I go from here?

Give it a go! Further details on reports and report types is are available in the TurningPoint 2008 User Guide for Office 2003 [download PDF], pp. 345 – 386.

For anything please, please take a look at the project blog at http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars/, or get in touch with Nitin Parmar, the ARS Project Lead, at e-learning@bath.ac.uk .

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