To use the latest version of TurningPoint 8 with your Blackboard Learn course, you need to make sure that the correct TurningPoint registration course tool is enabled. Visit https://learn.bu.edu and log in with your BU username and password.

1. Select the Blackboard Learn course that you would like to use for TurningPoint 8.
2. Under Course Management, find the Control Panel, expand the Customization section, and select Tool Availability.
3. In the list of Tools find the line for Turning Technologies Account Registration and make sure it is activated. To enable the tool, check the box to the right.
   
4. Then, click Submit to apply the changes located at the bottom right-hand corner.

Once the Turning Technologies Account Registration tool is enabled, you are required to add a Tool Link to your Blackboard Learn course menu for Turning Technologies to work seamlessly with Blackboard Learn. This will allow students to connect to the Turning Account portal. In the portal, students who have not yet established an account can do so and they can register their TurningPoint Response Device ID(s) and licenses. Students who already have an account can use the link to access their Turning Account profile.

Visit https://learn.bu.edu and log in using your BU username and password.

1. Select the Blackboard Learn course that you would like to use for TurningPoint.
2. Make sure Edit Mode is set to ON. Add a course menu item by clicking the white plus sign on a green background from your Blackboard Learn course and select Tool Link.
   
   
3. Type a Name for your tool link in the appropriate field, such as TT Account Registration then under Type: select Turning Technologies Account Registration. To make the tool available to your students is to check the Available to Users checkbox.
   Please note: If you don’t see Turning Technologies Account Registration as an option please refer to the instructions on how to enable this course tool.
   
   
4. Click Submit.

When you download the participant list into the TurningPoint client, you enable TurningPoint to match the individual answers with the appropriate student. If you are just interested in anonymous polling you will not need a participant list.

Following the steps below, you will be able to download participant lists of students from your Blackboard Learn course for use in the TurningPoint client.

1. In your TurningPoint client, log in using your BU username and Kerberos password.
   
2. Once you are logged in, click on the MANAGE tab, then go to the Participant List drop down menu, and click New.
   
   
   
3. Select the Download from Integration radio button, then click Create List.
   
   
4. Select Blackboard from the Integration drop down menu and type in the Server Address as: https://learn.bu.edu. Use your BU username and password. Since you might not want to fill in this information every time you access this function, check the box next to Remember this information, and then click Connect.
   
   
   5. You must be connected to the Internet to retrieve the information from the Blackboard server. A list of all the courses for which you are listed as an Instructor will be displayed. Select the course(s) for which you want to download the participant list from Blackboard. To select one or multiple courses check the box in front of the Course ID and Course Name. When you are ready click Import. Turning Point will tell you when the participant lists were successfully imported. After you click the OK button, the downloaded list(s) will show up on the left-hand column, named by the official BU Course ID.
   
   
   
   6. If you would like to rename your participant list, you can do so by selecting the correct participant list from the left-hand column and clicking the pencil icon to the left of the name field.
   
   

Instructors: To allow students to use mobile devices with ResponseWare, you must create a Session ID for them to use.

1. Open the TurningPoint client.
   
   
2. Enter your BU email address and click sign in. Then enter your Turning Account password and click sign in again.
   
   
3. On the right-hand side, find where it says ResponseWare:, then underneath ResponseWare, click Click to Connect:.
   
   
   
4. A dialog box will appear. Click Start Session.
   
   
   
5. This will start a session for ResponseWare and the Session ID will be shown. Students must enter this Session ID into their ResponseWare app to connect to the polling software.
   
   
   
6. Once you are done polling, you may end the session by clicking End Session.
   
   
   

Students:

1. Open the ResponseWare app.
   
   
2. Once your instructor has created a session, enter the Session ID in the respective field. Then tap Join Session.
   
   
3. Enter your Turning Account BU Email address and tap sign in.
   
   
4. Enter your Turning Account Password and tap sign in again.
   
   
5. Tap Submit. ResponseWare is now ready for use.