TurningKey Release Notes
Version: 1.0.0.274
Languages: English

Features:

• Supports 200 questions with NXT and 100 questions with XR
• Poll up to 20 different versions of a test at the same time
• Supports a wide variety of question types including:
  • Multiple Choice
  • Multiple Response
  • Matching
  • Numeric Response
  • True / False
  • Fill-in-the-Blank
• Build test by entering question type and correct answer - no need to recreate existing exams
• Set a finish time for the test by a specific amount of time or at an exact time
• Real-time monitoring of completed questions and submitted answers of each participant (NXT ONLY)
• Detailed, HTML report by individual, test version and overall results as well as standards

To download TurningKey for PC or Mac, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, view our detailed product page.

ResponseWare Release Notes
Version: 1.1.1
Language: English

Enhancements:

• User interface enhancements to the Login Screen.
• Moment to Moment questions are now ranked on a scale of 1 to 5 instead of -2 to 2.

Minimum System Requirements:

• iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad OS 3.0 or higher
• Wi-Fi or cellular connection (for optimum performance, a Wi-Fi connection is recommended)

To download ResponseWare 1.1.1 for your device, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full release notes.

TurningKey for Mac Release Notes

Version: 1.0.1
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Added support for Mac OS 10.6.5

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• G3 processor or better / Intel processors fully supported (Universal Binary)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 10 MB hard disk space

To download TurningKey for Mac, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full TurningKey release notes.

TurningPoint AnyWhere for Mac Release Notes

Version: 2.4.1
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Added support for Mac OS 10.6.5

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• G3-class processor or better
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 10 MB hard disk space
• Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card (Required if ResponseWare or PresenterWare is used.)
• Requires the RF or IR Receiver or an active ResponseWare account

To download TurningPoint AnyWhere for Mac, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full TurningPoint AnyWhere release notes.

Hardware Updater Release Notes

Version: 1.1.0.322
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Ability to update RRRF-02 receivers
• Ability to update ResponseCard NXT
• Ability to connect through a proxy server
• Ability to access help file thru software

To download the Hardware Updater, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full release notes.

TurningPoint AnyWhere for Mac Release Notes

Version: 2.4.2
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Users can now edit the Performance Matters URL

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• G3-class processor or better
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 10 MB hard disk space
• Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card (Required if ResponseWare or PresenterWare is used.)
• Requires the RF or IR Receiver or an active ResponseWare account

To download TurningPoint AnyWhere for Mac, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full TurningPoint AnyWhere release notes.

TurningKey for Mac Release Notes

Version: 1.0.2
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Users can now edit the Performance Matters URL

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• G3 processor or better / Intel processors fully supported (Universal Binary)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 10 MB hard disk space

To download TurningKey for Mac, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view full TurningKey release notes.

QuestionPoint Release Notes

Version: 2.1.1
Language: English

Enhancements:

• Common Core Standards
• Correction to Ohio State Alignments

System Requirements:

• Turning Product Solutions (only required for the exported .tpz file):
  • TestingPoint 1.2 or greater
  • TurningPoint 4.2.1 or greater
  • TurningPoint AnyWhere 2.2 or greater
  • TurningKey 1.0 or greater
• Adobe Reader version 5.0 or greater (only required for the Teacher and Student PDFs)

To access QuestionPoint, visit the TurningTalk user community.

For detailed information, click to view release notes.

TurningPoint Release Notes

Version: 4.2.4
Language: English

Enhancements:

• When moving a presentation from one computer to another the default participant list setting was transferred causing your default participant list to change. To resolve the issue the default participant list setting has been removed and permanently set to Auto.
• An error would occur during export if the number of responses was greater than the number of answer choices and an answer was marked as correct.
• CSV exports for Sakai and Moodle were handling decimal point values improperly.
• Priority Ranking slides were totaled incorrectly in Turning Reports.
• Making a change to a slide with a custom correct answer indicator added another animation for the indicator with every refresh.
• Office 2003 animations were reordered after reinserting a TurningPoint chart.

To download TurningPoint 4.2.4, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view 64-bit release notes and 32-bit release notes.

TurningPoint Release Notes

Version: 4.2.4
Language: English

Enhancements:

• When moving a presentation from one computer to another the default participant list setting was transferred causing your default participant list to change. To resolve the issue the default participant list setting has been removed and permanently set to Auto.
• An error would occur during export if the number of responses was greater than the number of answer choices and an answer was marked as correct.
• CSV exports for Sakai and Moodle were handling decimal point values improperly.
• Priority Ranking slides were totaled incorrectly in Turning Reports.
• Making a change to a slide with a custom correct answer indicator added another animation for the indicator with every refresh.
• Office 2003 animations were reordered after reinserting a TurningPoint chart.

To download TurningPoint 4.2.4, visit our downloads page.

For detailed information, click to view 64-bit release notes and 32-bit release notes.

Turning Technologies is happy to announce the availability of the latest version of TurningPoint. The latest release consolidates the company’s most popular products into one, simple interface for polling in PowerPoint, polling in any application and self-paced polling. New TurningPoint now encompasses functionality found in legacy applications TurningPoint, TurningPoint AnyWhere, TurningKey and ResultsManager.

TurningPoint (PC) Release Notes

Release Date: 07/31/2012
Version: 5.0.0
Language: English

Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or 7 (32 or 64 bit)
• Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 (32 or 64 bit) (for PowerPoint Polling and viewing exported reports in Excel)
• .NET 3.5 SP1 or newer
• Intel or AMD 2 GHz processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 120 MB hard disk space
• 1024x768 at 32-bit color or higher resolution
• Standard USB 1.1/2.0 port (for USB-based hardware devices)
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card required if ResponseWare is in use
• Adobe Flash Player (for Animated 2D/3D charts)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (for printing)
• Java Runtime Environment (for importing RTF, DOC, DOCX and QTI documents and exporting reports to Excel and CSV)

TurningPoint (Mac) Release Notes

Release Date: 07/31/2012
Version: 5.0.0
Language: English

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher
• Intel processor 2GHz or higher
• 512 MB RAM
• 30 MB hard disk space
• Standard USB 1.1/2.0 port (for USB-based hardware devices)
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card required if ResponseWare is in use
• Java (for importing RTF, DOC, DOCX and QTI documents and exporting reports to Excel and CSV)

Turning Technologies is happy to announce the release of TurningPoint 5.1 for both PC and Mac. See below for what's new in our updated versions below.

TurningPoint 5.1 for PC

Enhancements:

• Added PresenterWare support for Anywhere and PowerPoint Polling environments.
• Added import of DATAWISE participant lists, question lists, and export of sessions in DATAWISE supported format.
• Added support for a direct integration with Acuity in Self-Paced Polling.
• Added support for Anonymous participant lists in Self-Paced Polling.
• Added support for a direct integration with Performance Matters.
• Added ability in Results Manager to select a session and save the temporary device assignments from Real Time Registration or User ID matchup to the participant list for future polling.
• Added support for computers using FIPS compliant algorithms.  Non-compliant functions will now be disabled in this environment.
• Added Device ID and User ID columns to the Overview Exports in Results Manager.
• Added support for creating new PowerPoint presentations and opening existing PowerPoint presentations directly from the Content tab.
• Added support for a default settings file to be created and distributed as a computer image.
• Added searchable Help File with a Table of Contents for easier navigation.
• Added support for Results by Participant reports on Anonymous sessions.
• Added a new Export Scheme in Results Manager Export option named General Export Detail which includes User Name, Device ID, User ID, each response from the session, and total points earned within the session.
• Added support for all built-in themes/design templates for interactive slides in PowerPoint Polling.

Adjustments:

• Deleting a session from a course will no longer result in the unassigned devices still displayed in Results Manager.
• Continuing a Prior Session in Self-Paced now displays the appropriate polling status icon.
• Custom dialog boxes now appear on the primary monitor when a secondary monitor is used.
• Editing an equation in the content editor now maintains the current equation image until edit is complete.
• Corrupted or invalid file types now notify user of invalidity and don’t create errors.
• Question List bullet font now takes on font type and size from the Question List preferences set when creating the Question List.
• Question text now reflects the bullet type for QuickPoll questions (Anywhere Polling) and Slides-on-the-Fly (PowerPoint Polling).
• PowerPoint Polling showbar can now be displayed using a customizable shortcut key (default Ctrl+8) while on non-interactive slides.
• Deleting content from the Content tab now moves the files to the system’s Recycle Bin.
• Multiple Response questions now mark the question correct by determining that all answers were correct and that the number of responses equals the number of correct answers OR the response limit, whichever is smaller.
• PowerPoint presentations imported to the Content tab now create a copy of the file in the Content folder instead of moving the file from the original location.
• Questions imported to an existing Question List will now take on the selections from the Question List preferences set when creating the Question List.
• Dragging a session from one Participant list to another now maintains the screenshots as part of the file.
• Desire2Learn import scheme now trims leading # symbols when creating the participant list.
• Choosing to “Remember this Information” when using the Web Registration Tool Integration no longer requires an edit to the URL field to continue.
• Importing a CSV file to a participant list no longer generates unexpected errors.
• Content tab folders now remain collapsed until user chooses to expand again.
• Countdown timers set in legacy Question Lists now import with original preferences set.
• Results by Question and Results by Demographic reports on sessions with versioned tests now display the charts and data from the correct version.
• Horizontal and Offset charts in PowerPoint presentations originally created in TurningPoint 2008 no longer display inverted chart results.
• Unchecking “Show Results” in a PowerPoint presentation no longer displays the results in ResponseWare.

TurningPoint 5.1 for Mac

Enhancements:

• Added support for Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).
• Added PresenterWare support for Anywhere Polling environment.
• Added import of DATAWISE participant lists, question lists, and export of sessions in DATAWISE supported format.
• Added support for a direct integration with Acuity in Self-Paced Polling.
• Added support for Anonymous participant lists in Self-Paced Polling.
• Added support for a direct integration with Performance Matters.
• Added ability in Results Manager to select a session and save the temporary device assignments from Real Time Registration or User ID matchup to the participant list.
• Added Device ID and User ID columns to the Overview Exports in Results Manager.
• Added searchable Help File with a Table of Contents for easier navigation.
• Added support for Results by Participant reports on Anonymous sessions.
• Added a new Export Scheme in Results Manager Export option named General Export Detailed which includes User Name, Device ID, User ID, each response from the session, and total points earned within the session.

Adjustments:

• Unchecking “Show Results” no longer displays the results in ResponseWare.
• Question List bullet font now takes on font type and size from the Question List preferences set when creating the Question List.
• Question text now reflects the bullet type for QuickPoll questions.
• Corrupted or invalid file types now notify user of invalidity and don’t create errors.
• Multiple Response questions now mark the question correct by determining that all answers were correct and that the number of responses equals the number of correct answers OR the response limit, whichever is smaller.
• Questions imported to an existing Question List will now take on the options from the Question List preferences set when creating the Question List.
• Importing a .csv file to a participant list no longer generates unexpected errors.

For more information and to download the latest versions, visit our downloads pa>.

Turning Technologies is releasing an update to TurningPoint for Mac, version 5.1.1.  Read the system requirements and release notes below.

Software Name: TurningPoint

Release Date: 11/06/2012

Version: 5.1.1

Support: support@turningtechnologies.com

Language: English

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 and up
• Intel processor 2GHz or higher
• 512 MB RAM
• 70 MB hard disk space
• Standard USB 1.1/2.0 port (for USB-based hardware devices)
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card required if ResponseWare is in use
• Java (for importing RTF, DOC, DOCX and QTI documents and exporting reports to Excel and CSV)

Adjustments:

• Fixes issue preventing some users from using the application without internet access.

For more information and to download the latest versions, visit our downloads page.

Turning Technologies is pleased to announce the release of Hardware Updater 2.0.0 for PC.  New features include:

• Over-the-air updating of ResponseCard NXT
• Updating Triton Receiver (RRRF-03-P)
• Resolved issue preventing RRRF-02 receivers from updating successfully.

Over-the-air (OTA) updating of ResponseCard NXT keypads will require a RRRF-03, RRRF-03-P or RRRF-04 receiver and NXT firmware 1.0.1 or higher (distributed on ResponseCards NXT keypads shipped starting June 2012).  ResponseCard NXT keypads that contain firmware prior to 1.0.1 versions will receive a “Not Open” message and will need to be USB updated.  When updating multiple ResponseCard NXT keypads with multiple firmware versions, users will need to wait until the OTA updating is complete prior to updating any ResponseCard NXT containing older firmware versions via USB.

For more information and to download the latest version, visit our downloads page.  Questions can be directed to feedback@turningtechnologies.com.

Turning Technologies is happy to announce the release of TurningPoint 5.2 for PC.  The latest release incorporates overall software performance enhancements including updated features and an improved user experience to create the easiest-to-use and most powerful polling software available. Highlights include:

• Support for Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013
• Ability to merge sessions by participant AND question
• Responders with user information do not automatically create a new participant in the Participant List
• Options to display points earned per question and all participant list fields in the Results Detail report
• Ability to reorder the session columns in Results Manager
• Changed Difficulty and Discrimination to new formula
• Ability to ask multiple response questions on the fly on a per question basis in Anywhere Polling
• ResponseWare presenter option to have participants skip info screen at session login
• Option to turn off auto-formatting of charts in PowerPoint Polling (PC only)
• Option for system administrators to lock down the ability to change receiver channels

TurningPoint (PC) Release Notes

Release Date: 05/01/2013
Version: 5.2.0
Language: English

Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (32 or 64 bit)
• Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010, or 2013 (32 or 64 bit) (for PowerPoint Polling and viewing exported reports in Excel)
• Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1
• Intel or AMD 2 GHz processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 120 MB hard disk space
• 1024x768 at 32-bit color or higher resolution, 100% DPI
• Standard USB 2.0 port (for USB-based hardware devices)
• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card required if ResponseWare is in use
• Adobe Flash Player (for Animated 2D/3D charts)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (for printing and viewing the help options)
• Java 6 Runtime Environment or higher (for importing RTF, DOC, DOCX and QTI documents and exporting reports to Excel and CSV)

For more information and to download the latest versions, visit our downloads page.

Turning Technologies is happy to announce the release of TurningPoint 5.2.1 for both Mac and PC available for download now at www.turningtechnologies.com/downloads.  The latest release incorporates overall software enhancements as well as the addition of PowerPoint Polling for Office 2011 on the Mac platform and support for PowerPoint presentations created in TurningPoint for Mac on the PC platform.

Highlights for the TurningPoint 5.2.1 Mac release include:

• Added PowerPoint Polling support
• Added ability to create and edit polling presentations for PowerPoint 2011
• Added ability to add TurningPoint Question Lists to PowerPoint 2011 presentations
• Added support for PowerPoint Polling presentations created in TurningPoint 5 for PC
• Added the preference to “Use Floating Windows” in Anywhere Polling so that when checked the presentation window can be displayed without removing the focus from PowerPoint or Keynote presentations
• Added ability to zoom in or out in the Anywhere Polling presentation window
• Enhanced performance for report exports to Excel
• Option for system administrators to lock down the ability to change receiver channels

Highlights for the TurningPoint 5.2.1 PC release include:

• Added support for PowerPoint Polling presentations created in TurningPoint 5 for Mac
• Added ability to zoom in or out in the Anywhere Polling presentation window
• Enhanced performance for report exports to Excel

Release notes, system requirements and the software to download can be found on our downloads page.

Turning Technologies is announcing the discontinuation of support and development of the following hardware products:

• ResponseCard RF Legacy (RCRF-01)
• ResponseCard XL (RCXL-01)
• RF Legacy Receiver (RRRF-01)
• ResponseCard AnyWhere Display (RCAWD)

The hardware products listed above will be supported until June 30, 2014.  These products will remain compatible with legacy software, but will not be compatible with software released after December 31, 2013.

Turning Technologies feels that the company’s newest line of RF receivers and ResponseCard devices offers customers an extensive portfolio of hardware solutions.  Resources required to maintain and support the legacy hardware products listed above can be better allocated to enhancing existing and new products that more effectively fulfill market needs.

Please consult your sales representative for further details and to learn more about Turning Technologies’ assessment delivery and data collection solutions!

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Turning Technologies is announcing the discontinuation of support of TurningPoint 1.2 for Mac.  TurningPoint 1.2 for Mac will be supported until June 30, 2014.  However, the software will not be publically available to download after December 31, 2013.

Turning Technologies feels that the development and continued improvement to the company’s latest release, TurningPoint 5.2.1 for Mac, offers customers advanced capabilities and an enhanced user experience in addition to native polling in PowerPoint^® for Mac 2011.  Turning Technologies believes the resources required to maintain and support TurningPoint 1.2 for Mac can be better allocated to enhance existing and new products that better fulfill market needs.

Please consult your sales representative for further details and to learn more about Turning Technologies’ assessment delivery and data collection solutions!

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Turning Technologies is pleased to announce the release of Hardware Updater 2.0.0 for PC.  New features include:

• Over-the-air updating of ResponseCard NXT
• Updating Triton Receiver (RRRF-03-P)
• Resolved issue preventing RRRF-02 receivers from updating successfully.

Over-the-air (OTA) updating of ResponseCard NXT keypads will require a RRRF-03, RRRF-03-P or RRRF-04 receiver and NXT firmware 1.0.1 or higher (distributed on ResponseCards NXT keypads shipped starting June 2012).  ResponseCard NXT keypads that contain firmware prior to 1.0.1 versions will receive a “Not Open” message and will need to be USB updated.  When updating multiple ResponseCard NXT keypads with multiple firmware versions, users will need to wait until the OTA updating is complete prior to updating any ResponseCard NXT containing older firmware versions via USB.

For more information and to download the latest version, visit our downloads page.  Questions can be directed to feedback@turningtechnologies.com.

Turning Technologies is pleased to announce the release of the following hardware firmware:

• ResponseCard NXT firmware version 2.0.3 (for use with TurningPoint and Triton)
• RF+ Receiver (RRRF-03) firmware version 0.3.3
• RF Receiver (RRRF-04) firmware version 0.3.3
• Triton Receiver (RRRF-03-P) firmware version 0.3.3

The firmware listed above is contained on the receivers and ResponseCard NXT keypads shipped starting August 1st.  The firmware is available on the hardware updater (with the over-the-air updating functionality) released on August 5, 2013.

To download the latest hardware updater, visit our downloads page.  Questions can be directed to feedback@turningtechnologies.com.

Turning Technologies is happy to announce the release of TurningPoint 5.3 for both PC and Mac, available for download now atwww.turningtechnologies.com/downloads.  The latest release includes language support for French, German and Spanish as well as several integration functionality enhancements.

Highlights for the TurningPoint 5.3 release include:

• Added Language Support for French, German and Spanish
• Added ability to export Performance Matters sessions to District Tests
• Added IGOR integration support
• Added ability to export question lists as Read-only
• Added a software preference to automatically display connection information in PowerPoint Polling slideshows
• Updated Desire2Learn integration to accept students’ user names into a participant list’s user ID field

Release notes, system requirements and the software to download can be found on our downloads page.

We are pleased to announce the public release of CPS Windows 6.75 and CPS Mac 3.5, available to download at http://www.einstruction.com/support/downloads.  Release includes Device Manager 7.2.0, now offering compatibility with Turning Technologies ResponseCard clickers.  eInstruction clickers will continue be supported with the new release.

Highlights for the CPS 6.75/3.5 release include:

• Added support for Turning Technologies ResponseCard clickers with CPS
• Added support for Office 2013
• Rebranding of Device Manager

NOTE:  We will be working with integration partners on an ongoing basis to upgrade integrations with the latest Device Manager code.  If you have a question of whether or not an integration will be affected, please contact integrations@turningtechnologies.com to inquire.