The ResponseWare license allows students to use their smart phones (i-Phone, Blackberry) or their personal computer as a response device when their professor uses TurningPoint.
Yes, responses given via clicker and smart phone/computer register seamlessly in the same presentation.
Clickers communicate via radio signal to the receiver installed in the USB drive of the classroom computer.
Smart/phones and computers communicate via the Internet to the computer. This means that ResponseWare will only work when wireless communication is available.
Students using clickers simply go to http://student.turningtechnologies.com to create an account and register their clicker.
Students using smart phones or a computer need to do a couple of extra steps.
1. Students purchase a ResponseWare card from the Hamline University bookstore. This card will provide them with a bar code.
2. Next students go to http://rwpoll.com and click on Manage to create their account with the bar code from their card. This registration process will provide them with an eight-digit license code.
3. Now students go to http://student.turningtechnologies.com to create an account and register their license.
4. Finally, students download the free app provided for ResponseWare to their smart phone or personal computer.
Faculty members who wish to use ResponseWare need to do a couple of extra steps.
1. Faculty members need to be added to Hamline University's ResponseWare account. Please call or email the Center for Teaching and Learning with a request to be added and CTL staff will add you to the university account. This will generate an email to faculty confirming their added status.
2. Next faculty members go to http://rwpoll.com and create their personal ResponseWare account. This allows faculty members to create ResponseWare sessions.
3. Finally, faculty will go to http://instructor.turningtechnologies.com and use their Hamline email address to create their account and download their participant list. Both clicker students and ResponseWare license students who have registered will show up on the participant list.