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Overview

TurningKey is a lightweight software application that allows educators to create and deliver
new or existing assessments with student response systems. Educators create an answer
key assessment from new or existing tests and deliver the test using Turning Technologies’
ResponseCard NXT and ResponseCard XR. TurningKey is a quick, easy way to test students and
instantly grade assessments.





Highlighted Advanced 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 student (NXT ONLY)

• Detailed, HTML reports including:

• Individual Results

• Individual Score

• Test Version

• Test Results Summary

• Overall Standards

• Individual Standards

System Requirements

Supported File Types:
• Answer Keys (tky)
• QuestionPoint Files (tqz)
• TestingPoint Tests (txlt)
• - Supports original version, not randomized versions
• TestingPoint Answer Keys (tpa)

PC System Requirements:
• Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit XP, Vista or 7
• Intel or AMD 600 MHz class processor (1 GHz or higher recommended)
• 256 MB RAM
• 60 MB hard disk space (an additional 32 MB is required if you do not have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed)
• 1024 x 768 resolution at 32-bit color or higher
• Turning Technologies ResponseCard XR or NXT and USB RF Receiver

Mac 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
• Turning Technologies ResponseCard XR or NXT and USB RF Receiver
 

Testimonials

“TurningPoint is instant, thought provoking, and forces everyone to participate, all factors which change the usefulness and shape of the results.”

Dave Thompson, Inspector for ICT, Worcestershire LEA

"TurningPoint is certainly an effective tool that can be used right across the curriculum."

BETT Awards Judges

"I've got the voting system working perfectly - 8 statements on screen, 3 rounds, 4 votes, 4 votes, 2 votes, and in each round you can spread the votes. At the end it's a piece of cake to tally up in Excel."


Richard Taylor, Adviser (ICT), School Improvement Service, Northumberland County Council

"The use of TurningPoint addresses many of the issues around assessment for learning. It allows the teacher to assess on a range of measures including individual performance and group performance against a particular teaching point."


BETT Awards Judges

"This is a hugely flexible product that could have a significant impact on teaching and learning across all phases and subject areas."


BETT Awards Judges

"The software is quickly mastered by totally inexperienced users. The product is easy to use in real time and very flexible."


BETT Awards Judges

"All members of the educational community can be supported through use of this product. Evidence of this came from a range of sources, for example, LA advisers using it to monitor the student voice related to Schools of the Future, teachers using it to test recall of historical facts and pupils using it to express opinion about the impact of WW2 on people at the time."


BETT Awards Judges

"Analysis of performance enables teacher planning to meet pupil needs identified through analysis of data gathered in a session, using principles of assessment for learning.  This provides opportunities to tailor content to meet the needs of individual learners and the ability to track learners' progress, either by following their activities or by reporting on tasks that are assessed."

BETT Awards Judges...

"The open-ended nature of the 'Turning Point' kit provides a flexible resource that teachers can tailor to enhance teaching and learning strategies to support creativity."

BETT Awards Judges

"The product facilitates discussion and collaboration. It encourages participation by all including normally reluctant contributors who lack confidence. It involves all pupils and builds the confidence of more timid learners."


BETT Awards Judges

“I'm thrilled to bits! Was a bit anxious about how to use it but in fact it took me just half an hour to produce a set of slides for different materials with 2 simple responses for each, conductor or insulator. The children voted for what they thought, then tried out the materials in their circuits, and referred their results back to their original responses on the slides. Fantastic!”

Pam Marsh, St Mary's Catholic Pri...

"To summarise my feedback would be that the voting is easy to set up, easy to use, simple to understand, has lots of tools to allow instant feedback and has the ability to collate/ present data in an easy format."

Mark Weller, Infrastructure Specialist, Research Machines PLC

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