Turning Technologies TurningKey User Manual

TurningKey for Mac

User Guide

Version 1.3

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© 2013 Turning Technologies, LLC. Portions Responsive Innovations, LLC,
Microsoft Corporation

No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express
written permission of Turning Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved.

Turning Technologies, LLC, 255 West Federal Street, Youngstown, OH 44503
USA.

TurningPoint® is a registered trademark of Turning Technologies, LLC. Other
trademarked product names mentioned in this manual are owned by their
respective companies.

The following regulatory statements apply to radio frequency and infrared
transmitters and receivers mentioned in this manual, including the
ResponseCard RF , ResponseCard RF LCD, ResponseCard IR, ResponseCard
XR, ResponseCard NXT and their respective receivers.

FCC Statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

IC Statement

This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s).
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including
interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux
appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux
conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2)
l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi,
même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.

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1 About TurningKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Technical Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Downloading TurningKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Opening TurningKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Configuring TurningKey for Automatic Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting the Default Save Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 Answer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Using Answer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Creating a New Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Inserting a New Question in an Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Removing a Question from an Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Downloading K-12 Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Creating a Custom Standards List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Assigning Standards to a Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Participant Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Creating a Participant List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Loading a Participant List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Editing a Participant List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Printing a Participant List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

4 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Administering a Test in TurningKey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Viewing the Live Results and Feedback Monitor (NXT Only). . . . . . . . 24

5 Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Session Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Saving a Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Resetting a Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Continuing a Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Editing a Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Extracting an Answer Key from a Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Exporting Session Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

6 Integrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Logging into a Learning Management System (LMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Importing a Participant List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Exporting Grades/E-mailing Student Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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7 Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Online Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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About TurningKey

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TurningKey is a lightweight software application that allows presenters to create and deliver new or
existing assessments with an audience response system. Presenters can create an answer key assessment
from new or existing tests and deliver those tests using Turning Technologies’ XR or NXT ResponseCards.

Features include:

• Up to 20 different test versions may be administered at a time

• Supports multiple choice, multiple answer, matching, numeric response and fill in the blank question

types

• Allows the question type and correct answer(s) to be entered so recreating an existing test is

unnecessary

• Set a specific end time or time block for a test

• Monitor questions and answers via the Live Results Monitor (ResponseCard NXT only)

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Technical Requirements

The following requirements are necessary in order for TurningKey to properly function.

• 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 with at least a 2.4 FTDI or HID USB RF Receiver

• Turning Technologies ResponseCard NXT with a 4.6 HID USB RF Receiver

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Getting Started

Downloading TurningKey

To ensure that the latest version available is installed, download TurningKey from the Turning

Technologies website.

How to download TurningKey...

1 Go to www.TurningTechnologies.com/downloads.

Getting Started

2 Click the Legacy tab and select TurningKey for Mac.

• Release notes are available in PDF format to the right of the download link.

3 Enter the required information and click Submit.

4 Click the link to start the download.

5 Save the file to a specified location.

Opening TurningKey

The software must be installed and open on the computer in which the test is to be administered.

How to open TurningKey...

1 Double-click the dmg file.

2 Drag the TurningKey icon to the Applications folder.

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Getting Started

3 Open Applications and double-click TurningKey.

Note

Create an alias for TurningKey.app on your dock for
quicker access to the application.

Configuring TurningKey for Automatic Updates

TurningKey has a feature which checks for updates and immediately applies them to the software.

Before You Begin

An active internet connection to check for software updates is required.

How to configure TurningKey for automatic updates...

1 Open TurningKey.

2 Click TurningKey on the menu bar and select Preferences....

3 Select the Application tab.

4 Check the box labeled Automatically check for updates.

5 Click Install Update on the notification window to install the updated software.

Setting the Default Save Location

The default save location for participant lists, sessions and answer keys can be set to a user preferred
location. Network resources can be specified as the default save location.

How to set the default save location...

1 Click TurningKey on the menu bar and select Preferences....

2 Select the Application tab.

3 Click Browse... to navigate to the desired save location.

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Answer Keys

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In TurningKey, an Answer Key is a document that contains the answers to a set of questions.

This chapter covers:

• Creating a New Answer Key

• Inserting a New Question in an Answer Key

• Removing a Question from an Answer Key

• Downloading K-12 Standards

• Creating a Custom Standards List

• Assigning Standards to a Question

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Using Answer Keys

An Answer Key must be loaded prior to starting the test.

Creating a New Answer Key

An Answer Key can be based off of a Word document, PDF, spreadsheet, etc.

How to create a new Answer Key...

1 Click New Key on the TurningKey toolbar.

The TurningKey Information window appears.

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2 Enter the appropriate information in the fields provided:

Field Name Description

Number of Versions The number of test versions to be created for the answer key. A valid

entry is a whole number between 1 and 20.

Number of Questions The number of questions to be included in the Answer Key. A valid entry

is a whole number between 1 and 100 for the XR or 1 and 200 for the
NXT.

Correct The default point value for a correct answer. A valid entry is a number

between -10,000 and 10,000.

Incorrect The default point value for an incorrect answer. A valid entry is a number

between -10,000 and 10,000.

Question Type Select the default question type for the Answer Key.

Number of Choices Select the default number of answer choices for the Answer Key.

Test Name The name of the test (24 character limit). The name of the test is

displayed on the ResponseCard NXT during the log in process.

Using Answer Keys

Description Provide a description of the answer key. This field is optional.

Note

If “Essay” is selected as the default question type,
the limit is 50 essay questions.

Essay questions are not graded by TurningKey.

3 Click Continue.

The TurningKey editor opens. A question list is generated with the number of questions selected in step 2.

4 If there are multiple versions of the Answer Key, select the version number from the drop-down menu.

5 If necessary, select the desired question type from the drop-down menu next to the question number.

Available Question Types:

• Multiple Choice

• Multiple Response

• Fill in the Blank - Multiple correct answers must be separated by a semi-colon. Correct answers have

a limit of 16 characters.

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