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This guide is for instructors to update to provide instructors information about updating their TurningPoint Software for creating polls, running polls, managing your rosterrosters, and uploading grades to Blackboard.

Rather than upgrade the device on your own, instructors are welcome to stop by the ITS Help Center in the Center for Science and Technology and swap their old drive for one with updated software.

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Who should upgrade?

As of Fall 2017, we are using a new method for users to sign into their TurningPoint Software and the TurningTechnologies Website. Rather than have a separate password, Syracuse users can use their regular campus NetID and Password to access TurningTechnology products using a method called Single Sign-On (SSO). This sign-on method is more convenient and helps keep your accounts safe.

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  1. Open a web browser and go to https://instructor.turningtechnologies.com/#/downloads. It may require you to sign-on if you have not already.
  2. Locate TurningPoint 8 — PC No Install and click the link to download

  3. Find the file that you downloaded to your computer which is titled TurningPoint.exe — it should have a blue hexagon logo.
  4. Double-click the application you downloaded. This will launch a dialog that asks you where you'd like to place the application. Click the icon to the right of the address and browse to the top of the drive (not a folder inside it). Then click "Unzip."

  5. When the installer is complete, browse to the USB drive and go into the "Turning Point App" folder. Double-click the item called "TurningPoint" with a blue hexagon logo next to it to launch TurningPoint 8.
  6. When signing in for the first time you may receive a license error, which you can ignore. 

Installing TurningPoint 8 on your USB Drive (MacOS)

There is a bug in the current version of the MacOS application available for download that prevents it from launching correctly on the USB Drive. If you need an updated version of the application for MacOS, please visit the ITS Help Center in the Center for Science and Technology to swap your old drive for one with updated software.

Upgrading to the most current version of TurningPoint Cloud

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