Managing data, Participant lists, Creating a participant list – Turning Technologies TurningPoint Cloud User Manual

Page 15: Downloading a participant list

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Creating a participant list from your Turning Account allows participants to

register for a course. After the participant list is created, an e-mail invite is

sent to participants requesting them to register for the course associated

to the participant list.
1. Go to

https://account.turningtechnologies.com

and sign in to your

Turning Account.

2. Click the

Participant Lists

tab.

3. Click

Add

.

4. Enter the participant list

name

and

ID

.

TIP:

It is highly recommended to name the participant list after the course

(see below). Participants can search for the course by course name,

course ID, instructor name or EXACT instructor email.
5. Click

Save

. The participant list is successfully saved and added to the

Participant Lists menu.

6. Select the participant list and click the

Manage

icon. The participant list

opens.
7. Click

Add

.

8. Enter a participant’s email address in the appropriate field and click

Enter

. To add multiple participants, separate email addresses with a

comma. Valid email addresses will be marked green while invalid

email addresses will be marked red.

TIP:

You can copy and paste email addresses into the Invite Participants

window. However, email addresses MUST be separated with a comma.
9. Click

Send

to invite participants.

NOTE:

Click the

Manage

icon and select

Accepted

or

Invited

to track

which participants have or have not registered for the course.

Creating a Participant List

Participant information can be imported from a student roster in a Learning

Management System (LMS) or from your Turning Account.

NOTE:

Importing from an LMS can only be used if the integration has been installed

on the LMS server. Please contact your IT Department to confirm that the LMS

integration is installed and configured to operate with TurningPoint Cloud.
1. Open TurningPoint Cloud and sign in to your Turning Account.
2. Select the

Manage

tab.

3. Click the Participant List drop-down menu and select New. The Create Participant

List window opens.
4. Select the

Download from Integration

radio button and click

Create List

. The

Connect to Integration window opens.

5. Select the appropriate

Integration

from the Integration drop-down menu.

6. Enter the

Server Address

,

Username

and

Password

in the appropriate fields.

7. Click

Connect

. Optionally, click

Remember this information

to have the

Integration, Server Address and Username stored for future use.

8. If applicable, select the

Institution

from the Select an Institution drop-down menu.

The

Import Partcipant List window opens.

9. Select the

course or courses

to import. Optionally, select the

Select All

checkbox

to import all courses.

10. Click

Import

. A confirmation box is displayed.

11. Click

OK

. The participant list is added to the left panel of the Participant List

Overview screen.

12. Select the

participant list

to view the participant information.

NOTE:

The imported participant list contains the following information: Device ID(s),

License Status, First Name, Last Name, User ID and Email.

Downloading a Participant List

managing

data

|

participant

list

Managing Data

TurningPoint Cloud sessions are grouped based on the participant list with

which they are associated. Participant lists created in TurningPoint Cloud can

be used for PowerPoint Polling, Anywhere Polling and Self-Paced Polling.

Participant Lists

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