PointSolutions (formerly TurningPoint) Audience Response Systems

Due to MCPHS's new site license with PointSolutions, all faculty and students now have accounts they can access free of charge via single sign-on. If you previously had a TurningPoint/PointSolutions instructor account, the next time you go to access your account you will simply be redirected to MCPHS's single sign-on where you will be asked to log in with your standard MCPHS credentials. Otherwise, nothing will have changed to your account. All your settings and associated Blackboard courses should still be the same.

Faculty who are new to PointSolutions should follow the process outlined below when they log in for the first time:

1. Log in to Blackboard with Google Chrome (Firefox is not supported by PointSolutions).
2. Navigate to a course you are teaching.
3. (Note: The next two steps depend on what version of Blackboard your course is available in.) For classes in Blackboard Learn:
   1. Select “Tools” from the side navigation on your course,.
   2. Then from the “Tools” page, find and select the link labeled “Turning Account Registration.”
      
4. For classes in Blackboard Ultra:
   1. Select the link labelled "Books & Tools" from the "Details and Actions" menu on the left of your screen.
      
   2. Then scroll down the "Books & Tools" menu that appears on the right side of your browser until you find the link for "Turning Account Registration" and then click on that.
      
5. This will bring you to the “New User Registration” page (pictured below). Your name and email should already be entered. There will be drop-down boxes for both selecting your country (A) and your role (B).  Select "United States" for your country and then "Instructor" for your role (it should be the default choice). Then after you've clicked the check box agreeing to the Echo360 Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, click "Continue" (C).
   
6. This should take you to the screen you see below. To start linking your new instructor account to Blackboard, you will need to click on the Blackboard tab at the top of the page.
   
7. You should now see a page like the one below.  Click the purple "Blackboard Authentication" button to finish connecting your Blackboard account.
   
8. Once your PointSolutions account is finished connecting with Blackboard, you should see a list of all the courses you instruct listed under the Blackboard tab.
   

For your PointSolutions polls to receive credit in your classes, you need to add your Blackboard classes to your account. You can do this by taking the following steps:

1. Log-in to your PointSolutions instructor account via Blackboard or at https://instructor.turningtechnologies.com using your MCPHS credentials.
2. When you log in, you will see a screen like the one below. If you have any active courses in PointSolutions, this is where they will display. To add a new one, select the “Blackboard” tab at the top left.
   
3. This will bring up a list of all the courses where you are listed as an instructor in Blackboard. To add a course to your PointSolutions account select the "Add" button beneath the course’s name (see image below).
4. After you have added your course, you can click on the “Active Courses” tab at the top left, and you will see that your course is now associated with PointSolutions.
   

Please note: Once you've added a course to your PointSolutions account, be very careful not to delete it during the semester. This will delete the course and related attendance records for you and any of the other faculty teaching that course who have added it to their accounts!