Overview
All UTK instructors using PointSolutions must create an account through Echo360. The account allows instructors to access the PointSolutions Instructor site and download the PointSolutions software to engage their students via classroom polling with physical clicker devices or mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops).
- Instructors do NOT need a subscription to create a PointSolutions Account, nor is there an additional cost to instructors who wish to use physical clickers in their class.
Note: students who use physical clickers must purchase them from the Volshop.
- Instructors will use their UTK email (netid@utk.edu) to create their account and the UT NetID & Password for login. The account allows instructors to manage which courses they will use PointSolutions in via the instructor account page.
Note: If you were previously a student with a Turning or Echo360 account and are now an instructor, you should contact the OIT HelpDesk to request your account be changed to an instructor-level account.
Creating a PointSolutions Instructor Account:
New Account Registration can be accessed using the PointSolutions (Clickers) Canvas course navigation menu option or can be created through the direct Echo360 link.
If you prefer to use the PointSolutions (Clickers) Canvas course navigation menu option, walk through the steps found here, Canvas: Adding PointSolutions to your Course Navigation (for Instructors), before creating your PointSolutions profile.
Login and Authenticate (2 options)
Option 1: Use the PointSolutions (Clickers) link in your Canvas course navigation menu:
1.Login to Canvas.
2. Select a course using PointSolutions.
3. Select the PointSolutions (Clickers) link in the course navigation menu.
4. Authenticate by entering your NetID and Password.
Option 2: Use the Echo360 direct link
1. Select https://account.turningtechnologies.com/.
2. Authenticate by entering your NetID and Password.
You will be taken to a page containing the New User registration form.
1. Select Get Started Here.
2. Enter your UTK email.
3. Select Next.
4. Select the Role drop-down.
5. Select Instructor.
6. Accept the Echo360 Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy by checking the box.
7. Select Continue.
8. Select the Canvas tab.
9. Select Canvas Sign In.
10. Select Authorize.
11. Your profile is now ready. Once your Canvas course is published, you will return to this page and select the Canvas tab to connect the course to PointSolutions.
12.Once your courses are published they will be listed within the Canvas tab (similar to below).
13. Select Add for the course(s) you want to add to the Active tab.
14. Your courses, which now appear on the active tab, are ready for use within the PointSolutions desktop app or the PointSolutions web app.
For more on connecting your PUBLISHED Canvas Courses to PointSolutions, please see our OIT Knowledge Base article Clickers: Adding a Canvas Course to PointSolutions.
For help getting started enroll in OIT'sClicker Self-Service Training Resource.