ICON Integration
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Currently, we are able to integrate TurningPoint with ICON, both to produce participant lists for your courses and to import results into your grade books. What follows below are the instructions for exporting participant lists, exporting results out of TurningPoint, and importing those results into ICON. If you are looking for something specific, use the quick links above to jump to the corresponding section, otherwise feel free to start from the beginning and scroll down. Please note that the process requires a couple of work arounds. We are working to simplify the process, and with the release of the next version of TurningPoint, the process should get easier.
If you are having specific issues, use our Troubleshooting or Quick Guides sections to try to answer any questions. If you would like a printable PDF version of the instructions covering how to export your results out of TurningPoint for use in ICON, please click on the link above or click here. If you still have issues, please contact any of our listed contacts, which can be found here, or email our support at clicker-support@uiowa.edu.
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How to export your Participant List out of ICON and import it into TurningPoint |
On your ICON course instructor site, you will find the "Download clicker roster" link in your "Course tools" window (found on the right side of the window). Clicking on this link will open a dialogue window where you can choose where to save the latest version of your course's participant list. You will need to save this file onto the computer in the classroom, so that you can import it into TurningPoint before you begin your presentation. |
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| We recommend saving it to: My Documents\TurningPoint\Participants
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| Otherwise, you will have to import your participant list. To do that, go to Participants > Import participant list. This will open a browser window. Find your list and import. It will then appear in the participant list pull down menu. |  |
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Exporting your results out of TurningPoint for use in ICON |
In order to export your results out of TurningPoint into your ICON grade book, you will need to make sure that you are using the participant list you downloaded from ICON (see the above information on how to download your participant list and import it into TurningPoint).
NOTE: You will also need to make sure that you have the D2L Iowa.tpl export scheme saved on your computer in the following location: My Documents\TurningPoint\Export Schemes. You will be able to download the necessary file from our website at: http://its.uiowa.edu/support/srs/downloads.shtm. Please note that the file you download is a zipped folder. You will need to extract the file and save the "D2L Iowa.tpx" file into the Export Schemes folder on your computer.
For printable PDF instructions, click here.
Once you have run your presentation and saved the session, follow the steps to import your results into your grade book.
0. If you don't have the file, go to http://its.uiowa.edu/support/srs/downloads.shtm and download the "D2l Iowa" export scheme. Extract the .tpx file from the zipped folder you just downloaded. Copy the .tpx file into the Export Schemes folder on your computer. |
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1. On the TurningPoint toolbar, go to |
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| 2. Select the session file that was saved for the class. Then click "Next." |  |
| 3. Click the option check box for “Use Export Schemes” and choose the “D2L Iowa" export scheme. Then click "Next." |  |
| 4. This next window let's you include or exclude questions in your export. If there is a question you wish to exclude, just uncheck its box. Click "Next." |  |
| 5. Do not change anything in this next window, just click "Next." |  |
6. Change TP to desired grade book column name. (see orange arrow) 7. In the top header line, delete the “,0,#” off the end of the line (see blue arrow). 8. Once that is done, select the "Save current export file" button. (see red arrow). |
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| 9. Browse to the desired save location. |  |
| 10. Enter desired file name. | |
| 11. Save file. | |
| 12. Using D2L, browse to the TurningPoint export data text file to upload the results to the grade book. | |
If you are having issues, here is something to double check:
If you are having issues importing your file into ICON, check and make sure the text file you are exporting from TurningPoint is in the proper format. Two common error messages you might receive when importing your grades into ICON are: "File not readable" and perhaps "Imported file has too many comma-delimited columns." If you get these or similar messages, chances are that some element in your exported text file is missing. Even an accidentally delete comma will cause issues.
The text file should resemble the image on the right. It should list each students Hawk ID, last name, first name, the points they received, and then end with #. Each of these elements should be separated by a comma. |
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| The first line should be as shown, except that you can exchange the "TP" for what you would like the name of your grade item to be. Be sure not to delete any of the commas separating the pieces of information. Also make sure to get rid of the extra ,0,# after the word "Indicator." |
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Importing your TurningPoint Results into ICON |
1. Log into ICON 2. Select the course 3. Click "Grades" 4. Click "Import Grades" |
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5. Click Browse. 6. Browse to results exported from TurningPoint. 7. Check Create new grade item box. Then click "Next." |
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8. You don't need to change anything here. Just click "Next." |
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9. Set new grade item properties, if needed. Then click "Next." |
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| 10. Don't do anything here unless you receive an error message or warning. Just click "Next." |  |
11.Verify imported information is correct. 12.Click "Import" |
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Note: You will need to be careful with is the naming of the imported results. Each time you import your results from TurningPoint, the results are labeled "tp". We recommend you change the "tp" to your desired grading column name when you export your results out of TurningPoint (step 6 in the export instructions above). Otherwise, you will need to rename your grade book in ICON. If you don't create a new grading item each time, the previous results will be overwritten when you import the new results, unless you have renamed the previous results.