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Students must log into their PointSolutions accounts in order for their respective response data to be attributed properly. This enables instructors to identify the responses indiviual students have given during polling sessions and for individual response data to be sent from PointSolutions to the ELMS-Canvas gradebook.
Please ensure that the following setting is selected in your PointSolutions instructor account so that student respose data can be properly associated with each student. NOTE: This setting is tied to an instructor's account, and only needs to be set once: after this setting is selected, it will apply to all of your future sessions.
Setting the Requirement for Participant Accounts: PointSolutions Desktop Application
- Launch the PointSolutions desktop application on your computer and log in with your instructor account.
- At the top right of the application under Mobile Responses, click the Enable link:
- Click Session Options
- On the Session Options window, enable Require Participant Accounts by checking the box at the top of the window and click Save.
Get support
- If you note any issues with your PointSolutions session data or you have any other questions, please contact itsupport.umd.edu.
- To enable this setting via the Web application, see Pointsolutions/Clickers: Requiring Student Authentication to Record Responses (Web Application).
- To link your ELMS-Canvas courses to your PointSolutions account, see Linking ELMS-Canvas Courses to PointSolutions (Clickers).
- For more information, see Classroom Response System (Clickers) Guide - PowerPoint Polling in the Classroom.
- For immediate help: 301.405.2500 (x52500) or email classrooms@umd.edu.