The PointSolutions integration with Google Classroom allows instructors to use response devices during Sessions to easily collect student achievement data and export results to Google Classroom.
Adding a Course from Google Classroom
- Go to https://echo360.com/.
- Click Login at the top of the page.
- Click Login to PointSolutions.
- Click Login under the appropriate region and Sign Into your account.
- Select the Google Classroom tab.
You may be required to sign in to your LMS to authenticate and see your courses.
- Grant turningtechnologies.com each of the requested permissions.
- Click Continue.
- Under Available Courses, click Connect on each course you want to connect to PointSolutions.
The courses will move to the Active Courses tab.
Emailing Participants
Through the Google Classroom integration with your account, you can email participants to remind them that they need to create an account, register a license, or add a device.
- Log into your PointSolutions account via https://echo360.com/.
- Locate the course in which to email students.
- Click Select.
- Select the Roster tab and click Email Participants.
- Select the desired option(s): Create Account, Subscription, and / or Clicker ID.
- Click Send.
The emails will only go out to those who need the option(s) chosen.
Downloading a Course from PointSolutions Desktop
Courses created/connected in PointSolutions Desktop are automatically downloaded to PointSolutions Classic upon signing in. To refresh courses, click the Refresh button from the Manage tab.
Updating Courses from PointSolutions Desktop
- Log into your PointSolutions account via https://echo360.com/.
- Locate the course to update.
- Click Select and choose the Roster tab.
- Click Update Course.
- Launch PointSolutions Classic.
When launched, PointSolutions Classic will automatically download the updated Roster.
Using a Google Classroom Synced Course
- Open PointSolutions Classic and sign into your account.
- From the Polling tab, select the course and the polling environment.
- Run and save the session.
- Close the polling environment to return to the PointSolutions Classic dashboard.
Uploading Grades to Google Classroom Sync
Grades can be uploaded to Google Classroom directly from the course within the Manage tab.
- Open PointSolutions Classic and sign into your account.
- Select the Manage tab.
- Select a course.
- Click Upload Grades.
An account license is mandatory. If a participant does not have an account license, their score will show as an asterisk in all PointSolutions participant reports. Furthermore, their score will export as "0" to an Excel workbook and will be exported as an asterisk to an LMS.
- Select the grade column(s) you want to upload and click Upload.
- Close the window and visit Google Classroom to ensure the grades are uploaded.
Finalizing Grades from PointSolutions in Google Classroom
When your grades are first uploaded to Google Classroom, they will need reviewed.
- To finalize your grades in Google Classroom, go to the Classwork tab, select the assignment, and select View assignment.
- When viewing the assignment, click the student’s grade from the left-hand panel.
The grade that was uploaded from PointSolutions appears near the upper right-hand corner as No grade Previously X / Y - Not returned.
- Type the student’s grade in the left-hand panel.
After you finalize the grade for each student you will be able to see the grades under the Grades tab.
The grade will still display Not turned in.
The grade is finalized and will count towards the student’s overall grade, as well as the class average.