Assistive Technology :: PointSolutions
Below is an overview of PointSolutions at NDSU.

Overview

PointSolutions is a student response system used as a tool for active learning to enhance your in-person or virtual classroom. The PointSolutions product is licensed independently or as a suite. At this time, NDSU supports and licenses only the personal response system (PointSolutions), which is free to all faculty, staff, and students. 

Help, consultation, training

IT Service Center

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Students
  • Staff

Using this solution

Availability

24/7/365 [*Standard outages]

Cost

University-funded: no charge.

Getting Started

Best Practices

  • Explain why you are using Pointsolutions, such as assessing understanding, allowing anonymous questions, and gathering feedback
  • Communicate with your participants if the sessions are anonymous or user-identified.
  • Have students complete a “low-stakes” PointSolutions task to learn the tool. 
  • Give clear instructions and guidelines 

Learn More/How To's

Instructor Desktop Version

Student

Use Cases

  • Allows student engagement in-person or virtually.
  • Instructors can give pre- and post-assessments of topics.
  • Allows immediate feedback from students on concepts presented.
  • Take attendance for students.
  • Integrates with the Blackboard grade center automatically.

Universal Design/Accessibility

  • Complies with the internationally recognized Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, including Section 508 standards in the United States.

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