What steps can I take to ensure that my students are properly registered?

One of the best ways at the beginning of the semester to let student's know that their clicker is properly registered is to use the Response Grid, which is a visual representation of the participant list that changes color as participants click in.  You can also set your preferences so that the Response Grid comes up by default when you open polling.  Just be sure that your participant list is up to date at the beginning of every class if your using this method to avoid confusion.

Another way to let students know who is still inactive is to copy and paste the list of students from TurningPoint cloud into a message to the class.  For instructions on exactly how to do that, click here.

Some students won't pay any attention to any of these methods, so the only way to get them to take notice of the problem is to post grades early in the semester.  Once they see that they're not getting any credit, they often do something about the problem.