Interwrite PRS User Manual page 14

12 InterWrite PRS – PRS Menus
Menu
Start Class
Stop Class
Joined List
Configure Clickers
The RF Menu provides a one-stop shop for the settings that are specific
to the RF environment. Many of the options described here will make
much more sense when you have read Chapter Three Classes and under-
stand them in the context of the Class Type and the Class System Types,
Open and Closed.
This menu option displays the Start RF Class dialog, the same dialog
displayed when PRS is started up (and an RF Receiver is installed).
This menu option is selected when you want to end the RF Class.
This menu option displays the complete list of RF Clickers that joined the
RF Class. When you stop the Class, this list is deleted.
By default, an RF Clicker is set to Normal and does not require any
additional configuration. A Normal Clicker is the property of the student
and can be used in any Class whose Class System Type is designated as
Open.
A Loaner Clicker is an RF Clicker that can be loaned to a student during a
Class when his Clicker has malfunctioned, or he has forgotten it. An RF
Clicker configured as a Loaner Clicker will require the student borrowing
it to input his Student ID before he joins the Class, ensuring that his
Responses will be credited to him during that Class. Loaner Clickers can
be configured for both Open and Closed Classes.
A Closed Clicker is an RF Clicker that is linked to the Class ID assigned to
a Closed Class System Type. Closed Clickers are automatically assigned a
unique Join ID to identify each one in the Closed Class. Whereas Normal
Clickers are typically student-owned and can be used in any Open Class,
Closed Clickers are the property of the school and remain in the class-
room. Each Closed Clicker can then be assigned to a specific student in
the Closed Class, so that Johnny always uses Clicker 1 and Suzie always
uses Clicker 2, and so on.
A Master Clicker is a special RF Clicker that can be used by an instructor
to send commands to a Session from anywhere in the room. Master
Clicker Commands are described in Chapter Two PRS System Installation.
The Closed Loaner Clicker setting is used to set up a Loaner Clicker for
use in a Closed Class. Any student can use a Closed Loaner Clicker
because, as is characteristic of any RF Clicker designated as a Loaner, it
prompts the person using it to enter his Student ID before he joins the
Class, in this case, the Closed Class.
A Closed Master Clicker is a Master Clicker used to send commands to a
Session that is run in a Closed Class.
Chapter 1