Interwrite PRS User Manual page 40

38 Classes – RF Class Type
Class Type
Section
System Type
Default
Audience
Type
Receivers
When the Clicker Type is set to RF, three subsections are displayed; System
Type, Default Audience Type, and Receivers.
System Type describes your preference for the kind of environment in which
your Class will be run. You have the choice of an Open Class System, or
a Closed Class System.
• An Open Class System is one in which the RF Clickers are Student-
owned. These Clickers belong to the students and are used by them to
join any Open RF Class in any classroom where PRS is running.
• A Closed Class System is one in which the RF Clickers are Class-owned.
These Clickers stay in the classroom and are assigned to the students for
use only when they are in that classroom. When this System Type is
selected, the Set Class ID button is activated in the Receivers section on
this dialog. A Class ID is assigned to the RF Receiver. The classroom RF
Clickers are configured as Closed and linked to the assigned Class ID.
(Configure Clickers is an RF Menu option and is described in Chapter
One, PRS Menus.)
The Audience Type setting determines whether a student's identification will be
recorded and saved with his Responses. This is a default setting that can be
changed when the RF Class is started.
Known The Student ID that identifies each student is recorded with the
student's transmitted Responses. This Audience Type setting is necessary
when you expect to grade, or Mark, Sessions for this Class.
Anonymous
The Anonymous Audience Type is used when identification of
the students is not required and their Responses are not recorded and
graded. This setting is typically used when the Class is being polled or
surveyed, or during review Sessions.
Class ID This is the ID that the RF Clickers in the Closed Class will be linked
to, and which will uniquely identify the RF Receiver with the Closed Class
being profiled here. The Class ID must be four characters long—choose from
0 through 9 and A through F to represent the Hex number that will identify
the Closed Class. When you click on the Set Class ID button, a dialog will
display with a note reminding you that the Class ID must be unique and
should not be used by any other PRS users within 500 feet of your location.
If you were to share a Class ID with another classroom within that radius, the
Clickers in that other classroom could join your Closed Class.
In order to link the RF Clickers with this Closed Class, you must Configure
the Clickers. This option is selected from the RF Menu (Chapter One, PRS
Menus) and completes the process of associating RF Clickers with the RF
Receiver in a Closed environment.
Chapter 3