Interwrite PRS User Manual page 54

52 Classes – Class Roster
The Class
Roster
The Roster identifies the people in the class, meeting, or polling group.
The purpose of the Roster in the IR environment is to link a student's
name and Student ID to his or her Clicker ID, ensuring the student's
Responses are attributed to him or her. The IR Clicker ID is sent with
each Response transmission during a Session. Without a Class Roster,
there is no way to match Responses to students and subsequently to mark
the results of a Session.
In the RF environment, a Class Roster does not have to be in place in
order to run a Session for the Class. The Student ID, saved in the student-
owned RF Clicker's memory, or temporarily stored in the Loaner RF
Clicker's memory before the student joins the Class, is transmitted with
each Response, ensuring attribution and identification. So a Class Roster
based on Student IDs can actually be generated during a Class Session.
Student names can be added to the Roster after the fact.
We recommend keeping a few Loaner Clickers on hand in
case a Clicker malfunctions or a student has forgotten to bring
his. Each IR Loaner Clicker should be profiled in the Class
Roster. When a student uses a Loaner Transmitter during a
Session, edit the Class Roster before starting the Session.
Insert the student's Student ID into the Loaner's profile. This
will ensure that the student's Responses are correctly recorded
and credited to him. After the Session, remove the student's
Student ID from the Loaner profile.
An RF Clicker is configured as a Loaner. Select the Configure
Clickers option from the RF Menu (see Chapter One, PRS
Menus for details). The student using the RF Loaner Clicker
will not be able to join a Class until he has entered his
Student ID.
A Class Roster can be created by adding names here in the PRS application,
or a Roster can be imported. Existing Class Rosters can be imported into, as
well as disassociated, or removed, from the Class. When a Roster is estab-
lished as part of a Class definition, it becomes associated with that Class.
When a Roster is removed, it is disassociated from the Class definition.
However, the Roster file itself is not deleted and remains available to be
associated with other Class definitions.
The Add Name to Roster Function Button is used to build the Roster locally
in the PRS application, and/or to add names to an existing, associated Roster.
A Name can be deleted from the Roster by selecting the name in the Roster
List Window and clicking on the Delete Name From Roster Function Button.
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