Question
Authoring
Tool |
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Teachers
can enter questions easily into the PRS software and set up time
limits, number of choices, select the correct answer, number of
chances, and other options. |
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Teachers
have the flexibility to create questions in the PRS system and/or
utilize their PowerPoint presentation slides. |
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PowerPoint™
Integration |
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A
PowerPoint Add-In toolbar allows educators the ability to quickly
and easily turn any PowerPoint slide into a PRS question slide. |
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Teachers
have the flexibility to create questions in the PRS system and/or
utilize their PowerPoint presentation slides. |
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PRS
Response
Graph |
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At
the completion of a question, the PRS Response Graph displays a
histogram that tallies the results of student responses. |
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Teachers
can instantly see if their students are grasping key concepts and
adjust their lesson accordingly. |
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PRS
Response
Map |
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Instructors
can see when students enter their response by viewing the response
map. |
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The
response map can be set up based on an instructor’s class roster,
randomly or sequentially. For
larger classes, response maps can be set on a timed cycle displaying
responses in smaller sections. |
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Instant
Grading |
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Students’
responses can be instantly graded and recorded in PRS’ integrated
Gradebook. Data can also be
uploaded to other grade book systems such as Blackboard Learning
System™,
Web Assign® and WebCT™. |
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Eliminates
hours spent on hand grading and recording of students’ responses. |
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Variety
of
Reporting
Options |
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Multiple
reports available such as attendance, session results by student,
session summary results by question and cumulative grades by
student. |
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Provides
educators greater flexibility and power to leverage student
assessment data collected through PRS. |
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Question
Weighting |
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Educators
can place a different value on select questions in a lesson. |
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A
more accurate grade is recorded based on the difficulty of the
question. |
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“On-The-Fly”
Questions |
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Questions
may be created “on-the-fly” during a class session by using the
Add Question function in the PRS software. |
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Allows
educators even greater flexibility during class by assessing
students’ retention of the
subject matter and inserting questions as needed, to reinforce
certain topics. |
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Import
Questions
from Textbook
Publishers and
Other Sources |
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Many
book publishers include a set of XML-based questions available with
their text. An XML question
import capability is included in the PRS software which allows
prepared questions, responses and correct answers to be
imported. |
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Saves
time and effort creating questions.
Questions from publishers validated from textbook Test Item
File. |
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Import
Graphics
into Questions |
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PRS
software supports standard graphic formats such as .jpeg, .bmp and
.gif. |
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Questions
and lessons become more effective with related pictures and graphs. |
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Free
Web
Registration
Tool |
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A
free Web registration applet is available.
Students can log into this Web application, hosted by the
institution, to register for their transmitters for their class. |
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For
larger classes, eliminates the need for instructors to enter each
student’s information and transmitter ID. |
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Data
easily
managed in
other programs |
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Data
is saved in ASCII Comma Delimited Format (.csv). |
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Data
can be easily read as an Excel™ data file or imported into other
grade book programs such as Blackboard Learning
System, Web Assign and WebCT. |
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Software
Site Licensed |
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When
InterWrite PRS is purchased, the software is site licensed to the
institution purchasing it. |
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This
allows any number of copies to be made for computers owned by the
institution or used for teaching at the institution.
Also, free upgrades are available for one year at the
InterWrite PRS tech support site: http://www.gtcocalcomp.com/supportprs.htm |
