The Personal Response System is used to facilitate interactive learning in PHS 110. Consequently you are required to purchase a PRS Transmitter for use ineach class. After registering your PRS Transmitter, each answer you submit is tagged with your name, and is anonymous to the rest of the class. A histogram displayed on a screen at the front of the class summarizes the class answers to problems/questions posed by the instructor. On Fridays, the PRS is usedto collect and collate quiz answers. Be sure to bring your PRS transmitter to class each day.
Purchase PRS Transmitter
- Each student must buy a Transmitter at ASU Bookstore ($48 each).
- ASU Bookstore will buy Transmitter back for $24 at end of semester.
- Locate number on back of Transmitter and give it to a PHS110 Instructor, or register your PRS on the course Survey page.
PRS Transmitter Operation
- Press power key to ON (green LED lights up on your Transmitter).
- Locate the nearest Receiver (red LED in ceiling) and point Transmitter toward it.
- Press button on Transmitter corresponding to your answer (LED's will flash).
- Check that computer received your answer on PRS screen at front of classroom.
- Batteries (2 AAA 1.5 volt Alkaline) should last the whole semester (If LED becomes dim, you probably need to replace batteries).
Display of Class Statistics
- After all answers received or time runs out, computer compares its answer wtih the students' answers and calculates statistics.
- Histogram summarizing class answers displayed anonymously on screen at front of room.
Confidence Level Option
- Your confidence in your answer as well as your answer to a question can be entered if you press H (for high confidence), L(low confidence) or nothing (medium confidence) before entering your numeric answer on your Transmitter.
- Histogram displayed at front of class will be color coded according to the confidence levels entered by the class: Green = Medium confidence, Red = High confidence, Yellow = Low confidence.
