Personal Response Systems (PRS)

Interwrite's Personal Response System was adopted at UNL in the Summer of 2005. Since that time, ITG has continued efforts to increase system performance and reduce the number of steps required to setup a PRS class. Last year, Interwrite released a new version of their software, and a completely new way to collect responses. Interwrite's RF (radio frequency) clicker is far superior to the IR (Infrared) version. In response to this improvement in the technology, ITG has recommended that the new RF technology be introduced in PRS classrooms this Fall. Members of the Classroom Advisory Committee and Academic Affairs support the decision to run both IR and RF systems simultaneously until the majority of students have RF clickers. Once this occurs, the IR system will be removed from service and the all of the benefits of the RF system will be realized.