Interwrite PRS Release
Notes
Release 4.30.0018 July 2006
Contents
General Information
Description
Supported Operating Systems
Known Issues
Windows
Mac
All
Installation Information
Installing
the Interwrite PRS software from the Interwrite PRS CD
Mac PowerPoint Add-in Installation Instructions
The
following steps describe how to install the PRS PowerPoint Add-in on
the Mac.
1 Open PowerPoint and select the PowerPoint Menu.
2
Select the
Preferences... menu option.
3
Click on the
View tab and uncheck the Project Gallery at startup option.
4 Click on the OK button.
5
Select the
Tools Menu.
6
Select the
Add-ins... menu option.
7
Click on the
Add... button. Navigate to the folder in which PRS is installed. By
default, PRS is installed in the InterWrite PRS folder.
8
Select the PRS
AddIn.ppa file and click on the Open button.
9
The PRS Add-in
file will be listed in the Add-in List. Click on the OK button.
10 Restart PowerPoint.
By
default, the PRS Add-in Toolbar displays along the left side of the
PowerPoint window. You can move it by grabbing the spot next to the
Close button and dragging
Removing
Interwrite PRS
Release Notes
This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the recent versions of the InterWrite PRS software.
Release 4.30.0018 July 2006
· Enhancements
o Added support for Cricket, including ClassPacks
o Added option to set Toolbar and Chart to transparent
o Added option to Merge Roster based on Clicker ID
o Added Slovak to the list of supported languages ( for the Workspace GUI and Device Manager)
o Added new session export for ANGEL Learning
· Corrections
o Fixed problems with installing on Chinese and Russian systems
o Fixed the problem where the EULA would display with bad characters during installation
o Fixed the problem where the Join List window would go behind the session toolbar on a Mac
o Fixed an issue with processing Student IDs with leading zeros
o Fixed an issue with showing the correct class average in the Session Details by Student Report when using Answer Keys
o Fixed issues with Answer Keys when running two Self Paced sessions
o Fixed the problem where the session export: WebCT with lower case SID would fail
o Fixed issues when running on Vista
o Fixed the problem where Gradebook reports would not work on foreign language systems
o Fixed issues with changing the correct answer on foreign language systems
Release 4.20.0020 April 2006
· Enhancements
o Significantly improved performance issues and memory usage for Reports.
o Users can now change Question Type from the Chart Toolbar during the session.
o Added the ability to add global comments to Reports.
o Added support for Windows Vista.
o Updated Answer Key editing.
o Added the ability to insert questions during a PowerPoint session.
o Animation and video are now allowed on PowerPoint PRS Question slides.
o A total of four PRS.log files are now created and used to store session information, so you can go back four sessions to troubleshoot before the information is overwritten.
o Added a new Session Report called Session Review.
· Corrections
o Fixed the problem where the screen pointer would sometimes disappear during a Mac PowerPoint session.
o Fixed the problem in PowerPoint where the "None" option would stay highlighted when another Correct Response option was chosen in PowerPoint.
o Fixed a variety of problems with non-Western languages, including Russian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
o Fixed the problem where cut/copy/paste would not work in the Question Editor.
o Improved the loading time of the Mac PowerPoint Add-in.
o Fixed the problem where Mac PowerPoint sessions would sometimes hang with the "black screen."
Release
4.11.0020 December 2006
· Enhancements
o Allow instructors to edit the Student ID field in Mark Session windows
o Localized Software to Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Slovenian
o Added support for Linux
o Added support Answer Keys (for Self-Paced and Homework sessions)
· Corrections
o Fixed Session Export to GradeQuick
o Fixed issues with Asian languages
o Fixed various issues with PowerPoint Add-in
Release
4.10.0031 September 2006
· Enhancements
o Localized the Software, PowerPoint Addins, Help, Quick Start and Clicker User's Guide into the following languages: Mexican Spanish, European Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Korean, Polish, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, German, Italian, French
o Updated the look and feel of the user interface, including the addition of new graphics
o Added an option to create Gradebooks from rosters files (in addition to classes)
o Added a custom option for importing rosters. Users will have the ability to select specific columns to import.
o Added range (low/high values) for numeric answers
o Added option to Blackboard Module to download PRS roster for all students in class (even those that have not registered their clickers)
o Added ability to run PRS from a removable (USB memory) drive
o Added ability to share PRS data files with other users on the same system
o Added export session to the following formats: Grade Quick, Blackboard, WebCT
o Added How-to Dialog and documents to assist with setup and operation
o Screen captures for No Lesson sessions will now be saved
o Added support for Virtual PRS (requires a separate install - not yet released)
o Added option to suppress duplicate Student ID popup warnings
o Added support for Intel Mac
o Added support for Linux
o Added ability to change answers at end of question (from the Chart toolbar)
o Added an option to create the Response Map in order by Student ID or Clicker ID
Release
4.00.0076 April 2006
· Enhancements
o Added support for RF Clickers
- Multi-character answers
- Homework Mode
- Show correct answer on Clicker LCD display
- Receive and store Student ID from Clicker
- Generate Rosters "on-the-fly"
- Start RF Class
- Show Join List
- Configure Clickers (Closed, Loaner, Master)
- Closed Classes (configured Clickers automatically find and join)
- Multi-Hub support
- Support for up to 2047 Clickers per Hub
o Added new Question Types - Multiple Correct Multiple Choice, Answer Series, True/False, Short Answer, and Survey
o Enhanced Numeric Question Type (added decimal and negative numbers)
o Added more options to charting (Show Top 5 answers, Show All answers)
o Added an option to show the top 10 (fastest) correct answers in response details
o Numeric Questions are automatically charted as a histogram
o Invalid and out-of-range Responses are now charted
o Rosters are displayed for the selected Class in the Classes tabbed section
o Gradebook data are displayed for each Gradebook in the Gradebooks tabbed section
o Added the ability to merge two Rosters
o Non-PRS Marks can be added to a Gradebook
o Letter grade and percentage grade displays have been added to the Gradebook
o Added the ability to insert an existing Question (from a PRS Lesson) into a running Session
o Added the ability to disable logging and to specify the location of the log files
o The number of responders and the total number of Questions answered are now tracked in a counter on the Session dialog Toolbar during Self Paced Sessions
o Added an option to show any Report in PDF format immediately after creation
o Added Print and Save tools to the Response Chart Toolbar
o Added color indicators to the Countdown Timer
o Added a "no Timer" option for Self Paced and Homework Sessions
o Added an option to create the Response Map in order by Student ID or Clicker ID
· Corrections
o Changed the default mapping for a cycling grid of 50 boxes to 5 rows, 10 columns (it was 10 rows, 5 columns)
o Fixed the issue where moving the Session and Response Chart windows could cause a significant slowdown
o Fixed the issue where the PRS Question Editor was adding extra spaces to Questions and Response Choices
o Moved Auto-graph and Auto-advance options out of Class definition and into New Session
o The Session Toolbar is now "always on top" of other applications when a No Lesson/No Grid Session is being run
o Fixed the issue where the PowerPoint Add-in could not find PRS on non-English systems
o Improved the performance of the Copy Lesson function
Release
3.21.0007 October 2005
· Corrections
o Changed top-level buttons to tabs
o Changed default bar chart to Vertical
o
Fixed issues with pause session
o Fixed problem where Response Grid size and position would
not be remembered
o Fixed issues with Blackboard Registration Module
o
Fixed problem with launching PRS from PPT Add-in on foreign language
installations
o
Fixed problem with WebCt export
o
Fixed issues with dual monitor systems
o
Fixed problems with Self-Paced mode
o
Response Grid details button is disabled if no responses recorded
o
Fixed problem where Instructor Window would not show valid correct
answer
o
Improved performance of Chart (timer would hang at 1 second while chart
was being created)
o
Changed default time for Self-Paced to 90 minutes
o Font size in
Response Grid is now saved if changed manually
Release
3.20.0015 June 2005
· Corrections
o Added comprehensive error detection for roster and response
map files (CSV)
o Record invalid answers to session file
o Restored chart for numeric mode
o Fixed problem where printing reports would sometimes cause
crash
o Increased number
of choices for boxes with no response map to 2000.
· Enhancements
o Updated and enhanced GUI elements
(splash screen, tables, fonts, buttons, sort indicator)
o Chart now replaces response grid
(was popup dialog)
o Restored Self-Paced Mode
o Added Blackboard module for Roster
creation and export
o Added ability to rename sessions,
gradebooks and lessons.
o Improvements to mark session
including automatically calculating marks, option to add marks directly to
gradebook and allowing teachers
to change individual marks
o Added pie chart option and 3D look
to bar charts
o Added additional reports: Lessons,
Session Absent, Roster
o Improvements to question editor, including:
ability to adjust size of insert images in question editor, undo/redo,
horizontal rule, navigate between
questions, launch character map,
notes field
o Added new lesson import formats,
including: Native PRS, Learning Pathways XML
o Added ability to export lessons to
Native PRS format
o Added ability to copy multiple
questions to another lesson
o Improvements to gradebook,
including indicating which marks have already been added, allowing teachers to
change individual grades
Release 3.10.0019 January 2005
· Corrections
o Fixed problem
where correct answers would not show when Reviewing a "No Lesson"
Session.
o Fixed problem
where deleting and then copying a Question in the same Lesson would cause
erratic results.
o Fixed problem
where some fields in certain dialogs were not showing when Video Mode was set
to 800x600.
o Fixed problem
where correct answers to Questions that had been Unselected would be tabulated
as incorrect.
o Fixed problem
where an Out of Memory error would sometimes display when Student IDs were
being Updated during a Mark Session.
o Users can now add
old Marks to new Gradebooks.
o Fixed problem
where default values for correct answers and wrong answers were set to 1 and 0,
respectively, during a Mark Session.
· Enhancements
o Added Session and Gradebook reports
o Added Session and Gradebook Reports.
o Added an Export Session to XML function.
o Added an Export Gradebook function. The exported Gradebook format is readable by Class Management Systems, such as Blackboard, WebAssign and WebCT.
o Added an Attendee List feature as an alternate Display Mode to the Response Grid.
o Added the ability to Drag/Drop text and images to the Question Editor.
o Added "Last 2 Digits of Transmitter ID" as a display option in both the Response Grid and Attendee List Response Window Default settings.
o Added the ability to delete names from a Roster in a Class definition.
o Added the ability to sort a Gradebook by Student ID or Student Name.
o Added the ability to show the Question and Response Grid side-by-side.
o Added Student Name to the Response Details dialog.
Release
3.03.0001 November 17, 2004
· Corrections
o Fixed
the problem where updating blank Student IDs while Marking would sometimes
cause PRS to stop responding.
o Fixed the problem
where the user could not access the Preferences dialog a second time.
o Fixed the problem
with reading uppercase Session and Mark files.
Release
3.02.0007 November 1, 2004
· Corrections
o User
are now allowed to set Question points to zero.
o Fixed problem
where Questions were saved out of order for PowerPoint Lessons.
o Fixed
algorithm for setting rows and columns in "Set Response Map from
Roster."
o Hide/Show
Grid option now available during a No Lesson Session.
o Allow
sorting on fields in all Tables of Mark Session Dialog.
o Changed cursor to
hourglass for long operations.
o Fixed
problem where Cut/Copy/Paste was not working properly for images.
o The Session
file is no longer updated from the Roster during a Resume Session.
o The Question Name
is no longer auto-populated in the Question Editor when the Alt or Control key
is pressed.
o User is allowed
to update non-blank student IDs during a Mark Session.
o All responses are
recorded even when the elapsed time is greater than 60 seconds.
o A message is
no longer displayed when a Question is paused and started again.
o The Class
Roster and Response Map is force-saved to the data directory.
o If
PowerPoint is not installed when PRS is installed, the Register PowerPoint
Add-in shortcut is still displayed.
o The Master
Transmitter will now advance Questions in Review session.
o Fixed
Sorting algorithm for all tables.
o The correct
Response is restricted to 4 digits in the Mark Session Dialog.
o Points are
restricted to 5 digit integers in the Mark Session Dialog.
o Fixed problem
where PRS was very slow reading large Session files, which caused delays when
displaying the
Results
Graph.
o The user is
now allowed to change selected text to super/subscript.
o Fixed other
problems with super/subscript.
o The multiplier,
rather than the straight value, is now used for an incorrect Response.
o Dialogs no
longer go behind the PRS Window when switching applications.
o When running
a new Session, a warning message is shown when a duplicate Transmitter ID is
found in the Class
Roster.
Release
3.01.0005 October 1, 2004
· Corrections
o Corrected
the PRS PowerPoint Add-in so that when a Slide Show is started in the middle
rather than at the
beginning,
the Responses from the first Question are not mismatched with later Questions.
o Lesson and
Class filenames with embedded commas can now be created and opened without
hanging up.
o A "None"
Response is no longer graded with the wrong value.
o Modal
dialogs on the Mac no longer cause menus to hang up.
o The
"Last 4 digit" setting will now display on the second line of the
Response Box for transmitters whose
Transmitter ID has less than 6 digits.
o The Results
Graph no longer shows percentage (%) values from a previous Session during a
Session Review.
o Corrected
the statistics in a Marking Update.
o Corrected
the clipped Results Graph on the Mac.
o Changed the
Transmitter ID field to accept up to 9 digits.
o Changed the PowerPoint
Add-in so it will install properly even when the computer was upgraded from
PowerPoint
97.
(The problem had been corrected earlier with a stand-alone utility.)
o Corrected
the arithmetic error displayed on the Results Graph that applied to percentage
totals.
· Enhancements
o Improved text Cut and Paste in Lessons.
o Improved superscript and subscript fonts in Lessons.
o The Question Name is now displayed in the title bar of the Session dialog.
o Improved the Percent (%) Correct label by adding color to highlight it.
o The "No Lesson" setting is now saved in the New Session dialog.
o The Customer ID, set by the Administrator, is now global, rather than per user.
o The View Results Graph option is now available when a Question is paused.
o Half Screen Mode is now remembered from Question to Question.
o Sessions can now be sorted by date.
o The Results Graph can be turned Off before it shows up, even when the Automatically Show Graph option is set
to On.
o If there are no Lessons on the computer, the Session will default to the "No Lesson" setting.
o The user can now set points when authoring a Question or when Marking a Session.
o PowerPoint Sessions can now be Reviewed and Resumed.
o The Timer settings have been reduced from 30 second increments to 15 second increments.
o Questions can now be copied within a Lesson.
o The number of Chances and Choices can be changed on the fly during a No Lesson Session.
o The ability to turn off Session
Mode when running a PRS Lesson PowerPoint Slide Show has been added to the
About PRS dialog. By default, the "Enable PRS Session" option is turned on. Clear the checkbox to turn off
the PRS Response Session, so you can review the PowerPoint Slide Show without going into Session Mode.
The setting is automatically re-enabled at the end of the Slide Show.
Release 3.00.0033 August 10, 2004
Note:
This is a new release and replaces Version 2.91 and all prior versions of PRS
software. Version 3.00.0032 IS NOT backward compatible with prior versions
of PRS software due to the significant enhancements that have been
incorporated.
· Enhancements
o Setup
and operation are managed via four modules: Classes, Lessons, Sessions,
Gradebooks.
o Questions and Answers are now managed in the
Lessons module with the questions data being saved in an XML format. As such,
questions and answers are now
directly associated and
there is no longer a need to have a separate questions file and answers file.
o The question authoring window was completely
redesigned, and all properties are stored on a per question basis, including
the correct answer. The correct answer
can be visually
displayed via the Results Graph at the conclusion of polling.
o Lessons can
be populated by importing XML-based questions directly, providing a
quick way of building a Lesson. Questions as graphic images can
also imported into Lessons.
o "Any"
and "None" were added as options for correct answers to provide
survey options for presenters.
o Ad hoc
question support was added so a question can be quickly created during a
Session. Marking is incorporated as part of the Session.
o Marking is
now based on Student ID instead of Transmitter ID in the event transmitters are
shared or replaced. Grading also requires a Student ID.
o The Response
Chart is now integral to the Sessions Module.
o The
management and display of data on the Response Chart was substantially
improved. A Chart Cycling feature was added.
o A PowerPoint Add-in (Windows Only) has been
added that provides users with the capability of making any existing PowerPoint
slide into a PRS question slide. The PRS
PowerPoint Add-in leverages the PRS software application. The
PRS PowerPoint Add-in runs when PowerPoint is run in Show mode.
o A WebUpdate option was added to provide users an easy way of updating the software.