The Learner Response System (LRS) consists of:
Computer with ActivInspire installed
ActivHub model AH1 or AH2, or for ActivEngage, a virtual ActivHub
Voting devices, or ActivEngage clients
For details of which devices are compatible, see Registering devices.
There are three types of voting sessions. The table indicates which device types are suitable for each session:
Session |
ActivExpression |
ActiVote |
ActivEngage |
Description |
Prepared Questions |
P |
P |
P |
Learners answer prepared questions. You can insert one question and an optional follow-on question into each flipchart page. Questions appear on the flipchart page. All learners answer the same question at the same time. |
ExpressPoll |
P |
P |
P |
Learners answer a quick or ad hoc question. You can hold an ExpressPoll at any time, even when there is no flipchart open. |
Self-Paced Questions |
P |
X |
P |
Learners answer prepared questions. However, there are some important differences:
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The following information applies to ActivExpression and ActiVote devices.
For information about ActivEngage, see www.prometheanplanet.com/activengage.
You connect the ActivHub to a USB slot on your computer.
Hand out the voting devices to your students.
Start ActivInspire and register the devices.
When you have presented your question, or opened a flipchart
page that contains a self paced question set, click on Start
Vote
When all the students have voted, or the timeout is
reached, the results are displayed on the board.
With Self Paced Question sets, you can display incoming responses dynamically.
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You also have the option to assign students to devices. This may be useful where the same students are going to use the same devices over an extended period of time. |
For prepared questions and ExpressPoll, you can use both ActiVote and ActivExpression devices in your lesson although not at the same time. You can run two voting sessions – you don’t have to close your flipchart or the results display before running further voting sessions.
To change from one type of voting device to the other, click the appropriate button in the Voting Browser:
Vote with ActiVote devices
Vote with ActivExpression devices
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You need ActivExpression devices to use Self-Paced Question Sets. |
To send Self-Paced Questions to ActivExpression devices, you may need to upgrade the following:
ActivDriver
ActivHub
ActivExpression devices
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All files and instructions on how to perform the upgrade are available on the Promethean Planet website www.prometheanplanet.com/selfpacedlearning |
Yes, you can send questions in other languages to ActivExpression devices.
The following table shows the available languages:
Language |
ActivInspire 1.2 |
ActivInspire 1.4 |
English UK and US |
P |
P |
Arabic |
X |
P |
German |
P |
P |
Spanish |
P |
P |
French |
P |
P |
Russian |
X |
P |
Italian |
P |
P |
Dutch |
P |
P |
Portuguese |
P |
P |
Turkish |
X |
P |
Swedish |
X |
P |
Brazilian Portuguese |
X |
P |
Kazakh |
X |
P |
Danish |
X |
P |
Norwegian |
X |
P |
Finnish |
X |
P |
To change the language on ActivExpression devices, you may need to upgrade the following:
ActivDriver
ActivHub
ActivExpression devices
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All files and instructions on how to perform the upgrade are available on the Promethean Planet website www.prometheanplanet.com/selfpacedlearning |
In Anonymous Voting, device numbers are displayed - you don’t see who sent which response.
In Named Voting, device names are displayed, so you can see more easily which devices have sent which responses.
Type of voting session |
Export results |
ExpressPoll |
P |
Prepared Question |
P |
Self-Paced Question Set |
P |
For details, see Importing and exporting files > Exporting files.