eInstruction CPS Pulse Clicker User manual

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The CPS Pulse Keys
YouwilluseyourCPSPulseclickerasyoudoyour
otherhandhelddevicesthathavekeypads.Keytouch-
esaredescribedhereaspresses.Severalkeyshave
twotypesofkeypresses–pressandpress and hold.
Left Navigation Right Navigation
Enter/Send
Backspace
Alpha/Numeric/SMS Entry
Plus/Minus Symbols Table
.Period
,Comma
/Division
*Multiplication
+Plus
-Minus
Space
(OpenParenthesis
)CloseParenthesis
x
y
=Equal
>Greaterthan
<Lessthan
≥Greaterthanorequal
≤Lessthanorequal
|Pipe
√SquareRoot
^Caret
@Email
Jump/Search
Presskeytojumptoaquestion
inaself-pacedtestorhomework
assignment.
Press and holdkeytosearchfor
thenextunansweredquestion.
Symbol
Presskeymultipletimestocycle
throughSymbolsTable.
Power
Presstopoweron
yourCPSPulse.
Press and holdfor
2secondstopower
downyourCPSPulse.
Switch text entry mode
Presskeymultipletimestocycle
throughthetextentrymodes.
Asyouchangemodes,theyare
picturedontheScreen.
The Screen
Channel#
Correct/
Incorrect
Uparrowflashesforeachtransmit,
downarrowflashesforeachreceive.
RFActivity
Indicators
Indicateswhichofthetextentrymodes-
alpha,numeric,SMS-iscurrentlyinuse.
TextEntry
Mode
Indicatesthatthekeypadisoperatingin
Self-PacedMode.
Self-Paced
Mode
Indicatesthecurrentbatteryvoltagefromfull
tolowtoverylow.Verylowwillflash.
Battery
Status
Indicatescorrectorincorrectanswer.
Teachermustactivatethisoption.
NAMEDESCRIPTIONICON
DisplaysChannel#orhomeworkbin,
dependingonmode.
Enter/Send Animatedduringtransmission.OK
whentransmissionacknowledged.
Menu
PresstoaccesstheMainMenu.
PresstheNavigationkeystoscrolltheMenu.
PresstheEnterkeytoselectaMenuitem.
Menu Item Description
Channel DisplaystheChannel#inthe
upperleftcorneroftheScreen.
Contrast PresstheNavigationkeysto
adjustthecontrastfromlow
contrast(1)tohighcontrast(6).
Greeting TheGreetingdisplayswhenyou
turnonthePulse.
PresstheEnterkey,typeyour
greeting,presstheEnterkey
againtosaveit.
Diagnostic DisplaysthePulse’sSerialnum-
ber,yourPulsetype,thesignal
strength,andfirmwareversion.
Join PresstheEnterkey.
TypetheJoin CodefortheClass.
Clicker# Displaystheclicker’sassigned
number.

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CPS PULSE in the Classroom
Using
Power On AsthePulsepowersup,eInstructionandyourclicker’sSerialnumberappearonthe
PulseScreen.TheGreetingdisplaysandPulsebeginssearchingforaClasstojoin.
Join the Class YouareinstructedtoenteraClassChannel#andpressEnterkey,or
PressMenu,navigatetotheJoinmenuitemandpressEnterkey,or
YoumaybejoinedautomaticallytotheClass.
WhenQ: _appearsonyourPulseScreen,youarejoinedto
theClassandreadytoanswerquestions.
YoucananswermanydifferenttypesofquestionswithyourPulseclicker—single
answermultiplechoice,true/false,numeric,multiplecorrectmultiplechoice,answer
series,shortanswer,andsoon.ThePulseclickerwillchangetotheappropriate
entrymodewhentheteacherbeginsaskingquestions.
Changing Text
Entry Modes
Self-Paced
Mode
IftheSelf-Paced Modeicon displaysonyourPulseScreen,youaregoingtobe
takingatest.Youcananswerthequestionsinanyorder.Youcanreturntoaques-
tionandchangeyouranswerasmanytimesasyouwantwithinthetimeallotted
forthetest.UsetheAlpha/Numeric/SMS Entrykeytocycletotheappropriatetext
entrymodeyouneedtoenteryouranswer(Numeric ,MultipleChoice ,orShort
Answer ).VerifythemodeyouareinonyourPulseScreen.Eachtimeyoupress
theEnter/Sendkey,youranswertothecurrentquestionistransmitted.Watchthe
Enter/Sendicontoverifytransmission.PresstheJump/Searchkeyanddesignate
thequestionyouwanttojumpto.PressandholdtheJump/Searchkeytojumpto
thenextunansweredquestion.
Answering a
Question
1 Selecttheappropriatetextentrymode.
2 Pressthekeyorkeysinyouranswer.UsetheBackspacekeytomakecorrec-
tions.
3 PresstheEnter/Sendkey.
TheEnter/SendiconwillbeanimatedonthePulseScreenandOKwillverifyasuc-
cessfultransmission.IfyourteacherhassettheCorrect/Incorrect Answericon ,
whereappropriateforspecificquestiontypes,itwilldisplayonthePulseScreen.
Powering Down ToturnoffyourCPSPulse,pressandholdthePowerkeyforabouttwosecondsuntil
youseethePowering DownmessageontheScreen.
On the Screen