What is PRS?

PRS or Personal Response System is a combination of the

• presence of special receivers (hardware) in a classroom,
• use of an application called Turning Point by faculty to create powerpoint slides with questions to be answered by students; and
• a keypad or "clicker" that students purchase and use in classrooms licensed with the software and with the receivers to enable their use.

For a general overview of PRS systems and their use in teaching, please read Educause's 7 Things to Know About PRS (pdf).

Clickers (PRS) & Turning Point at Duquesne

Turning Point is a software application that provides faculty the ability to make PowerPoint presentations interactive. Students use handheld keypads to answer instructor's questions created in PowerPoint through a simple toolbar added by Turning Point. The interactivity provides the capability to reinforce curriculum, monitor student progress, and increase student participation.

Turning Point works in tandem with Personal Response System keypads. Students purchase PRS keypads from the University Bookstore and use them to answer class questions similar to polling the audience on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”.