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a
b
Log in
Activity Query
Ticket serial
number
Question serial
number
Password
Submit
Submit
Fig. 9.7
(
a
) Logging in with the registered ticket serial number. (
b
) Entering the serial number of
a voting activity
system, as seen in Fig.
9.8a
. This procedure will be confirmed on the screen by a
thank you message to the participating tourist, as seen in Fig.
9.8b
.
9.4.2 Cloud Voting System for Classrooms
The objective of the classroom project is to enable the PRS system to become
available to the university faculty and students via wireless access to conduct
voting-related activities without being constrained by physical limitations.
There are three sets of facilities in the university attended by one of the authors.
However, only a few teachers are using it, although many have expressed their
interest in using this educational technology. One main reason for the teachers'
hesitance in adopting PRS is their reluctance to change the location of the
classrooms to be able to use the PRS functionality for a relatively small portion
of the overall teaching activities, and manage the use of remote controls in class.
Complete installation of the PRS system software for a 50-seat classroom
in Taiwan includes the PRS management software, one infrared receiver, one
teacher's remote control, 50 student remote controls, and one remote control box.
The entire system costs around US$4,430, excluding the server machine and
operating software. Additional student remote controls are required for larger
classes, which are expensive and hard to maintain. Furthermore, there are space
