HSRVote: Tutorial

1. visit the HSRvote battery free download page.

2. click on the download link to download the HSRvote bettery free installation file.

3. open the installation file.

4. you will be greeted with a welcome window. Click on ‘Next’ to continue with the installation.

5. you can now select your own target directory or accept the default directory. Click on ‘Install’.

6. press ‘Finish’ to finalise the installation.

1. start the HSRvote software.

2. open a question xml file with ‘Questions’ → ‘Open’.

3. plug in the receiver and wait until the receiver has been recognised by the software (can take up to 5 minutes)

4. participants can use any button on their transmitter to check whether their transmitter is working.

1. Press the space bar to start the game.

6. the participants press their answer.

7. the result appears after the time has elapsed.

8. press the ‘Return’ button to display the current ranking list.

9. press the space bar to continue the game.

10. at the end, the result can be saved as a PDF or CSV file.

Open question editor

1. click on ‘Questions’.

2. now select ‘Question editor’.

3. the question editor window appears.

Create a new file

1. click on the ‘File → New...’ button at the top left of the window.

2. select the storage location and the file name

3. click on ‘Save’ to finalise.

Adding a question

1. enter the question in the ‘Question’ field

2. enter up to 4 answers.

3. if the question has a correct answer, you can mark this as the solution. If no solution is selected, the question will be analysed as a survey.

4. in the lower part of the window, the number of points and the answer time can be set.

5. with the answer delay, after the countdown has expired, the set time is waited until the correct answer is displayed.

6. save the question with ‘Save’.

7. add further questions with ‘+ question’.

Adding pictures

1. save the desired answer or question image on the computer, preferably in the same directory as the question file.

2. click on the symbol with the plus sign below the desired question

3. select the image file.

4. please note that if you move the quiz, e.g. to another computer, the images must be in the same relative directory.

Open the options window

1. press on ‘Questions → Options...’

2. all available options are now displayed.

Serial

The serial port of the receiver can be selected. As the receiver is normally recognised automatically, it is practically never necessary to change anything here.

Evaluation

If the top two checkboxes are ticked, the percentage distribution of answers is automatically displayed after each question. You can also specify whether the solution should be displayed at the end of the quiz.

Control unit

As a teacher, you have the option of using one of the transmitters as a controller. To do this, the master must be activated and the transmitter number entered. If several class sets are used, the case ID must also be entered. The button assignment is as follows: A = Terminate (complete question), B = Next question, C = Pause, D = Previous question.

If automation is activated, the next question is automatically displayed after the set time (default: 6 seconds). This means that the user does not have to click to display the next question.

Log

Information about a transmitter can be displayed in this window. When a button on the transmitter is pressed, the button pressed, the device ID and the class set ID are displayed.

Class set

If a class set ID is entered in this window, the software only responds to the transmitters of this class set ID. This prevents two HSRvote cases used simultaneously in different rooms from interfering with each other.

Sounds

In this window, you can set different sounds for buzzer, countdown and automation. The tones can also be switched to silent.

Design

Under Design you can choose between the Classic or BatteryFree template.