“This software is a breakthrough for physical educators,” stated Beth Kirkpatrick, Polar’s Director of Education. “For the first time ever, technology and data can be used to assess and objectively evaluate the effort portion of a student’s grade.” For example, a teacher now has the ability to rank students in a class by different criteria, such as time spent in the targeted heart rate zone, while also evaluating the total class data to identify trends in fitness levels and performance. These reports can help to evaluate different physical education curricula and assist school districts that won the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) federal grant in meeting the grant’s reporting requirements.

The new software includes an easy to follow set-up Wizard that walks through each installation step and gives teachers the ability to import student information from the school’s database. Teachers using Polar’s E600 heart rate monitor will find that daily or weekly downloading of student data is quick and easy. “What use to take hours, will now only take minutes. Once set-up, a teacher only has to download the data and click save all.”

It’s that easy, explains Beth Kirkpatrick because the unique AutoSort feature takes the downloaded heart rate files and automatically sorts the data into the correct student’s folder.

Designed with feedback from physical educators, the new software’s backwards compatibility enables teachers to take advantage of some new features even if they are using some of Polar’s Accurex IIa and Vantage XL heart rate monitors.

If your school has purchased E200 or E600 heart rate monitors and has not received the new E Series Software, simply request a free copy by emailing education.division@polar.fi with your contact information including name, school, mailing address and phone number. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.