“The hardware sets up with a minimum of cabling, and the connectors seem to be impossible to misconnect; the simplicity of the hardware allows me to have students set up on their own rather than having to do it for them… The software interface is also very simple and easy to use, and because it uses standard terminology for the physiological variables there is no translation needed. From a teaching point of view, this is ideal… The PowerLab system has served us so well that we have never regretted the decision to buy.”
- Dr. Lundy Pentz, Mary Baldwin College, USA

“I have used the ADInstruments research PowerLab system for several years and recently we have also introduced the Advanced Teaching System (with LabTutor software) in our student lab. Besides being easy to learn and use it has also changed the way students work. Earlier, most student lab exercises were run by an assistant that instructed the students on how the equipment worked and how to run the lab exercises. Now many of the exercises are run by students themselves from start to report writing. The role of the assistant in this situation is more to help the students with the scientific part of the exercise instead of the technical side of the lab. With the introduction of the LabTutor system the process of setting up an running the lab exercises has been even easier, allowing the students even more time to focus on the subject matter instead of the technical aspects.”
- Prof. Michael Axelsson, Goteborg University, Department of Zoology, Sweden

“The software and tech support is excellent. The teaching experiments from the website have setting files for all the experiments. Students do not have to set all the channel variables when prepping for their experiment. This was an immeasurable improvement over our previous setup. The teaching experiments also have student protocols, instructor guides, sample data files, and formatted laboratory reports. I modify the student protocols for specific exercises and analyses that I want the students to conduct and post them on BlackBoard. The protocols and reports are in MS Word format and are fully modifiable. In class the students are able to copy and paste portions of their data files and analyses directly into their lab reports.”
- Carol Britson, University of Mississippi, USA

“Our students find PowerLab to be a powerful and above all else easy to use platform for collecting data from a wide range of animal models including humans. The design and data collection capacity is almost transparent to our students. I am astonished at how easy PowerLab is to use in the large Human Anatomy and Physiology class (140 students per semester). Students come up to speed on its use after only 1 hour with the ADInstruments designed tutorial. The instructor has little direction to give the students and instead spends their time on explaining the physiology behind why the system operates the way it does. In short PowerLab is a God-send. I don't know how I taught without it.”
- Dr. Giovanni Casotti, Professor of Biology, West Chester University, USA

“As this is a new school, we wanted technologically advanced equipment that was also cost effective. The PowerLab LabTutor System was the obvious choice. I liked the ease of use and immediate start. The background information included within the LabTutor interface gives students the information they need to contextualize their experiments, and to proceed without a general introduction and verbal instruction on how to set up the equipment. By allowing students to work independently and virtually eliminating set-up time, the PowerLab LabTutor Systems allowed us to reduce staffing requirements for the new school. Indeed, I can run a practical class of 55 students with only one academic. Students ask relevant questions on the physiology, rather than questions related to setting up the equipment. A three hour prac can now be run comfortably in two hours, with some students completing all exercises and the report in only 90 minutes.”
- Professor Vaughan G Macefield, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia