System and method for tracking and displaying a user's progress in a distance learning environment
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1. A teaching system for use by a user with a user processor for teaching the user information, said system comprising:
- a distance learning program having a URL structure of linked pages accessible by the user via the user processor wherein the linked pages include the information to be taught to the user; and
a tracker software program tracking the user'"'"'s progress through the linked pages of the distance learning program and creating a history file of pages visited by the user, said history file remotely stored on a server for independent access by the user via the user processor and by a teacher via a teacher processor.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking and displaying a user'"'"'s progress in a distance learning program such that the user and a teacher can independently observe the user'"'"'s progress through the program. A tracker software program tracks the user'"'"'s progress through the program, creates a history file of the user'"'"'s progress, stores the history file on a remote server for independent access by the user and a teacher, and displays the user'"'"'s progress to the user and/or teacher via a site map.
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17 Claims
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1. A teaching system for use by a user with a user processor for teaching the user information, said system comprising:
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a distance learning program having a URL structure of linked pages accessible by the user via the user processor wherein the linked pages include the information to be taught to the user; and
a tracker software program tracking the user'"'"'s progress through the linked pages of the distance learning program and creating a history file of pages visited by the user, said history file remotely stored on a server for independent access by the user via the user processor and by a teacher via a teacher processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. A method for tracking and displaying a user'"'"'s progress through a distance learning program having a URL structure of linked pages accessible by a user with a user processor, said pages including information to be taught to the user, and a site map for graphically displaying the URL structure of linked pages to the user via the user processor, said method comprising:
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tracking the user'"'"'s progress through the linked pages of the distance learning program;
creating a history file of pages visited by the user, said history file remotely stored on a server for independent access by the user via the user processor and a teacher via a teacher processor;
receiving a request from the user for a site map of the distance learning program; and
displaying the user'"'"'s progress based on the history file to the user via the site map, said site map displayed to the user via the user processor.
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