On-line educational system for grading of response form
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1. A method for providing a course-level message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for particular educational courses, comprising:
- providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving a message concerning the educational course; and
posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by the users.
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Abstract
An on-line educational system. An instructor builds a course on-line containing identification of assignments and educational materials, which are compiled into an on-line electronic syllabus. Users enrolled in the course may access the electronic syllabus and perform various functions with the on-line educational system in order to participate in the on-line educational course.
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178 Claims
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1. A method for providing a course-level message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for particular educational courses, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving a message concerning the educational course; and
posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by the users.
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2. A method for providing an administrative message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for multiple educational courses, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a plurality of educational courses;
providing on-line a plurality of electronic syllabuses for the educational courses;
receiving a message concerning the plurality of educational courses; and
posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by all of the users.
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3. An apparatus for providing a course-level message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for particular educational courses, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving a message concerning the educational course; and
a post module for posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by the users.
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4. An apparatus for providing an administrative message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for multiple educational courses, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a plurality of educational courses;
a syllabus module for providing on-line a plurality of electronic syllabuses for the educational courses;
a receive module for receiving a message concerning the plurality of educational courses; and
a post module for posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by all of the users.
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5. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing a course-level message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for particular educational courses, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving a message concerning the educational course; and
posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by the users.
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6. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing an administrative message center for use with an on-line educational system to provide on-line messages to users for multiple educational courses, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a plurality of educational courses;
providing on-line a plurality of electronic syllabuses for the educational courses;
receiving a message concerning the plurality of educational courses; and
posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by all of the users.
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7. A method for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user; and
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the instructor. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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15. A method for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
associating a message into the document based upon information entered by the instructor; and
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user.
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23. An apparatus for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
a message module for associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user; and
a store module for storing the document with the message for accessibility by the instructor.
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31. An apparatus for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
a message module for associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the instructor; and
a store module for storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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39. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user; and
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the instructor.
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47. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for document sharing between users and an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the instructor; and
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user.
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55. A method for providing an electronic journal for users to provide information to an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal; and
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An apparatus for providing an electronic journal for users to provide information to an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a journal module for providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal; and
an instructor module for permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing an electronic journal for users to provide information to an instructor for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal; and
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82)
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79. A method for providing an on-line gradebook for an instructor to post grade information for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving from the instructor grade information relating to users'"'"' assignments for the educational course; and
posting the grade information in an on-line gradebook.
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83. An apparatus for providing an on-line gradebook for an instructor to post grade information for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving from the instructor grade information relating to users'"'"' assignments for the educational course; and
a post module for posting the grade information in an on-line gradebook. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86)
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87. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing an on-line gradebook for an instructor to post grade information for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving from the instructor grade information relating to users'"'"' assignments for the educational course; and
posting the grade information in an on-line gradebook. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90)
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91. A method for permitting an instructor to develop an on-line course for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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receiving an identification of units each representing portions of an educational course;
receiving an identification of assignments for the units;
receiving an identification of educational materials for the units; and
compiling the units, the assignments, and the educational materials into an on-line electronic syllabus for the educational course. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. An apparatus for permitting an instructor to develop an on-line course for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a unit module for receiving an identification of units each representing portions of an educational course;
an assignment module for receiving an identification of assignments for the units;
a materials module for receiving an identification of educational materials for the units; and
a compile module for compiling the units, the assignments, and the educational materials into an on-line electronic syllabus for the educational course. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for permitting an instructor to develop an on-line course for an on-line educational system, the method including;
receiving an identification of units each representing portions of an educational course;
receiving an identification of assignments for the units;
receiving an identification of educational materials for the units; and
compiling the units, the assignments, and the educational materials into an on-line electronic syllabus for the educational course. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 174, 176)
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121. A method for providing administrative pages for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course; and
providing information, accessible on-line by users of the system, concerning administrative functions related to the educational course.
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128. An apparatus for providing administrative pages for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course; and
an administrative module for providing information, accessible on-line by users of the system, concerning administrative functions related to the educational course.
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135. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing administrative pages for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course; and
providing information, accessible on-line by users of the system, concerning administrative functions related to the educational course.
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142. A method for providing exam questions to users for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
providing on-line to the users exam questions with multimedia content; and
receiving on-line answers to the exam questions.
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151. An apparatus for providing exam questions to users for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
an exam module for providing on-line to the users exam questions with multimedia content; and
an answer module for receiving on-line answers to the exam questions.
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160. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for providing exam questions to users for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
providing on-line to the users exam questions with multimedia content; and
receiving on-line answers to the exam questions.
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169. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in providing messages to users for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
an input section in the screen for receiving a message concerning the educational course; and
a message section in the screen for posting an indication of the message for on-line accessibility of the message by the users.
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170. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in document sharing between users and an instructor in an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive section in the screen for use in receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users and associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user; and
a store section in the screen for indicating storage of the document with the message for accessibility by an intended recipient of the document.
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172. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in providing an electronic journal to users in an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a journal section in the screen for providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information concerning the educational course; and
a comment section in the screen for permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user.
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173. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use by an instructor in providing an on-line gradebook in an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive section in the screen for receiving from the instructor grade information relating to users'"'"' assignments for the educational course; and
a gradebook section in the screen for posting the grade information in an on-line gradebook.
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175. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in permitting an instructor to develop an on-line course for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
a unit section in the screen for receiving an identification of units each representing portions of an educational course;
an assignment section in the screen for receiving an identification of assignments for the units;
a content section in the screen for receiving an identification of educational materials for the units; and
a syllabus section in the screen for illustrating a compilation of the units, the assignments, and the educational materials into an electronic syllabus for the educational course.
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177. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in providing administrative pages for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course; and
an administrative section in the screen for providing information, accessible on-line by users of the system, concerning administrative functions related to the educational course.
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178. A screen for use in electronically displaying information for use in providing exam questions to users for an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a screen for display on a display device;
an index section in the screen for selecting a home page screen having a content section identifying on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course and having a syllabus section for providing an electronic syllabus for the educational course; and
an exam question section in the screen for providing on-line to the users exam questions with multimedia content and for use in receiving on-line answers to the exam questions.
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