ONLINE TEST POLLING

• US 20080096181A1
• Filed: 10/23/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (Private Equity))
• Original Assignee: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (Private Equity))
• Inventors: Bosko, John, O'Brien, Corey, Rogers, Timothy, Mutum, Raghubir
• Application Number:
  US11/877,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20080096181A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs.

Claims

1. A method of polling, comprising:

logging a test taker into an online testing platform;

using a web browser in association with a computing facility; and

prior to beginning an online test with the test taker,

polling the web browser to obtain data relating to the computing facility.