REMOTE STUDENT ASSESSMENT USING DYNAMIC ANIMATION

• US 20080102430A1
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• 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:
  US11/853,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20080102430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• 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

Abstract

An online test platform facilitates the development, delivery, management, and assessment 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 dynamic animation compilation facilities to update a user browser, 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 remote test taker assessment, comprising:

transmitting a test information from a server to a web browser on a remote computing facility over a network;

polling the web browser;

using a dynamic animation compilation functionality to update the web browser;

presenting the test information to a test taker using the computing facility;

receiving a response to the test information from the test taker using the computing facility;

transmitting the response to the server; and

storing the response on the server for future analysis.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is associated with a database storing test questions.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is an intranet.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the test information is an instruction.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the test information is a test question.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the test information is a pre-test question.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the test information is a live chat functionality.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the animation computation facility is a Flash animation facility.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the test information is a test answer.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the test information is a question from the test taker.

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40. A system of remote test taker assessment, comprising:

a server for transmitting a test information over a network to a web browser that is associated with a computing facility for presenting the test information to a test taker and transmitting to the server a response received from the test taker in response to the presented test information, wherein the server polls the web browser;

a dynamic animation compilation facility for updating the web browser; and

a storage facility associated with the server for storing the transmitted response for future analysis.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein the network comprises an intranet.

50. The system of claim 40, wherein the server is associated with a database for storing test questions.

55. The system of claim 40, wherein the test information is an instruction.

56. The system of claim 40, wherein the test information is a test question.

57. The system of claim 40, wherein the test information is a pre-test question.

60. The system of claim 40, wherein the test information is a live chat functionality.

64. The system of claim 40, wherein the dynamic animation compilation facility is a Flash animation facility.

65. The system of claim 40, wherein the response to the test information is a test answer.

66. The system of claim 40, wherein the response to the test information is a question from the test taker.

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