Faculty workstation
First Claim
1. An apparatus for faculty members of an educational community to access and modify content of a plurality of academic courses, the apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to display a class list and a list of tasks and enable a user to select a plurality of classes from the class list and select a task from the list of tasks; and
a processing part configured to perform the selected task for each of the plurality of selected classes.
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Abstract
Software based tools are provided to course instructors in an educational community to enable an instructor to access content of a plurality of academic courses from an information terminal. A user interface displays a class list and a list of tasks, and allows the instructor to select a plurality of classes from the displayed class list and select a task from the displayed list of tasks. In response to user entry of a single command through the user interface, a processing part causes the selected task to be performed to course content for each of the plurality of selected classes. Thus, the instructor can add or modify content to each of the plural selected classes through a single command entered through the information terminal.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for faculty members of an educational community to access and modify content of a plurality of academic courses, the apparatus comprising:
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a user interface configured to display a class list and a list of tasks and enable a user to select a plurality of classes from the class list and select a task from the list of tasks; and a processing part configured to perform the selected task for each of the plurality of selected classes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for faculty members of an educational community to access and modify content of a plurality of academic courses, comprising:
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a remote computer configured to maintain a database for the plurality of academic courses; and one or more information terminals, each information terminal including; a processing part configured to process information for communication with the remote computer through a network; and a user interface configured for display of a class list and a list of tasks, based on data received from the remote computer, and for user selection of a plurality of classes from the displayed class list and user selection of a task from the displayed list of tasks, and wherein in response to user entry of a single command through the user interface, the processing part of the information terminal causes data indicating the selected task and the plurality of selected classes to be communicated to the remote computer, and the remote computer performs the selected task to course content for each of the plurality of selected classes.
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10. A method for enabling faculty members of an educational community to access and modify content of a plurality of academic courses, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving user selection of a plurality of classes selected from a class list via a user interface; (b) receiving user selection of a task selected from a task list via the user interface; and (c) performing the selected task for each of the plurality of selected classes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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