INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT AND STANDARDS ALIGNMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20110070573A1
• Filed: 09/23/2009
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackboard Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Blackboard Incorporated
• Inventors: Everhart, Deborah, Vervoort, Claude, DENNIS, Bret Carlton, Hunt, JoAnna, Lindsey, Joel
• Application Number:
  US12/565,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20110070573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/433
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

An instructional content and standards alignment processing system is disclosed. The system includes a computer-readable memory configured to store information indicative of instructional content, a first educational standard, and a second educational standard, and configured to store at least one alignment between the instructional content and the first educational standard and at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard. The system also includes a processor configured to automatically generate at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard. The computer-readable memory is configured to store the alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard after the alignment is confirmed by a user. Methods and machine-readable mediums are also disclosed.

Claims

1. An instructional content and standards alignment processing system comprising:

a computer-readable memory configured to store information indicative of instructional content, a first educational standard, and a second educational standard, and configured to store at least one alignment between the instructional content and the first educational standard and at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard; and

a processor configured to automatically generate at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard,

wherein the computer-readable memory is configured to store the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard after the at least one alignment is confirmed by a user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard are obtained from an interface with an external system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein, after the at least one alignment is generated, at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, the second educational standard, and the at least one alignment are provided to an external system through an interface with the external system.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the external system comprises an outcomes assessment system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard generated based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard, is also generated based on at least one of an alignment between the instructional content and a second instructional content, or a metadata of the instructional content.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein access, by the user, to at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, the second educational standard, and the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard, is restricted based on the user'"'"'s role.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the access comprises a right to add, modify, delete, confirm, or manage the at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, the second educational standard, and the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the access is also restricted based on the context of the user'"'"'s role.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard, is generated external to the system.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard, is imported into the computer-readable memory from a computer-readable memory external to the system.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an output module configured to display, to the user, information indicative of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard; and

an input module configured to receive, from the user, information indicative of whether the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard is confirmed.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the input module is also configured to receive, from the user, information indicative of the user'"'"'s input regarding the at least one alignment of the instructional content with the second educational standard.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the output module is also configured to store information indicative of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the stored information comprises information identifying the user, and information indicative of a time at which the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard was created.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the output module is also configured to display information indicative of the status of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to automatically generate a plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard, and wherein the output module is configured to display the plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to filter, based on input from the user, the display of the plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

18. A method for associating instructional content, comprising:

receiving at least one alignment between instructional content and a first educational standard, and at least one mapping between the first educational standard and a second educational standard;

generating at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard;

receiving, from a user, a confirmation of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard; and

storing the confirmed at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard are obtained from an outcomes assessment system.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard generated based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard, is also generated based on at least one of an alignment between the instructional content and a second instructional content, or a metadata of the instructional content.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein access, by the user, to at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, the second educational standard, and the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard, is restricted based on the user'"'"'s role.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard, is generated external to the system.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the instructional content, the first educational standard, and the second educational standard, is imported into the computer-readable memory from a computer-readable memory external to the system.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying, to the user, information indicative of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

25. The method of claim 18, further comprising receiving, from the user, information indicative of the user'"'"'s input regarding the at least one alignment of the instructional content with the second educational standard.

26. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing information indicative of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard, wherein the stored information comprises information identifying the user, and information indicative of a time at which the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard was created.

27. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying information indicative of the status of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

28. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

generating a plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard; and

displaying the plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising filtering, based on input from the user, the display of the plurality of alignments between the instructional content and the second educational standard.

30. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a processor to execute instructions to associate instructional content by performing steps comprising:

receiving at least one alignment between instructional content and a first educational standard, and at least one mapping between the first educational standard and a second educational standard;

generating at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard;

receiving, from a user, a confirmation of the at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard; and

storing the confirmed at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard.