Method, system and storage medium for providing training to multiple users

• US 6,519,445 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2002
• Issued: 02/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP BV (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Solmssen, Peter, Casey-Cholakis, Evangeline H., May, Jeffrey H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Christman, Kathleen M.
• Application Number:
  US10/063,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20020132215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 257 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/322, 434/323, 434/362, 434/350, 434/219, 434/263
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/08 providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method of providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a training system and a plurality of user systems coupled to the training system via a network. The method includes receiving a request to create a training program and providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to edit or create a training program. The editable training program template permits entry of content for the training program. Other embodiments of the invention include a system and storage medium for implementing the method.

Claims

1. A method of providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a training system and a plurality of user systems coupled to the training system via a network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system through a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program; and

,

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

wherein said training program includes sub-topics, said contributor being granted access to edit a subset of the sub-topics within the training program.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to take a pretest prior to providing said training program to said trainee.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing an administrator with a report related to said training system.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein:

said report is a training summary report including a policy, sub-topics, number of questions and an administrator for said training program.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s preferred language;

storing said user'"'"'s preferred language; and

presenting training programs to the user in said preferred language.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising associating an owner with the training program.

9. A system for providing training to a plurality of users, the system comprising:

a training system connected to a user system by a network, said training system providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to a request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

wherein;

said training system identifies the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator;

said training system provides the administrator access to said editable training program template;

said training system associates a contributor with the training program;

said training system provides the contributor access to said editable training program template;

said training system denies the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

said training program includes sub-topics, said training system granting the contributor access to edit a subset of the sub-topics within the training program.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein:

said training system requires a trainee to take a pretest prior to providing said training program to said trainee.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein:

said training system requires a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein:

said training system provides an administrator with a report related to said training system.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein:

said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein:

said report is a training summary report including a policy, sub-topics, number of questions and an administrator for said training program.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein:

said training system receives a user'"'"'s preferred language;

said training system stores said user'"'"'s preferred language; and

said training system presents training programs to the user system in said preferred language.

16. The system of claim 9 said user system associates an owner with the training program.

17. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a user system and a training system connected by a network, the storage medium including instructions for causing the training system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system though a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program;

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

wherein said training program includes sub-topics, the contributor being granted access to edit a subset of the sub-topics within the training program.

18. The storage medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for causing the training system to implement:

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to take a pretest prior to providing said training program to said trainee.

19. The storage medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for causing the training system to implement:

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program.

20. The storage medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for causing the training system to implement:

providing an administrator with a report related to said training system.

21. The storage medium of claim 20 wherein:

said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program.

22. The storage medium of claim 20 wherein:

said report is a training summary report including a policy, sub-topics, number of questions and an administrator for said training program.

23. The storage medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for causing the training system to implement:

receiving a user'"'"'s preferred language;

storing said user'"'"'s preferred language; and

presenting training programs to the user in said preferred language.

24. The storage medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for causing the training system to implement:

allowing the administrator to associate an owner with the training program.

25. A method of providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a training system and a plurality of user systems coupled to the training system via a network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system through a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program;

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated; and

,

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program;

wherein said training program includes a plurality of sub-topics, said training system generating a survey report providing results for a plurality of sub-topic surveys each corresponding to one of said plurality of sub-topics.

26. A system for providing training to a plurality of users, the system comprising:

a training system connected to a user system by a network, said training system providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to a request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

wherein;

said training system identifies the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator;

said training system provides the administrator access to said editable training program template;

said training system associates a contributor with the training program;

said training system provides the contributor access to said editable training program template;

said training system denies the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated,

said training system allows an administrator to require a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program;

wherein said training program includes a plurality of sub-topics, the method further comprising generating a survey report providing results for a plurality of sub-topic surveys each corresponding to one of said plurality of sub-topics.

27. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a user system and a training system connected by a network, the storage medium including instructions for causing the training system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system though a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program;

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

allowing an administrator to require a trainee to complete a sub-topic survey upon completion of a sub-topic of said training program, said sub-topic corresponding to a portion of said training program;

wherein said training program includes a plurality of sub-topics, the storage medium further comprising instructions for causing the training system to generate a survey report providing results for a plurality of sub-topic surveys each corresponding to one of said plurality of sub-topics.

28. A method of providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a training system and a plurality of user systems coupled to the training system via a network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system through a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program;

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

providing an administrator with a report related to said training system;

wherein said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program;

wherein said number of correct answers and percent of correct answers are presented for a pretest completed by the trainee.

29. A system for providing training to a plurality of users, the system comprising:

a training system connected to a user system by a network, said training system providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to a request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

wherein;

said training system identifies the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator;

said training system provides the administrator access to said editable training program template;

said training system associates a contributor with the training program;

said training system provides the contributor access to said editable training program template;

said training system denies the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

wherein said training system provides an administrator with a report related to said training system;

wherein said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program;

wherein said number of correct answers and percent of correct answers are presented for a pretest completed by the trainee.

30. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for providing training to a plurality of users in a system including a user system and a training system connected by a network, the storage medium including instructions for causing the training system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request for training at the training system;

providing a training program to the user system in response to the request for training;

receiving a request to create a training program at the training system;

receiving a user identity from the user system though a log in procedure;

identifying the user system as one of a trainee and an administrator based on the user identity;

if the user identity corresponds to the administrator, providing an editable training program template to the user system in response to the request to create a training program, said editable training program template permitting entry of content for the training program;

allowing the administrator to associate a contributor with the training program;

providing the contributor access to edit the training program;

denying the contributor access to edit further training programs with which the contributor is not associated;

providing an administrator with a report related to said training system;

wherein said report is a training statistical report including a number of correct answers and percent of correct answers for said training program;

wherein said number of correct answers and percent of correct answers are presented for a pretest completed by the trainee.