On-line educational system for document sharing
First Claim
1. A method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
- providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user;
receiving an identification of one or more intended recipients of the document, the intended recipients being selected from a group including the users and the instructor;
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the intended recipients;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access.
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Abstract
An on-line educational system including document sharing and electronic journal features. An instructor builds a course on-line containing identification of assignments and educational materials, which are compiled into an on-line electronic syllabus. Users enrolled in the course may access the electronic syllabus and perform various functions with the on-line educational system in order to participate in the on-line educational course. Users can electronically share documents with other users and the instructor, and they can include a message along with the shared documents. Users can also enter information into an electronic journal and specify which portions of the journal the instructor may view.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user;
receiving an identification of one or more intended recipients of the document, the intended recipients being selected from a group including the users and the instructor;
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the intended recipients;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
executing the command.
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9. A method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
associating a message into the document based upon information entered by the instructor;
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
executing the command.
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17. An apparatus for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
a message module for associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user;
a recipient module for receiving an identification of one or more intended recipients of the document, the intended recipients being selected from a group including the users and the instructor;
a store module for storing the document with the message for accessibility by the intended recipients;
a journal module for providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
an instructor module for permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
an access module for permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
a module for selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
a module for receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
a module for executing the command.
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25. An apparatus for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:
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a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
a receive module for receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
a message module for associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the instructor;
a store module for storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user;
a journal module for providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
an instructor module for permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
an access module for permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
a module for selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access.- View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
a module for receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
a module for executing the command.
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33. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user;
receiving an identification of one or more intended recipients of the document, the intended recipients being selected from a group including the users and the instructor;
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the intended recipients;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
executing the command.
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41. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, the method including;
providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course;
providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course;
receiving an education-related document from the instructor along with an identification of a particular one of the users as an intended recipient of the document;
associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the instructor;
storing the document with the message for accessibility by the particular user;
providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user;
permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor'"'"'s entered information by the particular user;
permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and
selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user'"'"'s identification of permitted access. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
receiving a command related to manipulation of the document; and
executing the command.
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Specification