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Internet-based education support system and methods

DC CAFC
  • US 6,988,138 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2000
  • Issued: 01/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A course-based system for providing to an educational community of users access to a plurality of online courses, comprising:

  • a) a plurality of user computers, with each user computer being associated with a user of the system and with each user being capable of having predefined characteristics indicative of multiple predetermined roles in the system, each role providing a level of access to a plurality of data files associated with a particular course and a level of control over the data files associated with the course with the multiple predetermined user roles comprising at least two user'"'"'s predetermined roles selected from the group consisting of a student role in one or more course associated with a student user, an instructor role in one or more courses associated with an instructor user and an administrator role associated with an administrator user, andb) a server computer in communication with each of the user computers over a network, the server computer comprising;

    means for storing a plurality of data files associated with a course,means for assigning a level of access to and control of each data file based on a user of the system'"'"'s predetermined role in a course;

    means for determining whether access to a data file associated with the course is authorized;

    means for allowing access to and control of the data file associated with the course if authorization is granted based on the access level of the user of the system.

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