System and method of matching teachers with students to facilitate conducting online private instruction over a global network
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, the method comprising:
- receiving profile information associated with a student from a first client system;
transmitting, by a server system, a placement test to the first client system via a network;
registering, by the server system, the student in a course based, at least in part, on responses to the placement test received from the first client system;
arranging at least some of the profile information associated with the registered student in a queue of the server system, the queue further including different profile information associated with at least one other student;
removing the arranged profile information associated with the registered student from the queue in response to selection indicia received from a second client system, the selection indicia being associated with a teacher of the course initiating a discussion session, wherein the first and second client systems exchange at least some messages during the discussion session pertaining to the course independently of the server system.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student. Profile information is received from each student who registers for a private course. Each student who registers for a private course is included in a list of students who are unassigned to a teacher. Each teacher who is able to teach a private course has access over the network to the list of students and the profile information of the students. One of the teachers who is able to teach a given private course is assigned to one of the students in the list of students enrolled in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, the method comprising:
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receiving profile information associated with a student from a first client system;
transmitting, by a server system, a placement test to the first client system via a network;
registering, by the server system, the student in a course based, at least in part, on responses to the placement test received from the first client system;
arranging at least some of the profile information associated with the registered student in a queue of the server system, the queue further including different profile information associated with at least one other student;
removing the arranged profile information associated with the registered student from the queue in response to selection indicia received from a second client system, the selection indicia being associated with a teacher of the course initiating a discussion session, wherein the first and second client systems exchange at least some messages during the discussion session pertaining to the course independently of the server system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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