External course catalog updates

• US 7,467,947 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2005
• Issued: 12/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Sperle, Robin U.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom; Kurt
• Application Number:
  US11/258,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20070122791A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,156 Days
• Field of Search: 434/322, 434/323, 434/350, 434/351, 434/353, 434/354, 434/362, 434/219
• US Class Current: 434/322
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

In general, the disclosure includes course catalog updates. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a course type in an internal course catalog. The internal course catalog is associated with a local learning management system. A request for a course that is associated with the course type and referenced in a remote course catalog is automatically transmitted to a remote learning management system. The remote learning management system is operable to provide a plurality of courses. Information associated with the course is received from the remote learning management system. The course is automatically generated in the internal course catalog using the received information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a course type in an internal course catalog, wherein the internal course catalog identifies courses managed by a local learning management system and enables users to enroll in one or more of the courses managed by the local learning management system;

transmitting a request for an external course that is associated with the course type and referenced in a remote course catalog to a remote learning management system, wherein the remote learning management system manages a plurality of external courses and is accessible by a plurality of different local learning management systems;

receiving information associated with the external course from the remote learning management system, wherein the received information identifies at least a delivery method of the external course to allow a user of the local management system access to the external course provided by the remote learning management system; and

automatically updating the internal catalog with the external course using the received information such that users may select the external course from the up dated internal course catalog and enroll in the external course managed by the remote learning management system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the remote learning management system based, at least in part, on the identified course type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a course type comprises receiving a selection of the course type by a learner through a Graphical User Interface.

4. The method of claim 1, the course type including information operable to identity a logical identifier of the remote learning management system, wherein the request is transmitted to the remote learning management system using the logical identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, the internal course catalog is stored in a first format, the remote course catalog stored in a second format, the method further comprising converting information in the second format to the first format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a second request to update the external course to the remote learning management system;

receiving a confirmation that the external course was updated at the remote learning management system; and

automatically updating the external course in the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

7. The method of claim 6, the updated course comprising the external course scheduled at a different time.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a request to delete the external course to the remote learning management system;

receiving a confirmation that the external course was deleted at the remote learning management system; and

automatically deleting the external course from the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

9. Software for managing courses comprising computer readable instructions embodied on media and operable to:

identify a course type in an internal course catalog, wherein the internal course catalog identifies courses managed by a local learning management system and enables users to enroll in one or more of the courses managed by the local learning management system;

transmit a request for an external course that is associated with the course type and referenced in a remote course catalog to a remote learning management system, wherein the remote learning management system manages a plurality of external courses and is accessible by a plurality of different local learning management systems;

receive information associated with the external course from the remote learning management system, wherein the received information identifies at least a delivery method of the external course to allow a user of the local management system access to the external course provided by the remote learning management system; and

automatically update the internal catalog with the external course using the received information such that users may select the external course from the updated internal course catalog and enroll in the external course managed by the remote learning management system.

10. The software of claim 9, farther operable to identify the remote learning management system based, at least in part, on the identified course type.

11. The software of claim 9, wherein the software operable to identify a course type comprises the software operable to receive a selection of the course type by a learner through a Graphical User Interface.

12. The software of claim 9, the course type including information operable to identity a logical identifier of the remote learning management system, wherein the request is transmitted to the remote learning management system using the logical identifier.

13. The software of claim 9, the internal course catalog is stored in a first format, the remote course catalog stored in a second format, the software further operable to convert information in the second format to the first format.

14. The software of claim 9, further operable to:

transmit a second request to update the external course to the remote learning management system;

receive a confirmation that the external course was updated at the remote learning management system; and

automatically update the external course in the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

15. The software of claim 14, the updated course comprising the external course scheduled at a different time.

16. The software of claim 9, further operable to:

transmit a request to delete the external course to the remote learning management system;

receive a confirmation that the external course was deleted at the remote learning management system; and

automatically delete the external course from the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

17. A system, comprising:

memory operable to store an internal course catalog; and

one or more processors operable to;

identify a course type in the internal course catalog, wherein the internal course catalog identifies courses managed by a local learning management system and enables users to enroll in one or more of the courses managed by the local learning management system;

transmit a request for an external course that is associated with the course type and referenced in a remote course catalog to a remote learning management system, wherein the remote learning management system manages a plurality of external courses and is accessible by a plurality of different local learning management systems;

receive information associated with the external course from the remote learning management system, wherein the received information identifies at least a delivery method of the external course to allow a user of the local management system access to the external course provided by the remote learning management system; and

automatically up date the internal catalog with the external course using the received information such that users may select the external course from the updated internal course catalog and enroll in the external course managed by the remote learning management system.

18. The system of claim 17, the processors farther operable to identify the remote learning management system based, at least in part, on the identified course type.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processors operable to identify a course type comprises the processors operable to receive a selection of the course type by a learner through a Graphical User Interface.

20. The system of claim 17, the course type including information operable to identity a logical identifier of the remote learning management system, wherein the request is transmitted to the remote learning management system using the logical identifier.

21. The system of claim 17, the internal course catalog is stored in a first format, the remote course catalog stored in a second format, the processors further operable to convert information in the second format to the first format.

22. The system of claim 17, the processors further operable to:

transmit a second request to update the external course to the remote learning management system;

receive a confirmation that the external course was updated at the remote learning management system; and

automatically update the external course in the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

23. The system of claim 22, the updated course comprising the external course scheduled at a different time.

24. The system of claim 17, the processors further operable to:

transmit a request to delete the external course to the remote learning management system;

receive a confirmation that the external course was deleted at the remote learning management system; and

automatically delete the external course from the internal course catalog based, at least in part, on the confirmation.

25. A system, comprising:

means for identifying a course type in an internal course catalog, wherein the internal course catalog identifies courses managed by a local learning management system and enables users to enroll in one or more of the courses managed by the local learning management system;

means for transmitting a request for an external course that is associated with the course type and referenced in a remote course catalog to a remote learning management system, wherein the remote learning management system manages a plurality of external courses and is accessible by a plurality of different local learning management systems;

means for receiving information associated with the external course from the remote learning management system, wherein the received information identifies at least a delivery method of the external course to allow a user of the local management system access to the external course provided by the remote learning management system; and

means for automatically updating the internal catalog with the external course using the received information such that users may select the external course from the up dated internal course catalog and enroll in the external course managed by the remote learning management system.