Online test proctoring interface with test taker icon and multiple panes

• US 8,128,415 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2009
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (Private Equity))
• Original Assignee: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (Private Equity))
• Inventors: Rogers, Timothy A., Bosko, John, O'Brien, Corey S., Mutum, Raghubir S.
• Primary Examiner(s): FRISBY, KESHA
• Application Number:
  US12/551,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20100055659A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 434/350, 434/323
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs.

Claims

1. A non-transitory memory having computer executable code for test proctoring, the computer executable code adapted to be run on at least one computing device to perform the steps of:

displaying a plurality of panes in an online test proctoring interface, wherein each of the plurality of panes uniquely corresponds to one of a plurality of possible test statuses of a test taker, wherein a first one of the plurality of panes uniquely corresponds to a waiting-to-take-an-exam state, wherein a second one of the plurality of panes uniquely corresponds to a currently-taking-an-exam-state, and wherein a third one of the plurality of panes uniquely corresponds to a finished-taking-an-exam-state;

receiving an actual test status of a test taker, the actual test status consisting of one of the plurality of possible test statuses;

displaying a test taker icon, which represents the test taker, within one of the plurality of panes, which uniquely corresponds to the actual test status of the test taker;

receiving an update to the actual test status of the test taker, the update consisting of one of the plurality of possible test statuses;

ceasing to display the test taker icon within the one of the plurality of panes; and

displaying the test taker icon within a second one of the plurality of panes, which uniquely corresponds to the update to the actual test status, wherein the plurality of possible test statuses of the test taker comprises a waiting-to-take-an-exam state, a currently-taking-an-exam state, a finished-taking-an-exam, a special-need state, an accommodation state, a summary-of test-questions-answered state, and a summary-of test-questions-not-answered state.

2. The non-transitory memory of claim 1, wherein the plurality of possible test statuses further comprises a state that represents time left for a test taker to complete a test and a state that represents elapsed time during a test.