Indicating an online test taker status using a test taker icon

• US 9,368,041 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• 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:
  US12/470,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20090226873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,580 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/322, 434/323, 434/365, 434/350
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 computer program product for annotating proctor actions in association with student icons comprising computer executable code that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of:

representing a test taker with an interactive test taker icon, the test taker icon including text visible on the test taker icon to indicate a status of the test taker;

presenting the interactive test taker icon within an online test proctoring interface;

receiving an input from a proctor relating to the test taker, via an interaction with the test taker icon in the online test proctoring interface; and

storing the input.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the input relates to an action taken by the proctor relating to the test taker represented by the icon.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to start a test.

4. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to pause a test.

5. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to restart a test.

6. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to end a test.

7. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to void a test.

8. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to add time to a test session.

9. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to subtract time from a test session.

10. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the input includes a proctor instruction to text message a test taker.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the input includes proctor-entered text.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the stored input is selected from a menu within the icon.

13. A system for annotating proctor actions in association with student icons, comprising:

an interactive test taker icon for representing a test taker, the test taker icon including text visible on the test taker icon to indicate a status of the test taker;

an online test proctoring interface for presenting the interactive test taker icon; and

a storage facility for enabling a proctor to enter and store information relating to a test taker as an input, wherein the interactive test taker icon is adapted to facilitate a storage of the input.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the input relates to an action taken by the proctor relating to the test taker represented by the interactive test taker icon.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the action includes starting of a test or pausing a test.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the storage facility is adapted to enter and store the information relating to the test taker via the test taker icon.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the action includes restarting a test.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the action includes ending a test.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the input includes proctor-entered text.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the input is selected from a menu associated with the interactive test taker icon.