Compilation of electronic content relating to use of an on-line educational system
OwnerKevin A. Himmel, Robert S. Newkirkinventors
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Abstract
An on-line educational system. An instructor builds a course on-line containing identification of assignments and educational materials, which are compiled into an on-line electronic syllabus. Users enrolled in the course may access the electronic syllabus and perform various functions with the on-line educational system in order to participate in the on-line educational course. The system compiles and records electronic content to create an on-line libraries documenting users' experience over many potential courses from start to finish in obtaining a degree or another goal through participation in the on-line educational system.
Claims22
A method for compiling electronic content relating to use of an on-line educational system, comprising:
- providing on-line content concerning educational materials for particular educational courses offered by academic providers;
- providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course, the syllabus identifying units, assignments, and educational materials for the educational course;
- identifying a particular user enrolled in at least one of the educational courses;
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- electronically recording activity by the user relating to the user's enrollment in the educational courses for the duration of the user's enrollment.
An apparatus for compiling electronic content relating to use of an on-line educational system, comprising:
- a content module for providing on-line content concerning educational materials for particular educational courses offered by academic providers;
- a syllabus module for providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course, the syllabus identifying units, assignments, and educational materials for the educational course;
- a user module for identifying a particular user enrolled in at least one of the educational courses;
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- a record module for electronically recording activity by the user relating to the user's enrollment in the educational courses for the duration of the user's enrollment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.