Systems and method for associating a resource with a course

A method of indicating that at least one educational resource is associated with an electronic course, the method comprising:

• providing an instructor device that is associated with a user profile of the instructor for the electronic course;
• the instructor device transmitting information identifying the electronic course to an electronic learning server, the electronic learning server being associated with data for providing an electronic learning environment where electronic courses are offered, and the electronic learning server being configured to provide access to a catalog of educational resources that are usable in conjunction with the electronic course;
• the instructor device accessing the catalog of educational resources made available by the electronic learning server;
• the instructor device providing a user interface for receiving input that selects at least one educational resource from the catalog of educational resources;
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• the instructor device transmitting the input to the electronic learning server, wherein the electronic learning server:
• associates the at least one educational resource with the electronic course, and
• communicates the association between the at least one educational resource and the electronic course to a content store from which the selected at least one educational resource can be obtained.

A method of indicating that an educational resource is obtainable at a content store, the method comprising:

• providing a content server configured to provide the content store;
• the content server receiving an identifier for an electronic course from a computing device;
• the content server identifying an association between the electronic course and at least one educational resource, the association having been communicated to the content store from an electronic learning server that is associated with data for providing an electronic learning environment where electronic courses are offered;
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• the content server providing a user interface that indicates that the at least one educational resource associated with the electronic course is obtainable at the content store.

A method of providing information about educational resources associated with an electronic course, the method comprising:

• providing an electronic learning server, the electronic learning server being associated with data for providing an electronic learning environment where electronic courses are offered;
• the electronic learning server receiving, from an instructor device, information identifying the electronic course, the instructor device is associated with a user profile of the instructor for the electronic course;
• the electronic learning server providing the instructor device access to a catalog of educational resources that are usable in conjunction with the electronic course;
• the electronic learning server receiving input from the instructor device, the input indicating a selection of at least one educational resource to be associated with the electronic course, the at least one electronic resource being selected from the educational resources in the catalog;
• the electronic learning server storing an association between the selected at least one educational resource and the electronic course;
• the electronic learning server receiving information identifying the electronic course from a computing device;
• the electronic learning server identifying the stored association between the electronic course and the selected at least one educational resource;
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• the electronic learning server transmitting information about the at least one educational resource to the computing device, wherein the computing device provides a user interface that indicates that the at least one educational resource is associated with the electronic course.

A method of determining at least one educational resource associated with an electronic course, the method comprising:

• providing a computing device associated with a user profile of a participant in the electronic course;
• the computing device transmitting information identifying the electronic course to an electronic learning server, the electronic learning server being associated with data for providing an electronic learning environment where the electronic course is offered, wherein the electronic learning server identifies an association between the electronic course and the at least one educational resource, and the association was stored at the electronic learning server in response to the electronic learning server having received input, from an instructor device associated with a user profile of the instructor for the electronic course, that selected the at least one educational resource from a catalog of educational resources that are usable in conjunction with the electronic course;
• the computing device receiving information identifying the at least one educational resource associated with the electronic course from the electronic learning server;
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• the computing device providing a user interface that indicates that the at least one educational resource is associated with the electronic course.