System and method for encouraging user engagement during a presentation

A system for encouraging user engagement during a presentation to a group of users, the system comprising:

• a server system;
• and
• a user system of a user, comprising:
• user input and output systems;
• memory configured to store an engagement module;
• and a processing system configured to execute the engagement module after a presentation mode is enabled at the user system, wherein upon execution of the engagement module, the processing system executes instructions to:
• monitor the user input and output systems of the user system to determine whether any of the user input and output systems of the user system have been interacted with during the presentation mode;
• and communicate a message to the server system each time the processing system determines that any of the user input and output systems of the user system have been interacted with during the presentation mode;
• and
• wherein the server system is configured to:
• compute, based on messages received from the user system, an engagement metric for a user of the user system that indicates a level of engagement of that user during the presentation.

A system according to claim 19, wherein the user input and output systems comprise:

• a display configured to display a user interface, and wherein, as part of monitoring the user input and output systems of the user system and communicating a message to the server system, the processing system executes instructions to:
• monitor state of the display during the presentation mode to determine whether the display has been used or interacted with during the presentation mode;
• and
• communicate a message to the server system each time the processing system determines that the display has been interacted with during the presentation mode.