Provisioning an escrow user account for tracking learning progress of an end user of a cloud computing platform while interacting with virtual learning entities of the cloud computing platform that represent content of an external learning application

A system for tracking learning progress of an end user of a cloud computing platform when the end user is not registered with an external learning platform that provides an external learning application, the system comprising:

• at least one hardware-based processor and memory, wherein the memory comprises processor-executable instructions encoded on a non-transient processor-readable media, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, are configurable to cause:
• generating learning progress information in response to interaction with virtual learning entities provided at the cloud computing platform, wherein the virtual learning entities represent content of the external learning application provided by the external learning platform, and wherein the interaction takes place in the context of an application provided by the cloud computing platform while in an active web session;
• receiving, at a user service of the external learning platform, a request to persist the learning progress information for the end user;
• determining, at the user service, whether a corresponding user account exists at the external learning platform that corresponds to the end user, wherein the corresponding user account comprises an escrow user account or a full user account;
• when the user service determines that a corresponding user account does not exist:
• automatically provisioning an escrow user account that is associated with the end user;
• and
• persisting, at the escrow user account, the learning progress information of the end user.

At least one non-transient computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are configurable to cause at least one processor to perform a method for tracking learning progress of an end user of a cloud computing platform when the end user is not registered with an external learning platform that provides an external learning application, the method comprising:

• generating learning progress information in response to interaction with virtual learning entities provided at the cloud computing platform, wherein the virtual learning entities represent content of the external learning application provided by the external learning platform, and wherein the interaction takes place in the context of an application provided by the cloud computing platform while in an active web session;
• receiving, at a user service of the external learning platform, a request to persist the learning progress information for the end user;
• determining, at the user service, whether a corresponding user account exists at the external learning platform that corresponds to the end user, wherein the corresponding user account comprises an escrow user account or a full user account;
• when the user service determines that a corresponding user account does not exist:
• automatically provisioning an escrow user account that is associated with the end user;
• and
• persisting, at the escrow user account, the learning progress information of the end user.