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Administrator and instructor course management application for an online education course
Assignee: CAPITAL EDUCATION LLC
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Filing: 2000-12-21
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Granted: 2003-11-25
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Expires: 2020-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for permitting an administrator or faculty member in an online education course to monitor and manage faculty and student activity is provided. The system includes a computer network having an administrator and instructor course management application tool for generating administrator and instructor interfaces displaying student or faculty information and facilitating an instructor's ability to manage student activities, as well as facilitating administrator management and review of both students and faculty. The method includes automatically recording student and faculty access to online educational course resources and tasks, and presenting a plurality of interactive student and faculty management selections to administrators and faculty in response to queries for student and faculty information.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry B. Strub
- 👤 Stepanie B. Woodson
- 👤 Joshua D. Barr
- 👤 Alan S. Drimmer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:24
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G06; G06Q; G06Q40/00; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/20; G09B7/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of monitoring and managing student activities in an online educational course, the method comprising: receiving a completed student assignment in electronic form; associating the completed student assignment with an instructor and storing the completed student assignment in a database; and generating a grade book for the instructor, wherein generating the gradebook comprises: displaying grade information for each of a plurality of students in a course section taught by the instructor, wherein the grade book comprises student identification information, grade information for any graded student assignment, and an automated link to any completed student assignment that is ungraded; and displaying a visual time indicator for each completed student assignment that is ungraded, wherein the visual time indicator represents an elapsed time from a time each ungraded completed student assignment was received.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of monitoring and managing student activities in an online educational course, the method comprising: receiving a completed student assignment in electronic form; associating the completed student assignment with an instructor and storing the completed student assignment in a database; and generating a grade book for the instructor, wherein generating the gradebook comprises: displaying grade information for each of a plurality of students in a course section taught by the instructor, wherein the grade book comprises student identification information, grade information for any graded student assignment, and an automated link to any completed student assignment that is ungraded; and displaying a visual time indicator for each completed student assignment that is ungraded, wherein the visual time indicator represents an elapsed time from a time each ungraded completed student assignment was received.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the visual time indicator further comprises increasing a size of the visual time indicator as the elapsed time increases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a grade book for an instructor comprising displaying the grade information in graphical format, wherein one of a predetermined set of graphical elements, each of the graphical elements representing a particular student performance level, is displayed for each graded student assignment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 3 , further comprising displaying student activity completion indicia adjacent the graphical elements representing student performance level for graded assignments.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual time indicator comprises a graphical visual time indicator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a time stamp at the database upon receipt of the student assignment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the elapsed time further comprises comparing the time stamp to a time the instructor logs onto a network.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an assignment submission form associated with the completed student assignment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the assignment submission form comprises a name of the student, a course name, a section identifier and a task identifier.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein a visibility of the visual time indicator changes to indicate greater urgency as more time elapses.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the visual time indicator comprises changing a size of the visual time indicator after predetermined time increments.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the visual time indicator each time the instructor logs onto a network.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
162 words
A method of monitoring and managing student activities in an online educational course, the method comprising: receiving a completed student assignment in electronic form; associating the completed student assignment with an instructor and storing the completed student assignment in a database; generating a grade book for the instructor by displaying grade information for each of a plurality of students in a course section taught by the instructor, wherein the grade book comprises student identification information, grade information for any graded student assignment, and an automated link to any completed student assignment that is ungraded; and presenting an instructor with an assignment grading template in response to receipt of a request via the automated link to an ungraded completed student assignment for a particular student, the assignment grading template providing an automated link to any previously graded student assignment for the particular student, the assignment grading template further comprising an instructor comment section configured to receive instructor comments regarding the completed student assignment.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
162 words
A method of monitoring and managing student activities in an online educational course, the method comprising: receiving a completed student assignment in electronic form; associating the completed student assignment with an instructor and storing the completed student assignment in a database; generating a grade book for the instructor by displaying grade information for each of a plurality of students in a course section taught by the instructor, wherein the grade book comprises student identification information, grade information for any graded student assignment, and an automated link to any completed student assignment that is ungraded; and presenting an instructor with an assignment grading template in response to receipt of a request via the automated link to an ungraded completed student assignment for a particular student, the assignment grading template providing an automated link to any previously graded student assignment for the particular student, the assignment grading template further comprising an instructor comment section configured to receive instructor comments regarding the completed student assignment.
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