CN100530266C - Internet-based education support system and methods - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.

Description

Education support system and method based on the Internet

The cross reference of related application

Present patent application is based on the right of priority that also requires the following U.S. Provisional Application file that awaits the reply jointly, they are that the sequence number that proposed on June 30th, 1999 is 60/141,283, the sequence number that proposed on July 1st, 1999 is 60/141,864, the sequence number that proposed on March 8th, 2000 is 60/187,890 the U.S. Provisional Application that awaits the reply jointly is incorporated in this to them by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally under educational environment, be used for the system and method for exchange message between Faculty and Students.More specifically, the present invention relates to the teaching-guiding teacher utilizes such as electric networks such as the Internet and WWW by sending course teaching materials, textbook, document and other course material, receive student's enquirement and input, and guide participant's seminar and carry out interacting activity with one or more students that are not in same place.The invention still further relates to provides the foundation structure that allows online registration and the payment of curricula tuition fee.

Background technology

Comprise educational institution, the ability that the educator of private cooperation unit and more high-rise learning organization contacts potential student generally is subjected to the restriction of geographical environment.Under most of occasions, potential student is must actual migration interior or arrive school interior so that addressable course counselor, classroom or data to available public transport distance.In addition, all kinds of students that seek knowledge and people are confined to the resource of close teaching, guidance or training course usually.Because these restrictions, following student must or seeks to learn local educational institution and can move so that can visit the teaching resource that they like for no matter which kind of the given subject or the whole family that they provide.The student in many futures has been deprived may be from more other teachers of good quality or the chance that mechanism outside their neighbour area accepts teaching.Similarly, educational institution has been restricted to only to being in these interior student's services of public transport distance in their campus.

Network computer provides the part solution to these restrictions with the appearance of communicating by letter.Particularly, the widely-used and availability of the electric network such as the Internet and WWW might overcome as the geographic position dispersion of teaching obstacle and the problem of concrete region student and educator.Use these electronic mediums, it is irrelevant with physical location to bring into play traditional study and pedagogical experience that student and teacher can intercourse information, these information comprise (live or relay) classroom teaching materials, homework layout, text and material, marking, (live or relay) interactive classroom enquirement and answer questions, and other relevant information.

Yet electric network comprises the Internet, is the complicated technology system, requires the user to have or obtains special knowledge so that effectively utilize them.Even strengthening the graphic user interface (GUI) of simplicity of operation, the design that picture is provided by WWW also requires the special cyberspeak and the knowledge of technical elements.For example, if the Internet user uses this user of ability of this media interviews information to lack understanding how to use uniform resource locator (URL) to travel through (example navigation) the web webpage mouth that will give a discount widely.The slow employing of new technology and lack technical advance usually to the widely-used generation adverse influence of medium.Particularly be applied under the educational environment, these unfavorable factors are applied to the instructor, though they have the professional knowledge of height in separately knowledge and education sector, also will require their further acquisition effectively to utilize the Internet to educate and not be in the necessary technical know-how of areal student.

Further, it is more complicated along with the increase of the desired user's options of user interface to use the Internet to be used for the complicacy of teaching purpose, because not only Faculty and Students must obtain to use the ability of these medium but also their also must understand the expression and the importance of the required various extra selections of particular user interface (routine web webpage) in addition.Therefore can user interface design most important for the use that popularize medium under educational environment.Be different from other solution of the present invention and be characterised in that to have relative complex and chaotic user interface.The user who comprises these other solutions of student and teacher is faced with one or more web webpages, generally require the user from potential a queue of user's options, to go to check or select subsequently webpage or function, thereby make the task of interactive action of user and system complicated.

In addition, many educational institutions have existing or traditional web-based system make the student can to its visit to obtain various types of information (routine curriculum schedule).Other present web-based system also requires to preside in addition or organizer bear based on network new system installation, integrated, administer and maintain relevant realization and maintenance cost.These costs constraints be used for obtaining widely of aims of education medium and use.

In addition, visit, expression and the gathering that is included in the information in the existing network is to provide from the angle of mechanism rather than from indivedual students' angle.Each data that general student will observe for her must the access mechanism network diverse location or web webpage.And, must login a plurality of networks in order to visit different data item students.For example, before registration next stage course or following halves, may wish to watch his subsidy situation.In existing network, the student will travel through a plurality of Web networks and sign in to possibly in a plurality of networks in order to visit his current subsidy state, visit this information and consider its particular case subsequently and online registration.Many analogues are also had something in common when relating to visit score information, classroom arrangement, examination information, student's group meeting and other similar information.In brief, existing system is that the mode at center has been gathered course, mechanism and student information with the mechanism.For the complicacy that reduces mechanism for implementing and safeguard the aspect has been taken time cost to each student/customization of existing system.Yet these times are added in for Jie on one's body all students, and it is the saving of center mode by the cost of mechanism's realization with the mechanism that the cost summation of these dispersions has exceeded, and has caused net loss.

In addition, generally be variable based on individual's hobby and professor's technology of the topic situation teacher that teaches.Can not provide the web-based system of remarkable program customization can not fine solution in individual system, to adapt to these needs of different teaching modes.

In addition, about total consideration of using electric network be when more user joins system its response time tend to slow down.Become to receive the time when the response time, use medium to reduce usually as aims of education relevant time and cost validity.

Many institutes and university's For several reasons still do not allow online registration and pay tuition fee, and these reasons comprise high initial setting up expense and incompatible way of paying.

This regular example is so-called virtual school.Virtual school traditionally only income learn cost of registering and thereby provide free course.Pay instead of every selected course, the student is online must to watch advertisement when watching course, though this paying and income generation method can be and provide the company of online training to receive, the way of paying of this method and traditional institute and university are incompatible.Institute and university generally collect lower entrance fee and charge to the student for the basis according to each credit or every subject.

Thereby a general objective of the present invention provides a kind of system and method, allow by simplifying, the method for user interface easy to use make the user can with the education support system interworking based on computer network.

Another general objective of the present invention provides a kind of system, and it can be integrated with existing computer network and back-up system easily, and existing operation and system are caused minimum interference.

Another general objective of the present invention provides and a kind ofly can adapt to constantly rising of number of users and can adjust the system of scale, and the response of system does not produce substantial degradation when making the number of users of system constantly be increased to big number.

Another general objective of the present invention provides a kind of system and method, and it can adapt to various different teaching modes and not require does substantial modification to system.

Another target of the present invention provides a kind of like this system, it can allow multiple user according to the function of the effect (for example, student, teacher and keeper) in their predetermined system frameworks the feature of access system.

Another target of the present invention provides a kind of like this system, and it can and provide wherein value-added service and control (for example calendar, task, contract and communication function etc.) integrated with teaching platform.

As the present invention that read, comprise accompanying drawing and appended appendix after, will more understand these and other target of the present invention.

Summary of the invention

According to these and other target of the present invention, provide a kind of system to be used for providing visit to a plurality of online courses to user community, comprise a plurality of subscriber computers and by network and each subscriber computer server in communication computing machine.Each subscriber computer has indicated that the system user of the predefine characteristic of predetermined action is associated in the system with having.Each effect provides the rank of the visit data file relevant with course, and to the rank of the data file relevant with course control.Server computer has the device of the storage data file relevant with course; Appointment is to the device of each data file access level, and wherein access level is relevant with the ability of user capture this document; The device of the user's of definite request visit one file access level, and the device that allows visit and course file associated as user's access level function.

User role comprise the student role subscriber-related with the student, with subscriber-related teacher role of teacher and the administrator role (role can mix, for example the instructor of a branch of instruction in school also can be the student of another subject) relevant with administrator role.The ability of the energy foundation a plurality of lesson files relevant with course with editor is provided for instructor user.Lesson file comprises announcement file, curriculum information file, teaching and administrative staff's message file, course document files, job file, follows up a case by regular visits to mailbox file, asynchronous communication file and synchronous communication file.

For student user provides the access level that can read the lesson file relevant with course, also provide the access level that to revise some file relevant with course for student user.Also have, this user also provides the access level that can set up the relevant student's file of the file that can read with student user.The file that the student can read can be the job file set up by teacher user and respond job file and student's file of setting up by student user.Be used for evaluating student a plurality of exam questions of user capability that job file can comprise that the teacher selects.Exam questions can be chosen from predetermined available exam questions storehouse by teacher user.Exam questions also can be set up and can randomly be added in the exam pool by teacher user when teacher user sets up job file basically.Student's file can be read and made comments by teacher user and give a mark, and this achievement can onlinely offer student user.Teacher user can be to the achievement arranging order of many student's files of reading and making comments, and will offer all students relevant with this course through the student performance of arrangement (for example the average achievement of class, cake chart or bar graph etc.) is online.

The student also can read the job file of being set up by teacher user, and be response to job file by student's file that student user sets up.

" numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox (digital dropbox) " can comprise a plurality of files from the one or more student users relevant with course that are sent to server computer.Can provide teacher user to following up a case by regular visits to the visit of mailbox file, can download, edit or upload the file of following up a case by regular visits in the mailbox to this teacher user.

Can require the user to import a login sequence to the visit of subscriber-related lesson file in order to provide to enter subscriber computer.After having imported login sequence, just provide this user couple visit subsequently with these all subscriber-related courses.Offer the user's web webpage and comprise a plurality of course hyperlink, each course hyperlink and user are associated as the teacher or as each course of student's registration.Selection to the course hyperlink will provide the user web webpage relevant with selected course; This web webpage has to the content hyperlink and the button of the various contexts relevant with this course.Content hyperlink and button comprise announcement scope hyperlink, and curriculum information hyperlink, teaching and administrative staff's information hyperchain connect, course document hyperlink, operation layout hyperlink, communication hyperlink and student's instrument hyperlink.Select announcement scope hyperlink that the web webpage that comprises one group of course announcement is provided.Select the curriculum information hyperlink that the web webpage that comprises about correlated curriculum information is provided.Select teaching and administrative staff's information hyperchain that the web webpage that provides about relevant course teacher's data is provided.Select course document hyperlink that the web that comprises relevant course lists of documents is provided webpage, they can be the effective hyperlink to described document.Select the operation layout hyperlink to provide to be included in the web webpage of the hyperlink of one group of means of communication that comprises asynchronous communication instrument and synchronous communication instrument.

In another aspect of the present invention, the system that provides is used for providing online visit to course to user community, comprise the server computer by network and telex network, server calculates and has the device of setting up the course user account from the existing user account file relevant with outer computer in the base.By this way, storing a large number of users account's existing valid system in storer can be integrated with native system and must be again not be input to user data in the system (so-called become bulk registration).

In aspect another that also has in the present invention, a kind of method that provides is used to provide online education, and it comprises that the step of the online course that provides is provided in foundation, and providing will be by the course of one group of online employing of student user; Student to registered course provides by the visit of network to lesson file.The foundation of course comprises that teacher user generates one group of lesson file that is used to teach course, subsequently lesson file is sent to server computer and is stored in the there, and predetermined energy can be visited lesson file by student's user community of network access server computing machine.

Preferably at least one lesson file comprises the coursework layout, and the student is used for the coursework response and sets up student's file and student's file is sent to server computer.Teacher user is from server computer visit student file, reads and makes comments student's file and conforms to coursework determining whether, teacher user is according to giving a mark to student's file with the situation that conforms to of course of determining.Teacher user is published in achievement in the file on the service computer, and it only can be by the student visit relevant with this achievement.Teacher user can repeat this process to a large amount of student users that register this course and subsequently the achievement that student user gave be carried out statistical study.Statistical study also can offer the student user who is registered in this class.

Asynchronous communication to student's user-accessible of registration course can be provided, be used between student user, to carry out asynchronous communication.Similarly, can provide the synchronous communication that to visit between the student user of registration course, be used between student user, to carry out synchronization of access.

The present invention provides flexibly by institute, university and other mechanism of hope being convenient to online registration and being paid tuition fee, and foundation structure strengthens prior art.Say that more specifically the present invention can adapt to different payment methods, including, but not limited to being the paying on basis by per class hour, by the paying on the artificial basis of registration.Tuition fee available credit card, debt-credit card, check or other payment methods that can examine are propped up expense.Paying is examined and can be undertaken by the present invention, or by carrying out with the third-party interface that provides an expense to examine service.In addition, the present invention allow online paying information easily with the standard payment methods interface of institute, university or other mechanism.The whole integrated transition of having simplified to automated system with existing payment methods.

In addition, the present invention can be configured to open system, anyly can be connected to server and set up and to connect the hot line course that adopts by the Internet by any other people by the Internet per capita, therefore, anyone can create and can and whether be attached to specific mechanism (for example university) with them have nothing to do for the Virtual Class of any other people's use.For example, the lawyer can create a patent law hot line course, and system configuration is become to require to enter password to register.The lawyer can give the required student that can register course with password distribution subsequently.On the other hand, the lawyer also can Request System require for example with the registration of Credit Card Payments to course.

The accompanying drawing summary

Fig. 1 is the structured flowchart according to the preferred embodiment of education support system of the present invention;

Fig. 2 has described and has realized that load balance reaches the preferred embodiment of scalable;

Fig. 3 has illustrated the function according to the preferred embodiment of engine/enrollment mode of the present invention;

Fig. 4 shows according to preferable user interface of the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows the screen shot of user with the homepage watched;

Fig. 6 is the screen shot that has shown the web webpage of the course tabulation that can use for student user and class classification;

Fig. 7 is the screen shot of the default view of a course web website;

Fig. 8 provides the screen shot to student user's announcement;

Fig. 9 is the screen shot of course content window;

The screen shot of Figure 10 operation layout web webpage;

Figure 11 is the screen shot of course document web webpage;

Figure 12 is the screen shot of message center web webpage;

Figure 13 is the screen shot of asynchronous discussion plate web webpage;

Figure 14 is the screen shot of student's instrument web webpage;

Figure 15 is the screen shot that the student follows up a case by regular visits to mailbox web webpage;

Figure 16 is the screen shot of teacher's control panel web webpage;

Figure 17 is the screen shot of announcement web webpage;

Figure 18 is the screen shot of curriculum information web webpage;

Figure 19 is the screen shot of course task web webpage;

Figure 20 is the screen shot of teacher's Library web webpage;

Figure 21 is the screen shot that numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox web webpage;

Figure 22 is the keep the score screen shot of symbol web webpage of course;

Figure 23 A is that 23B is the screen shot of course statistics web webpage;

Figure 24 is the screen shot of honors and the ABC of managing web webpage;

Figure 25 is the screen shot of the web of group webpage;

Figure 26 is the screen shot of service web webpage;

Figure 27 is the screen shot of calendar web webpage;

Figure 28 is the screen shot of Email web webpage;

Figure 29 is a screen shot of creating course web webpage;

Figure 30 A and 30B are the screen shot of creating with the web webpage;

Figure 31 is the screen shot of Web resource web webpage;

Figure 32 is the further screen shot of Web resource web webpage;

Figure 33 is the screen shot of cyberchat web webpage;

Figure 34 has illustrated that information is sent to the block diagram of paid service server from the course registrar;

Figure 35 is the specimen page of a paying form;

Figure 36 is that explanation is examined interactive block diagram between server in payment server with in paying;

Figure 37 is the specimen page of paying information page;

The block diagram illustrations of Figure 38 the postal block diagram of process of ordering;

Figure 39 is the The general frame of system;

Realize best mode of the present invention

Referring to Figure 39, the system and method that the present invention includes is used for exchange course content and relevant information between teacher user who is not in same ground and student user.The system and method for instructor's the application of the invention and one and a plurality ofly be not in student's user interactions action on same ground to send the lesson file that (being not limited thereto) comprises course teaching materials, textbook, document and other course, receive student's enquirement and input, and the electric network of utilization such as the Internet and WWW instructs the class discussion of fellowship.The visit of lesson file is subjected to the control of access level and steering logic, with globality and the security of guaranteeing system.Also have, the administrator can visit system, to carry out defined management role here.

System architecture

System architecture according to a preferred embodiment of education support system 100 of the present invention is shown in Fig. 1.With reference to figure 1, education support system 100 comprises application subsystem 110, Web browser 120, Web master server 130, database subsystem 140, core subsystem 150.Web master server 130 further comprises shell service 131.Application subsystem 110 further comprises content registration 111, instrument registration 112, course registration 113, one or more content engines 114, one or more instrument engine 115 and one or more course engine 116.Core subsystem 150 further comprises core engine 151, access manager 152, user interface (being UI) manager 153, User Manager 154, packet manager 155, task manager 156, login manager 157 and connection manager 158.

In an at present preferable embodiment, education support system 100 is the form realizations with the client-server network topology.(he can play one or more roles to the user, for example student, teacher, assiatant (TA) or keeper) by Web browser 120 visits and with education support system 100 interactive actions, more specifically say, the user is by the service small routine access application subsystem 110 and the core subsystem 150 of shell service 131, this service small routine provides the internet interface of standard by operating in such as the Web browser on the criterion calculation platform of personal computer and workstation to the user, including, but not limited to TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP and FTP.Specifically, shell service 131 service small routines use the URL information encoded that is included in the HTTP request that receives with Web browser 120 client computer to call corresponding requested application subsystem 110 or core subsystem 150.Shell service 131 service small routines also provide authentification of user and session management.

Application subsystem is worked by engine/enrollment mode 300 corresponding to modes that Fig. 3 describes.Usually, engine/enrollment mode 300 comprises one or more engine 3s 01, registration 302 and front and back factor 303.Engine 3 01 includes but is not limited to content engines 114, instrument engine 115, course engine 116 and core engine 151.Registration 302 includes but is not limited to content registration 111, instrument registration 112 and course registration 113.Course engine 116 is associated together by the educational material that one group of student will be visited, and by tissue a course is created in the reference that is included in these information projects in the content registration 111.Particularly, course engine 116 query contents registration 111 index about content engines 114, this index is relevant with the specific resources that the user is just asking.

Content engines 111 comprises an evaluation engine, uses education support system 100 in order to produce a series of enquirements with the Assistance And Instruction user.For example, this class problem that evaluation engine provided by education support system 100 provides the guidance step by step of setting up course for the teacher.This enquirement is online subsequently to offer the instructor, to allow the customization course that he sets up will provide with education support system 100.

Different with the content engines 111 of the actual course content of representative, but instrument engine 115 generally comprises installation procedure, and these programs provide a plurality of courses all can use rather than have fixed and any specific one or the relevant ability of multi-door course.

The teacher has different preferable teaching patterns.Also have, same teacher can give prominence to different teaching patterns according to teaching subject.For example, some teacher emphasizes individual homework, and other teachers are partial to grouping or collective cooperation.Education support system 100 is supported various teaching methods.By with the evaluation engine reciprocation during enable one group of specific instrument engine 115, the customizable course of teacher provides consistent the giving lessons of teaching pattern with her kind usefulness.An example of instrument engine 115 is the chat/blank meanss of communication (synchronous and/or asynchronous) that provided by education support system 100, and it allows the student to carry out the mutual and cooperation of the grouping relevant with certain given course.Other instrument comprise (but being not limited to) be used for broadcast plane to the announcement of blocking message, be used to store incident relevant and information with the date calendar mechanism, be used for thread (threaded) discuss form put up put question to and the discussion plate of answer, with remembering editor, grouped record and E-mail service.Other ability that is provided by education support system 100 includes but is not limited to the tabulation of operational all courses, the device that student user can be registered under open or sealing registration scenarios, be used to create the course creation apparatus that comprises course template and course theme, course/web page editing device and browser, website web page editing device and browser, make and distribute the device of announcement, calendar function, chat board with online discussion characteristic, utilize for example Microsoft Paint ^TMIn device free information is divided into groups alternately and the blank that shows, device at send Email between the teacher and student and between one group of student, about each course member and with the tabulation of its web web page interlinkage, about each grouping and with the tabulation of its web web page interlinkage, the file-sharing scope, be used for arranging the device of operation to student user, be used to carry out the device of all kinds student assessment (for example test), be used for providing in order the device of classroom material, be used to add and remove user and help document and keep score pad and the device of Process Tracking, the link of individual web webpage or homepage, and comprise the resources bank of quoting to all uploading contents.The course template allows the teacher easily course subsequently to be reused a lesson structure.The course theme allows the teacher to influence the look and feel of course website.

In addition, education support system 100 present preferred embodiments are supported in a plurality of environment 400 in the single application.The example of the varying environment of being supported 400 comprises by individualized web webpage student's user capture, that comprise with student the information that is the center, and the keeper's environment that is used for maintenance system.Some part that education support system 100 is used is consistent to all environment 400 that is supported, but can change with environment 400 differences the outward appearance that the user presents.Environment 400 is defined by the control desk framework around range of application.The example by the environment 400 of 4 frame pages definition as shown in Figure 4 comprises: control desk cruise bar 401, control desk top 402, tool bar 403 and content 404.Control desk bar 401 and the control desk top 402 controlled table frame collection controls of cruising, and tool bar 403 and content 404 are by the framework collection control that separates.For example, the button of tool bar 403 always is arranged in the upper frame of range of application, and is irrelevant with environment 400.This method of disposal allows user, particularly teacher, and the course that can customize them provides and the consistance of maintenance and user interface features, and range of application is shared in entire environment 400.Student user and teacher user are by identical basic environment 400 forms and education support system 100 reciprocations.

Before and after factor 303 comprise the information that a user is mapped to one and a plurality of and this user-dependent course.

Access control management device 151 is in response to the request from a subsystem, for one or more subsystems are created access control list (ACL), so that its resource is protected by observing ACL.Education support system 100 provides a plurality of level other restrict access, so that dissimilar users can be effectively and system interaction effect (for example visit the web webpage, upload or file in download, watch achievement information), keeps the confidentiality to information simultaneously.

User Manager 154 becomes one the information that with student is the center with the existing system Network Based of relevant educational institution.In a present preferred embodiment, User Manager 154 comprise one working time parts and batch processing parts, they visit and extract the information that is included in external agency's database termly, are the current information at center to safeguard with student.User Manager 154 is convenient to education support system 100 and based on network existing or Legacy System are integrated, these networks comprise and relevant special mechanism electric networks such as achievement, registration, course project, Financial assistance, needn't require existing system or security process are made an amendment.

In a present preferred embodiment, application subsystem 110 is connected with database subsystem 140 by Java database connectivity (JDBC) standard interface with core subsystem 150, to allow using any relational database, include but is not limited to SQL and DB2 conventional data library standard.

Scale is provided by modular system system shown in Figure 1, and in a preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, provides by using a load balance server 200.When the user is added system, and during as this system of client access of Web browser 120, additional Web server main frame 130 can be added in the total system, so that the coupling that power system capacity is increased to be provided.Load balance server 200 is distributed to the Web server main frame 130 that is not in a hurry most with new Web browser client computer 120, is its service.By the load of 130 in all Web server main frames of balance like this, education support system 100 can prevent that the response time from looking and can not receive any one given user.In a present preferred embodiment, load balance server 200 has kept one or more tolerance about the percentage point utilization factor to each Web server main frame 130, and, select least busy Web server main frame 130 based on to these utilization factor tolerance application load balanced algorithms.

In a present preferred embodiment, in the time of on signing in to education support system 100, shell service 131 service small routines give and present to user's (through Web browser 120) personalized web webpage, this webpage comprises that one is the data set zoarium at center with student, this aggregate can comprise (being not limited to) individual curriculum schedule, achievement, rolling or fixing schedule, with the linking of related tool, the student relevant incident of dividing into groups with particular student member's grouping, and class announces etc.

Education support system 100 is carried out on various computing platforms, and computing platform includes, but is not limited to UNIX ^TMServer, NT ^TMServer, Solaris ^TM, HP ^TMAnd Linux ^TM Education support system 100 is supported popular Web browser, includes but not limited to Netscape Navigator ^TMAnd the Internet Explorer of Microsoft ^TM, and in a preferred embodiment, not requiring in the web browser clients has insert.

In a present preferred embodiment, provide and uploaded automatically or input capability, the user can upload a file to system in view of the above, and system is according to file type, comprise with reservation and the mode of the information block of field and other classification to present or to show the information that is included in the file upload.Education support system 100 provides the standard files input form, to finish the reservation of grouping naturally to information.In a present illustrated embodiments, automatically upload capabilities be with nature and/the html format file upload, and kept and natural form file associated form, and the nature format conversion is become to be used for the html format of html format file for the formative file of nature.

Education support system 100 is supported various business models.For example, a mechanism can collect the expense of listening to the teacher to each student by education support system 100; Perhaps, the teacher can utilize education support system 100, by providing and the linking of ecommerce facility, handles each student's tuition fee payment.

Thereby, showing has the system and method can be by means of that simplify, easy to use user interface, allow user and education support system reciprocation based on computer network, and this system can integrate with active computer network and back-end system easily, and existing operation and system are had minimum interference.The system and method scalable that is disclosed adapting to ever-increasing number of users, and can adapt to various teaching pattern.

Three layer functions

Now the present invention will be described in further detail.The present invention is embodied among four embodiment, and they have represented to offer three functional levels of the system of mechanism, and embodiment can offer on the Internet anyone.It is functional and added the ultimate system that is called the course management device that embodiment has embodied " ground floor ".The course management device provides the course management system instrument, and it can make teacher student to them on Web provide course material, discussion, cyberchat, online evaluation and special academic resources center.As following further explanation, the course management device comprises personal organiser, course content management tool, course exchanges and cooperation instrument, assessment tool, academic Web resource, course management instrument, and system management facility.

" second layer " embodiment has added all functions center or that go into the basic embodiment in the door model (also be referred to as course and go into gate managers).This embodiment expands to outside the ground floor course management device, and the crossing the threshold to from the many personalization message of striding Web and the visit of information service of mechanism's scope width of customization is provided for professoriate, student, worker and classmate's association.Platform can be with the brand of mechanism and specific the look and feel customization.It makes mechanism can develop on-line communities, based on Email, calendar, announcement and the task of Web.It allows a center accessing points to arrive all online services of mechanism.Except the characteristics of course management device, course and door prison manager have also comprised the enterprise database support, customizable door is supervised module and information service, the e-mail system based on Web, community management, mechanism's Service Management, is used for the expansion customization of structure brand, mechanism's width content sharing and management, and the course managing eBusiness.

The 3rd embodiment is a three-tier system, is referred to as honors and door prison manager.This embodiment has added complete end-to-end " e-learning " scheme.Outside course and door prison manager, the 3rd layer also provides the senior API based on Java, be used for integrated platform, and in-house each school of permission, department or the campus maintenance environment that it customizes is provided itself the single login service transmission of various online campuses systematic unity one-tenth permission user driving.Therefore, this is function embodiment completely, it has comprised the characteristics of the ground floor and the second layer and functional and added the integrated technology of certain permission with the present invention and existing enterprise's system integration, for example be used to download student database etc., as following further definition, this comprises snapshot user management API, event-driven (in real time) user management API, terminal user authentication (safety) API and be used to transmit the procotol of user authentication data.

Expectation should provide each layer to mechanism in licensing procedure, this licensing procedure will preferably be fit to the needs and the finance of mechanism.

The fourth embodiment of the present invention is work as the net web website that can use for the public on the Internet, and it can be visited by anyone, no matter whether they are subordinated to a certain mechanism.In the present embodiment, any on the Web can create a course per capita.In common course, register etc., as further described below.This just provides spreading tool and application software widely, but they can make anyone can both generate in fact to be his course of appointing that the student selects for use.

As further explaining here, the course management instrument with characteristic of the present invention allows the teacher to monitor, control and customize their course web website from web browser interface.The course control panel provides sane and convenient interface of using for this class course management.This system allows the teacher to customize the name of course web site map button to be fit to their needs and requirement.This system also allows the teacher to add or remove individual students or student's grouping as required from a course.The student that system also has expansion registers the option characteristic, such as oneself's registration (routine some day only is used for the characteristics of oneself's registration) of limiting time, and the registration that kept by password, and the course time limit that limits (the routine self-study).By resetting discussion plate, assessment and other context automatically course is circulated in each term.In addition, the instructor can pass through the use of system keeps track student's process, achievement and content.

As further explanation the here, the characteristics of Content Management instrument are to allow the teacher to announce course document, worker's information, operation configuration etc. among the present invention.Text can directly be printed as list or existing file can be accessed automatically and upload.Such as word-processing document, electronic spreadsheet, lantern slide represent, document such as picture, Voice ﹠ Video fragment can this form upload.Can provide streaming multimedia student and inter-course interactively.Eject mapping graph course site map easily is provided, thereby the environment that has enriched religion and learned.

The exchange and cooperation instrument with asynchronous discussion plate and synchronously chat tool strengthened reciprocation between student and teacher.Can manage online discussion, wherein message can be by date, classification such as author, title, and can file and print.It is a file-sharing application facility that numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox, and it allows at the shared among users document.Even also available these instruments of whilst on tour in the open air.Keep the virtual office hours.

It is preparatory that assessment tool of the present invention has increased the student, measures student progress and also customize text by creating and manage to put question to and investigate.Provide easy to use, progressively created and put question to and investigation, wherein the teacher can mix and mate the various problems type, for example multiple selection, multiple correction, is/non-, mates, sorts, fills a vacancy and short commentary etc.Can comprise multimedia and other annex with evaluation problem easily.Problem in the assessment exam pool can randomly and be reused.The test that offers the student can be subjected to the password maintenance and the time limit is arranged, and can provide instantaneous feedback to the student.More advantageously can create a upright statistics report from assessment and student's answer.

Personal organiser among the present invention allows student, teacher, keeper and the every other user basic course of " my mechanism " screen access, individual and the organization data by customer-centric.The user can watch announcement from a plurality of courses the center, and the tabulation that keeps individual calendar, address book, User Catalog and will do work.

The present invention also provides the visit to the extra academic resources that replenishes student's online education experience.The user can browse with subject specialized information, the resource of each course web web site url and exchange data.These academic resources are customizable and personalized to be fit to user's needs.

The operational system management facility of the present invention allows the system manager to monitor, control and the online religion of customization mechanism and environment from the net Web browser.System manager's may command safety is many and make the characteristics of many user's effects effective/and invalid.Batch user's registration (and not registering) can carry out in system scope.Hobby and option to a plurality of courses all can manage from a center system keeper screen.The system manager also can follow the tracks of and report professor, student and course statistic, by specifying the teacher that the predetermined dish quota of opening of content stores is planned and the management system hardware requirement, but and the bulletin of using system scope come message to the relevant system maintenance of users broadcasting or mechanism's announcement.

In course and door prison manager embodiment, the enterprise database back-up system provides on the entire mechanism or the support of several ten thousand users on the total system of mechanism.User and course data can be by efficient and management effectively, and, can be efficiently and manage a large amount of transaction effectively." my mechanism " interface has comprised door prison and communication function and to the fast access of Web Email, course and mechanism's announcement with to the link of other campus department.The keeper can make the prison module effective or invalid and set up required and optional module from door prison option menu bar.The keeper also can specify different door prison default setting (for example the door prison that obtains of student is different from the teacher's) to different user role.

Course managing eBusiness function can allow mechanism directly to set the prices and charges of course registration by " e-learning " platform.

In honors and door supervision reason embodiment, snapshot user management instrument allows the disposable or periodically data integration of (promptly per hour, every day, weekly) from existing student information system planning, adjusts the course number automatically and makes " e-learning " environment keep synchronous with administration data and student data.In addition, terminal user authentication can make single login environment be used for mechanism's door of all students, teacher, keeper and worker is supervised, and it is single Web door prison environment with all campus service flow linearizes.

To further go through the present invention with the embodiment form now.Fig. 5 has shown the screen shot of user with the homepage 500 watched, and it can be according to the requirement and the hope customization of Any user.Homepage also can be put on mechanism's label, and " your mechanism " logos shown in Figure 5 is like this obtained demonstration mechanism's name (i.e. " New York University ") of product license.Homepage also provides the user visit to individual, course and mechanism tool.As the characteristics of adding, system can make each user elect from a large amount of message and information service, and making everyone people of this system of use will visit them is up-to-date and maximally related information.All these functions all are provided at this mechanism of a place-homepage-make can provide understanding about Campus Community with course with to the viewpoint of oracle.

By selecting " course " mark 502 among Fig. 5, the user will be linked to course webpage 600 shown in Figure 6, and it provides the course to (606,608,610) of their professor (602,604) and/or registration directly to link.In order to visit the course website, the user will click course title (and 602,604,606,608 or 610), he is automatically linked to the web webpage relevant with this course, and the link on these webpage 600 the right of user by selecting also has an opportunity to browse the classification 612 of this course, and wherein course is listed according to classification.User by selecting is browsed course assorted linking 614 and also can be searched for by the course search engine.

For example, by selecting the link 602 to the music lesson introduction, it is the course that the user is teaching in this example, to the user as shown in Figure 7 web webpage 700 is shown.The default view of curriculum net website 700 in the present embodiment is announcement webpages 702, shown in Fig. 7 and 8.As Fig. 8 screen bottom finding, user by selecting button 802 filters out some time-based announcement (that is, today, nearest 2 weeks, last month or whole) and the option of selecting all kinds view is arranged.After leaving this page or leaf (promptly watching another part of course web website) by the navigational tool bar 806 of simply clicking the web webpage left side, the user also can be linked to the announcement part.

In the environment of course web website, as shown here, the user can visit all relevant course material and communication features.Whole program content can be presented in the browser window 900 separately, and wherein course content can supply intensive reading and hyperlink on demand.The whole web webpage of music introduction shown in Figure 8 is divided into two part the first half and the latter halfs, certainly turnup on demand).As visible, a function button that provides is designated as " course mapping " 808, when clicking it, will eject the course content window 900 shown in Fig. 9 (in the browser window of expansion), if can be being seen, the user for practise whole hold within the class period will launch or the folding title that provides as current configuration.So, but for example the deployable operation layout part 902 of user and obtain and a few days ago till the lists of links of the All Jobs set up for course.Can click any one operation subsequently easily it is visited, this window that separates 900 advantageous particularlies are browsed whole course because of it allows the user, and irrelevant in the current location of web site with them.

Therefore, by selecting any one operation layout link 902, the user will be linked to the web webpage 1000 that proposes among Figure 10.This web webpage has been listed each operation of having write for this course, each course can with the web webpage chain that comprises the operations specific detailed content by.Operation layout webpage 1000 shown in Figure 10 also can be watched by " operation " button 804 in the tool bar of clicking the course homepage left side shown in Figure 8 certainly.Generally, available in any addressable webpage of any function that the toolbar button on the navigation bar on the course homepage left side provides at this website, like this no matter the current any required part that where all navigation and user's redirect everywhere can be arranged easily and visit course web website that is in of user.Similarly, the course content window provides aforesaid identity function.

As shown in figure 10, can be linked to file by observing operation layout web webpage with enquirement and investigation.Clicking these files will present the online enquirement that obtains to student and/or teacher, and the score that wherein can check on one's answers automatically real-time is as long as the student has answered enquirement.Below will be for a more detailed description to this evaluation function.

Usually, in fact assessment can be provided on any kind medium by the teacher with freely disposing.For example, shown in Figure 10 is the link of representing to the multimedia of " physics in the music " 1002, and it gave student's text of useful rich content before the next chapter text.Operation also can be simple like that with the text based file of reading with the student in preparing required classroom instruction.

Except selecting operation layout webpage 1000 or announcement webpage 700, the curriculum information button 1004 on all right selection tool bar of user.This will be linked the user with the web webpage to student's Useful Information of having listed the teacher and providing, these information are introduction welcome message for example, helps the link of resource etc.The resource viewing area of the others that also can the other parts of course web website can be found by the developer of course web website as needs here.Form and other web webpage or resource link that also can URL, or be linked with the file that comprises relevant in logic resource grouping.

The selection of teaching and administrative staff's information navigation button 1006 will provide to the user and list each instructor, TA, professor's etc. web webpage, and list file names with office hours about everyone, address, telephone number etc. and link that can send Email when clicking.This will be quick in the whole course stage to each student, and will be convenient, any teacher of the accessing of following one's bent.On this webpage, also can provide image and other type multimedia file to strengthen the visuality of content.

The user can select " course document " link 1008 shown in the navigational tool bar, just provides web webpage shown in Figure 11 for this course subsequently.This provides direct visit to all documents relevant with course for the user.As a student, this user has the visit to all course materials, comprises the additional links to the information of the enhancing experience with students on the Web.As the teacher, this user has the ability to be familiar with many file layouts and reaches from different local documents.

By selecting " communication " mark 1010 shown in Figure 10, provide message center web webpage 1200 shown in Figure 12 to the student.In this scope, the user can be indiscriminately ad. as one wishes with system in other users set up communicate by letter and other zone of access system to obtain various types of information.Thereby the user has Email facility 1202, school alphabet book tabulation 1204, and student's home page lists 1206 is discussed plate 1208, Virtual Class chat 1210, and the visit of grouping web page interlinkage 1212.

To the selection of send Email link 1202 with different load linked a web webpage, it allows the user that Email is sent to the individual who has registered course, only gives the student, only to the teacher, or the like.E-mail function is finished by the Email based on Web, and allows the user to send annex or the like, as present existing operational e-mail packet.Select school alphabet book tabulation 1204 to show the student's who lists all registered these courses web webpage, and if the contact details that allow through the student (routine telephone number, the address, e-mail address, etc.).Select student's web page interlinkage 1206 to provide to have to the webpage of the link of each student's homepage in the class.

Another very effective means of communication is asynchronous discussion plate 1300, and as shown in figure 13, it is selected discussion plate link 1208 shown in Figure 12 by the student and shows.Here, the student can participate in various comprehensive discussions to its visit, and these are discussed and have filed so that retrieve utilization discussion plate, the study even the student also can help each other outside class hour easily in regular classroom.This also can be used as an effective method as the guidance instrument to teacher and TA, is used for enquirement and discussion outside the classroom, and it is used to save, and to take all the other times of classroom required, and this facility is according to the technical work of knowing in the prior art.

By clicking cyberchat link 1210, provide the web webpage 3300 of shown in Figure 3 indicating " cyberchat " to the student.That is, in all having, build every subject the unique chat zone in the curriculum net station in.The student can participate in the chat about course, about the cooperation of operation and share and surmount the border, classroom or be familiar with the outer information of data.The teacher can monitor that chat or actual participation are in discussion.This real-time virtual chat feature also can adapt to the blank pattern.

Select grouping web page interlinkage 1212 to show the webpage of showing by the particular interest grouping of respectively organizing user (routine music-lover, bookworm, sportsfan etc.).Visit to these groups is one group of definable parameter setting by by the system manager.

Select external linkage button 1012 show teachers think may be useful to society related content.For example, in legal courses, can be provided to various legal research web website, the link of the Web of Congress network etc.

Select student's tool button 1014 to show the web webpage 1400 of relevant link as shown in figure 14.These links comprise the various tool that the student is required, and for example the student follows up a case by regular visits to mailbox 1402, change your information 1404, the achievement 1406 of checking you, edit your homepage 1408, student's calendar 1410, and student's brief guide 1412.

Click the student and follow up a case by regular visits to mailbox link 1402, provide a web webpage to the student, the numeral that it will allow control and visit the student is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox, it be a student can with the file of course teacher swap file.Following up a case by regular visits to mailbox web webpage 1500 as shown in figure 15 allows students to key in the position that he wants to offer teacher's file in square frame 1502, or browse his computer hard disc driver, network drive or the like according to locating file of knowing and the technology of inserting suitable pointer with button 1504.Click the task that file button 1506 will be finished file upload that sends.Upload the tabulation 1508 that exists dried student to follow up a case by regular visits to the file of mailbox and also in this webpage, show, can remove the control link 1510 of file simultaneously in addition.Use these facilities, the student can present the teacher with the document of for example term paper, returns to the student after the teacher can read subsequently and file appraised through discussion and reviews.

The Info Link of selecting to change you 1404 provides the personal data that show him for the student, as the web webpage of name, address, Email, telephone number, password etc.In addition, also can set some system priority in this position.Be that your homepage of editor link 1408 like this links category, it will allow the student to visit his homepage and modify (example, the JPEG picture on the change webpage, change hot link tabulation etc.) by his hope.

Selection checks that your achievement link 1406 will transmit the achievement that this student of a web displaying has been authorized in course, for example takes an examination, the achievement of enquirement, term paper, Course Exercise, operation etc.The student also can be linked to specific examination or paper to review test once more by this facility, and this will be useful to for example preparing midterm examination.The teacher also can have sensation (example, the intermediate value of class, average, curve data etc.) preferably to the achievement that the student provides the statistics overview of whole class that the student can be obtained him.

Student's calendar button 1410 will provide the PIM (personal information management) that knows function to the student.Calendar web webpage can be this course, all student's courses, all teacher's incidents, so as by with self-editing individual calendar event with the graphic display mode displaying calendar events.Thereby different entities can be worked out different calendar events, and it can be selected the Presentation Function on the webpage and optionally be shown by logical the keeping of student.For example, the teacher can be the curriculum development calendar event, and the keeper can be whole campus establishment calendar event, for all being presented on student's the calendar after the student registers this course a bit.This will provide the calendar of managing him than accessible bigger ability in the past to the student.

Last button on student's instrument web webpage is student's brief guide link 1412, elected in its back just provide visit to online brief guide to the student, this brief guide can be used for " help " reference in this web website of navigating.

What be positioned at the navigation button tool bar below is one group of control knob 1420.Following will further describing, resource button 1422 directly are linked to the web webpage of relevant online resource to help the subject under discussion with course relevant.Course map button 808 has provided the browse window of separating and has had direct visit to the Tan Cheng content, and as mentioned above, my blackboard button 1424 has provided the visit to " my blackboard " function as described below.Search button 1426 will make the user can be by criterion or all course materials of keyword search.Exit button 1428 makes the user withdraw from current course.Also have a button that is registered to course to allow the student themselves to be registered in the course (this button have only when student's course that he has not yet registered as one of guest access just as seen).

Instructor's function

For the instructor provides in fact and student user's identical functions and control, and has the additional function of definition here.That is, the teacher is provided the navigation button collection of student's instrument of the complete given course that is used for access notifications, curriculum information, teaching and administrative staff's information, course document, operation, means of communication, external linkage and is used for teaching.Also give instructor's control panel and make it possible to show one group of link using for the teacher to course management and developing instrument.

The control panel web webpage 1600 that has shown the teacher among Figure 16.This control panel 1602 provides useful numerous characteristics in the management course that he instructed to the teacher.Control panel describedly is divided into content area 1604, course instrument 1606, course option one 608, user management 1610, operation layout 1612 as following, and helps 1614.

Content area

Announcement link 1616 has shown web webpage 1700 as shown in figure 17, it will show all for the announcement of course bulletin, the announcement author (promptly, which instructor is if there is a more than people to be authorized to visit this zone), and revise button 1702 and remove button 1704.Also provide one to add announcement button 1706, it has shown a webpage, has the blank message field that the teacher will insert and submit to server on the webpage.Give the student of all registrations in the class with the announcement bulletin of newly adding then.

The web webpage 1800 that curriculum information link 1618 shows as shown in figure 18, it will show that all have been the curriculum information document and the file of course bulletin, and revise button 1802 and remove button 1804.Interpolation project 1806 also is provided or has added file button 1808, it has shown a webpage, has each field that the teacher will insert record with the definition curriculum information on the webpage.After having submitted new record to server, fresh course information is given the student of all registrations in the class with regard to bulletin.

The web webpage that teaching and administrative staff's Info Link 1620 shows will show that for the course bulletin all relate to all teaching and administrative staffs' records (being the teacher, task or the like) of course, and be similar to modification button to each record shown in Figure 180 and remove button.The button of interpolation project or file also is provided, the webpage that its shows have that the teacher will insert in order to define the various field of new teaching and administrative staff's item record.The e-mail address that also provides field to be used to link each teaching and administrative staff member, web webpage or the like.Also can insert teaching and administrative staff member's image in the record.After having submitted new record to server, new as mentioned above teaching and administrative staff's information is given the student of all registrations in the class with regard to bulletin.

Similarly, course document links 1622 has shown a webpage, and it will be shown as all course document or files of course bulletin, and aforesaid modification button and remove button.Also provide one to add the file button, it will show a web webpage, have the various field that is used for defining course document record that the teacher will insert.Document also can be directly uploaded to server and be used for subsequently the visit by the student, perhaps can provide one link to each other with the external reference resource link (being URL).As mentioned above, after having submitted new record to server, fresh course information is given the student of all registrations in the class with regard to bulletin.

Similarly, operation layout link 1624 shows a web webpage, and it will show that all have been the coursework or the file of this course bulletin, and revises button and remove button.The interpolation project also is provided or has added the file button, it has shown to have the various field in order to definition coursework record that the teacher will insert.Charge book can directly be uploaded to server and visit subsequently for the student.After new record was submitted to server, coursework was given the student of all registrations in the class with regard to bulletin as mentioned above.

Also have, peripheral link link 1626 shows a webpage, and it will show that all have been the external linkage or the file of course bulletin, and one revises button and removes button.The interpolation project also is provided or has added the button of file, it has shown a webpage in order to each field of definition external linkage record that has that the teacher will insert.External linkage record can directly be uploaded and be used for the student to server and visit subsequently.After new record was submitted to server, new external linkage webpage was given all registered students in the class with regard to bulletin as mentioned above.

The course instrument

Select 1606 times at the course instrument, course calendar link 1628 shows a webpage, and one revise button and and remove button, described webpage will show the calendar event of promising course bulletin.Also provide an interpolation project by item, it has shown the webpage in order to the various field that defines new calendar event (that is date, time etc., are described) that has being inserted by the teacher.Dat recorder can directly be uploaded to server and visit subsequently for the student.As mentioned above, after new record was submitted to server, new calendar webpage was with regard to the student of all registrations of bulletin level class.

Course task link 1630 shown webpage 1900 as shown in figure 19 and revised button 1902 and remove button, described webpage will show the task of promising this course bulletin.Also can provide one to add task button 1906, it has demonstration the webpage that writes down the various field of (i.e. explanation, date, time etc.) in order to define new task that will be inserted by the teacher.Task record can be directly uploaded to server and visit subsequently for the student.As mentioned above, after new record was submitted to server, the new task webpage was given the student of place registration in the class with regard to bulletin.

The web page class that send Email link 1632 shows are similar to the webpage that offers the user in the e-mail function the user (promptly allow to select the personal user relevant with this course, select some predetermined user group, as the body student of institute etc.).

Instructor's Library link 1634 shown web webpage 2000 as shown in figure 20 and revised button 2002 and remove button 2004, and described webpage will show by the teacher and press from both sides and file for the All Files of this course bulletin.These data only can be visited by teacher (professor, TA etc.), and can not directly be visited by the student.Also provide and added button 2010 so that select from this mechanism can be for the consulting database operational new reference of all teachers' uses.This new record is directly uploaded to server and visits subsequently for the teacher relevant with this course.After new record is submitted to server, just to the new teacher's Library webpage of all teacher bulletins relevant with this course.

Virtual Class link 1636 shows a webpage, this webpage provides or has begun a Virtual Class (and thereby participate in real time synchronous classroom instruction), perhaps watches classroom files (watch former classroom instruction and/or computing machine to the teacher is downloaded in these classroom instructions).Every subject comprises a Virtual Class, and it is a synchronous chatroom that is used for student and packet communication.Virtual Class can be used for keeping " live telecast " class discussion, and TA teaches the time, and the enquirement/answer forum of the enquirement type of office hours Lou type.In Virtual Class even the expert can also be arranged aspect visiting evolution person and the subject to the talk of class.

Virtual Class has comprised some different fields.The space of blank is the place that webpage will show, it is the bulk zone at the center.People can write on this space or draw with the drawing instrument bar.Menu bar is used to change the information that appears on the blank space, for example selects the back that is used in the font on the blank space and an object on the blank space is moved on to another object.People also can prepare text, the lantern slide that shows on the navigation vehicle blank space, and remove group discussion mark and enquirement and interior answer mark (the reference marker panel is described to obtain the further information about mark).The application tool bar has comprised the instrument of the web webpage that is used to navigate.Location field is used to import the URL that virtual classroom school session user wants the web webpage that uses.The web webpage is displayed on the blank space then.Lovely and the drawing instrument bar of user is write on the web webpage or is drawn.The drawing instrument bar is used for writing in the blank space and drawing.State area is the place at virtual classroom window bottom display status information.The mark panel is used for earning a livelihood with the student, answers student's problem, control classroom behavior and the information of watching relevant student in virtual classroom.

Following panel is available:

Mark name purposes

Group discussion is used this to be marked in the virtual classroom and is talked with the student.

If ask and answer the student to submit a question to the teacher that the teacher subsequently can with his/her enquirement mark

Answer the question with the input problem flag.After this, the teacher can watch about asking and answering

The record of the enquirement dialogue on the mark.

Participator's information uses this mark to understand the situation of relevant student in the virtual classroom, as their name

Word.

Lantern slide uses this mark to prepare a series of lantern slides.(seeing the option of preparing text).

This mark only uses for the teacher.

If input problem student uses his/her to put question to mark to submit a question to the teacher, the teacher subsequently

Available input problem flag is answered this problem.After this this teacher can watch theirs

About at the session log of asking and answer the problem on the mark.Input is only putd question to mark

Use for the teacher.

Access control uses this marking of control student to carry out the ability of four virtual classroom activities: puts question to,

Chat is drawn and navigation.This mark only uses for the teacher.

Select to discuss plate link 1638 and shown the webpage that links that is provided to the operational discussion plate relevant with course.It is another means of communication that uses under classroom environment that plate is discussed.This feature class is similar to cyberchat, but is designed for asynchronous use, so the user must not occur when carrying out session.Another advantage that plate is discussed is that user's session is recorded with organized.Session is grouped into forum, and they have comprised various themes and relevant answer.

Select numeral to follow up a case by regular visits to mailbox link 1640 and shown web webpage 2100 as shown in figure 21, it has been listed numeral and has followed up a case by regular visits to the file that exists in the mailbox.It is the instrument that a kind of Faculty and Students can be used for swap file that numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox.Numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox and is worked to middle position by a file " is uploaded " from disk or computing machine.The participator subsequently can be with its " download " to local work.Numeral is followed up a case by regular visits to mailbox and is used for asking swap date single student and teacher.Need bulletin should to use the web page editing device that it is placed on the course document areas for all students' information.

Can provide individual student from the file conversion district that is positioned at the student's Accessorial Tools Storage on the course to following up a case by regular visits to the visit of mailbox.

The web webpage 2100 that shows has been listed the current file of following up a case by regular visits in the mailbox, and they are files that the participator has given this user.The file of bulletin here can accessed or preservation.Transmission file 2102 is that the zone of particular student will be uploaded and give to file to student's zone.The user can delete the file of different needs.

The course option

Course option area 1608 comprises course option link 1642, it will show a web webpage to the teacher, and this webpage has the link that is used for button availability, instrument availability, course availability, course extended period, registration option, registration charges and guest access etc.Selector button availability link will show a webpage, allow the user to set and be configured in the button that the student in this course uses, and comprise that to make them effective or invalid, or make their maintain secrecy (promptly only visiting by being registered the student).The link of selection tool availability will show a webpage, will allow the teacher to be used in the student's instrument and effective or invalid (that is Email, of communication function of this journey, plate is discussed, cyberchat, school alphabet book, the grouping webpage, the student follows up a case by regular visits to mailbox, editor's homepage, each and every one information, calendar, achievement, task, electronic blackboard, student's brief guide and course search).Select the link of course availability will show a web webpage, will allow the teacher to make course availability effective or invalid to the student (that is, it can keep to use finish) up to the course website.Select the link of course extended period to show a web webpage, it will allow the teacher to select the extended period (continue, begin and the Close Date, or the fate that begins from date of registration) of course.Select the link of registration option will show a web webpage, it will allow the teacher to select to register option, and perhaps " oneself registration " (it will be specified beginning and Close Date and require the living access code of importing registration of electricity alternatively.Select the registration charges link will show a web webpage, whether it will allow the teacher to stipulate to register course should to charge, and how many expenses is.Select the visitor to go into access links and show that one allows the teacher to stipulate the whether webpage of addressable this course of guest.

Select the course characteristics link 1644 in the course options region 1608 to show a web webpage, it can make the teacher add and/or edit the course characteristics, comprises course name, course description, is used in the discipline range of the purpose of classifying.

Select the course application link 1646 in the course options region 1608 to show a web webpage, it can make the teacher select the link of course duplicator, the link of output course, or the link of input course cartridge.The link of course duplicator can make the teacher repeat course by some scopes of optionally removing course, it is used near different content classification (course document, curriculum information, textbook, operation etc.), the choice box of different teaching and administrative staff's scope (teaching and administrative staff's information, professor) and external web link and showing.The teacher also can select to repeat other scope, and example is discussed plate, achievement book, assessment etc.The link of output course makes the teacher can export owning of course, or specified portions (be content, user, assessment, and/or plate is discussed).The link of input course cartridge can make the teacher download and install course engaging (if they have access key).

Select the course image links 1648 in the course options region to show a web webpage, it can make teacher's selector button style link (setting is used for the button style of course) and select course main title link (add or remove course main title on course and one page).

Select the academic web page resources link 1650 in the course options region to show a web webpage, it can make the teacher select effectively/invalid academic Web button link (make the resource button of course homepage effective or invalid) or customize academic Web button link (appointment is used for the academic resources of this course, wherein the customizable number of links of teacher and can be for the content of student's use.

User management

Select interpolation user in the user management district 1610 to link 1652 and shown a web webpage, it can make the teacher select one to create user's link, registration existing subscriber link, or add user's link in batch.The establishment user links and has shown a web webpage, and it can make the teacher by importing user's name, address etc., designated user role (student, the instructor, TA, crowd branch member etc.) and provide password (words that need) to create a new user account and he is registered in this course.The existing user of registration links and has shown a web webpage, it can make the name of teacher by importing the user, address etc., and designated user role (student, instructor, TA, crowd divide member etc.) also provides password (words that need) to create one, new user account and he is registered in this course.The existing user of registration links and has shown a web webpage, and it can make the teacher register a user in the course, adds the user in batch and links and shown a webpage, and it can make the teacher create all users' account by uploading the text that comprises user data.

Tabulation/modification user in the selection user management district 1610 links 1654 and demonstrates a webpage, it can make the teacher enumerate and/or revise the user of this course, link 1656 and demonstrate a web webpage and select to remove the user, it can make the teacher need just remove a user from course.It can make the teacher need just to remove a user from course.Select management block chaining 1658 that the teacher is created and editor certain user group (for example, capable student, make-up lessons life etc.).

Operation layout

In course, the teacher can onlinely bring enquirement, test and investigation.Also can comprise short essay, be/not non-that multinomial selection is filled a vacancy, or matching problem.Problem can comprise text, figure or multimedia.For the student, provide instant feedback by the automatic score function.For the teacher, the randomization of having the ability is test, and their timing is reached the result is set up statistical report.To be a kind of student of increasing prepare and follow the tracks of and student's method of progressive the best in time relatively course in assessment in this system.The assessment district of control panel 1612 allows the teacher to select to assess manager link 1660, exam pool manager link 1662, online score pad link 1664, or course statistics link 1666.

Select the assessment manager link 1660 in the assessment district 1612 to demonstrate a web webpage, it can make the teacher create, editor and management assessment content regions otherwise.For example; the teacher can be by input one assessment name; illustrate and set certain parameter; comprise and show detailed results (showing student's result rather than their simple the final result) each problem; disclose correct option (showing that the student is to each correct option always); feedback effectively (allows the student to check the feedback information that the teacher has imported for each problem); allow repeatedly poem to examine (allowing the student) more than once participating in assessment; set the answer time (setting the timer that shows to the student in the test period), and password protection (only allowing these students that imported password to take a test).Click the modification option, the web webpage of demonstration can make the teacher revise assessment by the interpolation project.By selecting problem types (multinomial selection is/non-to fill a vacancy etc.), problem paper and may answer (promptly if multinomial selection) in key in correct item indication, appointment answer order etc. and add.The order of problem also can change in this web webpage.

Select the exam pool manager link 1662 in the assessment district 1612 to demonstrate a web webpage, it can make the teacher add exam pool, input exam pool, search exam pool, or output exam pool.Exam pool is predefined one group of problem that links in logic and answer set, usually by topic links, make that the teacher can be from other course, teacher, from exam pool, extract in term etc. obtaining existing problem and answer set, and needn't generate or when revising test " beginning all over again " each.Thereby, clicking and add the exam pool button, the teacher can add new exam pool in the exam pool tabulation that is presented on the exam pool manager web webpage.It must key in new exam pool name and to its explanation on this list.By clicking input exam pool button, the teacher will key in the existing exam pool name that will import, or be replaced by and browse disc driver to find the exam pool that will import.By clicking search exam pool button, present a web webpage to the teacher, listed the operational various exam pools of the interested searched problem that can be used for importing.Whole exam pool can be by selecting preview mode by preview, and can watch operational all problems in the exam pool.By clicking output exam pool button, can select an exam pool as the output purpose, for the tabulation of the available exam pool that shows on the exam pool manager webpage, the teacher can revise this exam pool, and the web webpage of Xian Shiing has been listed all problems (and relevant answer) in exam pool in this case.Each problem in the exam pool can be by being modified about the same way as of assessing manager as mentioned above.

Select the online score pad link 1664 in the assessment district to demonstrate a web webpage, it can make the teacher carry out various functions about the online course score pad.Figure 22 has illustrated the web webpage 2200 of title for " course score pad ", it provides various information, comprise unified achievement, individual work/test score, directly visit specific operation by the student, perhaps watch the specific test with aggregated result, this allows teachers organization's achievement information to make it more meaningful.It provides the inside story of some operation validity and teacher's assessment of permission operation and the bridge between class offerings is provided.The function that is provided on the online score pad web webpage in the assessment district of control panel comprises that user's report (is used to find out specific user and watches statistic, assessment result and be any mark of a user's modification), project report (being used to watch information) about specific score pad project, spreadsheet view (standard score pad view as shown in figure 22, the teacher can revise, add or remove the score pad list item and watch assessment result), and output score pad (delimiting file output as comma).

Select the course statistics link 1666 in the assessment district to demonstrate a web webpage, some statistic that it can make teacher's setup parameter and watch their course.Most of teachers wants to analyze their class, understand their online data accessed what, but few having an opportunity of teacher time or strength remove to determine these numbers, by utilizing the course statistic web webpage 2300 shown in Figure 23 A and the 23B, the relative statistic amount that system provides abundant tool set to estimate their course for the teacher, how to strengthen course with the relative potency of determining online data and they be valuable to these statistics for estimating online non-relatively online course.Thereby course statistic web webpage has the input field that is used to select to report filtrator, and the report filtrator has generation about the overall summary utmost point of course purposes accuses, the report of main contents scope, the communication range report divides the class range report, or the report of student's scope.Must cycle stipulated time, it can be all dates or between Start Date and Close Date.Must select the user, they will be all users or be user's subclass.Other option comprises visit sum 2302, access number in time 2304, each hour user capture 2306 in a day (or in the week every day user capture 2308) of each scope and total visit 2301 of user.Data shown in Figure 23 A and 23B, chart and figure will be shown to the teacher subsequently.

Help

At last, a help district 1614 that is defined on the control panel is arranged, it demonstrates all kinds that will offer the teacher and helps.Select online brief guide link 1668 will in the browse window of separating, propose teacher's brief guide based on HTML.Online support link 1670 will propose one and have the web webpage that is used for to the contact details of backer's send Email, and contact management links 1672 and will propose one and have and be used for the webpage to the contact details Web of Administrative Contact's send Email.

Manager function

Keeper's panel 2402 shown in Figure 24 has provided the complete visit of system manager to all characteristics of system, comprises prison characteristic, course and club establishment and management, mechanism and system tool, ecommerce characteristic, user management and other various mechanisms option.This can visit by the business administration mark of selecting to be presented on the homepage 2404.

Management-plane 2402 comprises door prison grouping 2406, system tool district 2408, enterprise's Accessorial Tools Storage 2410, system option district 2412, course and group's directorial area 2414, user management district 2416, the ecommerce district 2418 of function and helps to distinguish 2420, below will further explain.

The door prison

The webpage of selecting my the mechanism's mark 2422 in the door prison 2406 to provide has been listed 4 optional options of hyperlink: customization mechanism mark, mechanism module option, all module options, and institution cooperation relation outside school.The web webpage that customization mechanism mark provides will allow appearance that user's (being the enterprise administrator in this case) makes " my mechanism " mark to all users effectively/invalid, and the welcome message that when login, shows effective/invalid.The user also can select to be used for the image of this mark, and name, and provide with the relevant predefined URL of mark that selects by the final user.

The default layout that the mechanism module option relates to is newly to be used in a pack module of seeing when signing in in the prison first.This allow enterprise administrator can be effective/invalid and/or set following modules on demand: my course, my tissue, announcement today, today task, today calendar, school's service, student's module, professoriate's module, teaching and administrative staff's module, classmate's association's module, preferentially student's module, guest's module, other module, mechanism's news module, empty module (empty module is the module that can be customized).

The link of all module options allow users effectively/invalid or set following modules on demand: the door prison link of bookmark, calendar, channel, montage, comment montage, user search, catalogue, discussion plate, various common labels (EXCITE news for example, the amusement characteristic, stock price, physical culture today, map or the like), the shopping website link, yellow pages link etc.

Outside school the institution cooperation relational links allows the user to add, revise and be edited into the hyperlink of each web website, and mechanism and these websites have formed the arrangement of various partners or other types; For example, can provide a kind of means of supplementing out economy with the cooperation of bookstore outside school to campus bookstore.

Course mark 2424 in the selection door prison provides shows four kinds of optional hyperlink options: customization course mark, effectively/and invalid course establishment, the course classification options is learnt cooperative relationship outside the campus.Customization course label link will provide a web webpage, it allow appearance that user's (being the enterprise administrator this moment) makes " course " mark to all users effectively/invalid.The user also can select to be used for the image of this mark, and name, and provide with the relevant predefined URL of mark that selects by the final user.

Select effective/invalid establishment option link that a web webpage is provided, its permission enterprise administrator selection does not allow the user to create course, allow the user to create course, or the permission user sends an option of the e-mail request that is used for the course establishment.A webpage selecting the link of course classification options to provide allows the enterprise administrator to select to use classification of acquiescence course or regulation to use the URL of an inner course classification and position thereof.Learn the cooperative relationship link outside the campus and allow the user to add, revise and be edited into the hyperlink of each web website, mechanism and these websites have formed various study partners and have arranged, for example the link to KAPLAN or TOTORNET web website.

Select the group's mark 2426 in the prison that a web webpage of showing five hyperlink selectable option is provided: customization group mark, effective/inactive users establishment tissue and discussion plate, tissue typing's option, management discussion plate reach group's cooperative relationship outside school.Customization group label link will provide a web webpage, it allow appearance that the enterprise administrator makes " group " mark to all users effectively/invalid.The user also can select to be used for the image and the name of mark, and provides when the terminal user selects the predefine URL relevant with mark.

Select effectively/link that inactive users is created tissue and plate is discussed provides a web webpage, and it allows the enterprise administrator to select each option to generate general tissue and maybe will the organize a discussion foundation of plate of plate is discussed is limited to the system manager from group's mark to allow or not allow Faculty and Students.

Select tissue typing's option link that one web webpage is provided, it allows the enterprise administrator to select to use classification of acquiescence club or regulation to use the URL of classification of inner club and position thereof.The web webpage that the plate link is discussed in management to be provided allow user's setup parameter and otherwise just add and management system on various discussion plates.Exchange cooperative relationship link outside the campus and allow the user to add, revise and be edited into mechanism with the hyperlink of each web website of the various arrangements of its formation.

Service mark 2428 in the selection door prison provides has listed three optional options of hyperlink: customize services mark, mechanism serve, reach service cooperation relation outside the campus.The customize services label link will provide a web webpage, it allow appearance that the enterprise administrator makes " service " mark to all users effective/invalid.The user also can select to be used for the image of mark, and name, and provide with the relevant predefined URL of mark that selects by the final user.

The selection mechanism service mark allows the user to create and manage the link of other relevant portion of the Internet of arriving school.Outside the campus service cooperation relational links allow the user to add, revise and editor mechanism with the hyperlink of the web website of the various service arrangements of its formation.

The various links of each web webpage are provided for 2408 times in the system tool district of door prison manager web webpage, these webpages allow the enterprise administrator to be similar to the mode that above-mentioned chapters and sections are described similar mark, management announcement 2410, mechanism's calendar 2412, mechanism's task 2414 and send Email 2416.

Enterprise's Accessorial Tools Storage of door prison manager 2410 times, link to webpage is provided, these webpages allow enterprise administrator management organization Library 2418, and watch publish request, the Library web of management organization webpage allows the user to add new projects to the mechanism map stack room from local disk or his inbox, edit item is removed project etc.Watch publish request Web net magnetic to allow the user to watch, the file that agreement and refusal teacher announce for the mechanism map stack room.

In the system option district of door prison manager 2412 times, for the user puies forward the gateway options 2424 of settling sth. according to policy or law, default 2426, system statistics 2428, mechanism characteristics 2430, color links with image 2432 and course market 2434.Gateway options link 2424 provides a web webpage, and it will determine login button, the course classification, and whether the new user account button appears on the gateway webpage.The default link 2426 web webpages that provide have to button topped (set which button area and can be used to total system), instrument is topped (to be set and can be used to total system for which instrument, default/topped (setting collapse total system be used for the topped of course and club's instrument and characteristic), and the link of course Disk Quotas (setting is used for the system disk quota of course).

The system statistics link 2428 web webpages that provide have to System Reports web webpage (it allows the keeper to watch report of topped system and uses thereof), the link of reporting option web webpage (it sets the variety of option that is used for reporting automatically to the ISP statistic), and transmitting system statistic web webpage automatically (it will send statistic to the service provider on request).

The webpage that mechanism characteristics mark 2430 provides allows enterprise administrator's copic viewing system information, as the software current version, and enrollment page and e-mail connection.Color and image links 2432 allow the keeper to revise the aesthetic performance of web website.

The course of door prison manager and group's directorial area 2414 provide hyperlink for creating course 2436, management training coarse 2438, course application 2446, course classification 2442, establishment tissue 2444, management organization 2446, organizations instrument 2448 and tissue typing 2450.

Create course web webpage 2900 as shown in figure 29.Where, the keeper is with the solicited message of the relevant desired course of input, and promptly course name reaches ID, and the explanation of textbook.The keeper can specify the characteristic of the button that uses with course to mate their aesthetic consideration subsequently.The keeper also can specify variety of option subsequently, the subject area of routine course, and the guest is addressable course, whether course is just available now, whether can obtain cartridge and its URL and the access key of course, and the teacher ID of this course.

Management training coarse web webpage allows the keeper to list and/or revise course, remove them, and set some the default Tool (Email, plate, cyberchat, register etc. are discussed) and button (announcement, curriculum information, teaching and administrative staff's information, virtual classroom etc.) to be used for every subject of system from system.Course application tool web webpage allows the keeper to select to duplicate course link (using fresh course ID to make the course copy), the link of input course, and the output course links and creates in batch the course link.The course assorted linking allows classify course or classify with regard to management training coarse of user.

Create tissue, management organization, organizations instrument and tissue typing's link allow the user obtain as mentioned above with course similarly for Microstructure Control and function.

The user management district 2416 of door prison manager provides the hyperlink that is used to create user 2452, leading subscriber 2454 and user's application tool 2456.Create user web webpage 3000 (Figure 30 A and 30B) and allow by importing such as name, an information such as address and the user name and password are created a user record list item.At this moment user role is also set, and it can be student, professor, teaching and administrative staff, alumnus, guest etc.Also have, at this moment by selecting operational option (nothing, system manager, system's support, course establishment person, account management) user can give a management role.User role will be determined visit and the control to system that the user will have, as what explained in this entire document.In case created a user, leading subscriber web webpage allows to list, revises and/or removes the user.User's application tool link 2456 allows the system manager to create user's (form with predefine and system compatible is uploaded subscriber data file) in batch, registered user's (input is registered in course that system exists and the file in the club with the user) in batch, and remove user's (input is removed the user from system file) in batch.

The ecommerce district 2418 of door prison manager provides and has concerned 2458 to being used to sponsor, the link of the web webpage of cooperative programme 2460 and course ecommerce 2462.Sponsor and concern that the web webpage has the webpage to home site sponsor web, " my mechanism " district sponsor, course district sponsor, each link of district sponsor of group and service area sponsor.These links allow the user to specify the image of sponsor's keyed jointing (if this sponsor is used to the image (if this main frame is used in each of these capacity) that the user specifies sponsor's keyed jointing.Cooperative relationship plan webpage allows the keeper with this institute registration to ISP's cooperative relationship in the works, and it can be with additional e-commerce opportunities cooperative relationship in the works, and it can be in harmony a prison environment with adding with the e-commerce opportunities band.Course ecommerce webpage provides effect/invalid course and club's ecommerce (selects electricity in the ecommerce option that changes course or club's expense, allow the keeper to set price, allow leader of club or teacher to set price etc.) link, and the link of course price allows management or set be registered in course or organize in the change expense.

Other application tool and function

For one of key element of institute and university life is socialization and the ability of utilizing the humane factor in campus." group " mark 2502 of system provides web webpage 2500 shown in Figure 25, and its allows student's reciprocation and participates in each side from fraternity and women's federation to the campus life of the corporations outside school that strengthen the educational background experience.Many campuses also provide such as from the abundant service of professional availability up to community's function.Community center is and the corps equivalent website of building.

Most of students and line server are cut and relevantly can both be made the campus administrative service available on the net at Web if having time after making them more have a preference for.System provides the tutoring system of the happy level of mistake, it allows closely to be integrated in student information and other campus system to carry the time, administrative services Anywhere, service web webpage 2600 shown in Figure 26 (being selected by mark 2602) makes the user can register, add, abandon, check record, even or the packing list of on-line payment parking at any time.

System also provides individual and mechanism information has been added to calendar 2700 in as shown in figure 27 the single view.This view application tool gives all calendar events that student and teacher visit every subject that they have registered, and mechanism's calendar event.

Because Email is single most popular application on the current the Internet, and also be the leading reason that most of people buy personal computer, Email with the system integration, shown in the web webpage 2800 among Figure 28.In customized homepage, will visit complete Email capacity with the family.E-mail system accompany in existing P OP or imap server top and provide front end based on Web make the user can be at any time from any machine access message.

The webpages 3100 that Figure 31 and 32 shows and 3200 can be with mark 3102 visits, provide to allow the student and visit the link of academic resources and content with the teacher.These resources and course subject context-sensitive.For example, visited academic Web resource if any the people with the financial accounting course, he is by news information source relevant with financial accounting in the automatic guide.Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of system and method, with what the ecommerce user is used for education, and tool ground says that of the present invention this allows user capture web website to register and to be institute on the one hand, and the course that university or other mechanism provide is paid.

In another aspect of this invention, provide a kind of system and method, be used for the ecommerce user in education.Specifically, of the present invention this allows user capture web website on the one hand, with the course of registering and payment is provided by institute, university or other mechanism.

The block diagram illustrations of Figure 34 information transmit to payment server from the course registrar.Along with student current or from now on has been provided by the course that is provided by institute, university or other mechanism, the student can add the course of sensitization interest in the tabulation or in " purchase card ".

Want the course of registering when the student has selected them, the student can or consult district's (frame 100) from Acceditation Area and enter " checking " district (frame 110), as shown in figure 34.When entering, the student checks the district, transmission information, and for example (but being not limited to) name, address, course expense, order identifier, order illustrate, reach the list that will return to the user after order is finished.Can be used for generating the list of paying from registering or consult the information of sending in the district.

Figure 35 is single specimen page of paying.Pay single can the composition by introductory paragraph 210, purchase summary 220, paying block of information 230 etc.Introductory paragraph 210 is used in instruction of papil in the requirement in each stage of payment process.Buy summary 220 and can comprise selected service and product, the inventory number of the price of per unit, the amount of requirement, selected each product or service, invoice number or purchase commodities number, total price and other similar information.

Paying block of information 230 the paying information that can be used for collecting from the student.Some information of the moving input of the green hand that must go to school, for example, but be not limited to, the name on Card Type, credit number, credit card Expiration Date, the credit card, credit card paying single-address, check number, check account number, bank send number, debt-credit card number, and personal identification number's (" PIN code ").

If the student had before used the present invention, can be transfused to automatically according to some information of the form of before having submitted.The information that sends from registrar also can be used for inserting the field of some form.When the student has consulted the information of input, can be submitted and be used for handling by starting a button or other interface element form.

Figure 36 is explanation interactive block diagram between payment server and payment verification server.After the student has been input to necessary information the paying form and has submitted list (frame 300), some information, for example the name on (but being not limited to) purchase volume, credit number, the credit card, check number, bank send number or the payment address can be sent to payment verification server (frame 310).The payment verification server can be used as a part of the present invention and is held, and perhaps the payment verification server can be by one or more third parties, and for example (but being not limited to) CyberCash company keeps.

The information that the payment verification server process sends, get in touch, and the quantity that checking requires to pay is authorized with bank or the mechanism that provides credit card or other list.If the bet amount of request is authorized to, authorization message includes but is not limited to confirm number can be sent to the paying device.If the amount of payment of appointment is uncommitted, out of Memory is for example refused to pay coding and can be sent to payment server.Uncommitted if pay, the paying error message that is similar to frame 320 can be shown.Figure 37 is the specimen page of paying information page.The student is printable, or the information that record is presented on the paying information page is used as his or her record.The letter page or leaf of paying can comprise thanks, confirms, or other information (frame 410).The paying information page also for example can comprise (but being not limited to) affirmation or refusal information; The goods of buying, service and classification; The total price of being received (frame 420).In addition, the paying information page can comprise that the bootable button of user or other interface unit are to continue processing.The accurate behavior of these interface units can be by being determined by the URL shown in Figure 34 or other data cell reference system.

The block diagram illustrations of Figure 38 postal order process.Narrate as previous, the paying information page also can contain a button or other interface unit, when being activated, causes that a web webpage is shown or carries out other treatment step.Start button or interface unit also can cause some mandate/refusal information to be sent to the treasurer's department of institute, university or other mechanism with dealing with (frame 530).

The open Web environment

The present invention also can be used as the open platform environment, wherein any people who is linked into the Internet all registrable for the teacher to create, manage and make the course can be for other people's use of any access the Internet.Therefore, can cross the web website that input one can be used for the public, as www.blackboard.com, the user is registrable to be the teacher and to be provided teacher's control panel and to be used to create course, as described here.Create this course, the user will define as illustrate, register option, announcement, assessment, course material or the like course parameter, and they are provided in the aforesaid various web website.The user can allow other people know the availability that relevant course is online subsequently, and the addressable web website of using for the public of potential student is to be registered in the course.By this way, anyly can create a virtual classroom per capita and needn't depend on a mechanism, and convey knowledge in unprecedented mode.

Though disclosed preferable enforcement of the present invention and various alternative embodiment and made detailed description at this, show for those skilled in the art, can make on the various forms and details on change and do not break away from its spirit and scope.In addition, comprise that in the accompanying drawings title and explanation are to be used for disclosing optimal mode by inventor imagination when written, and should not to be interpreted as be limitation of the present invention.

Claims (45)

1. One kind allow user community by network to the computerized system that a plurality of data files conduct interviews, it is characterized in that described system comprises:

   A) a plurality of subscriber computers, each subscriber computer is relevant with a user of system, and has in the system of being illustrated in a predefine feature of a predetermined role, each role provides to the access level of a plurality of son files relevant with a data file and to the control hierarchy of a plurality of son files relevant with data file, and

   B) server computer, it is communicated by letter with each subscriber computer by described network, and described server computer comprises:

   Storer is used to store a plurality of son files relevant with a data file;

   The computerize specified device is used to specify the access level to each son file, and described access level is relevant with the ability of this son file of user capture;

   The computerize pick-up unit is used for determining that the user asks to visit the access level of a son file;

   The computerize access means is used for according to the user capture rank, allows the visit son file relevant with a data file.
2. 2. system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, user role comprises the student role subscriber-related with the student, the instructor role relevant with the instructor, and the administrator role relevant with the administrator.
3. 3. system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, provides to teacher user and can create and the access level of editing a plurality of son files relevant with a data file.
4. 4. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises an announcement file.
5. 5. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises a curriculum information file.
6. 6. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises teaching and administrative staff's message file.
7. 7. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises a course document files.
8. 8. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises an operation layout file.
9. 9. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises follows up a case by regular visits to the mailbox file.
10. 10. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises an asynchronous communication file.
11. 11. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, son file comprises a synchronous communication file.
12. 12. system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, the access level that can read a plurality of son files relevant with a data file is provided to student user.
13. 13. the system as claim 12 is characterized in that, the access level of the subclass that can revise a plurality of son files relevant with a data file is provided to student user.
14. 14. the system as claim 12 is characterized in that, the access level that can create the relevant student's file of the son file that can read with student user is provided to the user.
15. 15. the system as claim 14 is characterized in that, the described son file that the student can read is the assessment file of being created by teacher user, and is replying the assessment file by student's file that student user creates.
16. 16. the system as claim 15 is characterized in that, the assessment file comprises a plurality of by teacher user's regarding a matter of user capability of evaluating student being used to of selecting.
17. 17. the system as claim 16 is characterized in that, regarding a matter is to be chosen from the predetermined operational storehouse that regards a matter by teacher user.
18. 18. the system as claim 16 is characterized in that, regards a matter to come down to be created when creating the assessment file by teacher user.
19. 19. the system as claim 16 is characterized in that, achievement read and made comments and given by student's file by teacher user.
20. 20. the system as claim 19 is characterized in that, achievement can offer student user.
21. 21. the system as claim 19 is characterized in that, teacher user is relatively by reading and making comments a plurality of achievements that a plurality of student's files are obtained, and being checked achievement is offered all student users relevant with described data file.
22. 22. the system as claim 14 is characterized in that, the file that the student can read is the operation layout file of being created by teacher user, and student's file of being created by student user is replying the operation layout file.
23. 23. system as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, follows up a case by regular visits to the mailbox file and comprises a plurality of files, these files are to send server computer to from one or more student users relevant with course.
24. 24. the system as claim 23 is characterized in that, provides following up a case by regular visits to the visit of each file in the mailbox file to teacher user, teacher user can download, edits and upload the file of following up a case by regular visits in the mailbox in view of the above.
25. 25. system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, in order to visit and a user-dependent son file, requires this user to import a login sequence in subscriber computer.
26. 26. the system as claim 25 is characterized in that, after the user has imported login sequence, provides visit to all data files relevant with it to the user.
27. 27. the system as claim 26 is characterized in that, the web webpage that provides to the user comprises a plurality of course hyperlink, and each described course hyperlink is relevant with every subject that the user registers therein.
28. 28. the system as claim 27 is characterized in that, selects a course hyperlink to provide the Web webpage relevant with selected course to the user, this Web webpage has comprised a plurality of content hyperlink relevant with this course, that arrive each different content scope.
29. 29. system as claim 28, it is characterized in that, described content hyperlink comprises that an announcement scope hyperlink, curriculum information hyperlink, teaching and administrative staff's information hyperchain connect, a course document hyperlink, an operation layout hyperlink, communication hyperlink and student's instrument hyperlink.
30. 30. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, the selection of announcing the scope hyperlink is provided the Web webpage that comprises one group of course announcement.
31. 31. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, provides the Web that comprises the information relevant with correlated curriculum webpage to the selection of curriculum information hyperlink.
32. 32. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, the selection that teaching and administrative staff's information hyperchain is connect provides the Web webpage that comprises the data relevant with the correlated curriculum teacher.
33. 33. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, the selection of course document hyperlink provides the Web webpage that comprises with the tabulation of course document associated.
34. 34. the system as claim 33 is characterized in that, described course lists of documents comprises the effective hyperlink to each document.
35. 35. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, the selection of operation layout hyperlink provides the Web that comprises one group of coursework webpage.
36. 36. the system as claim 29 is characterized in that, the selection of communication hyperlink provides a webpage, and this webpage comprises the hyperlink of the group communication instrument that arrives, and this group communication instrument comprises an asynchronous communication instrument and a synchronous means of communication.
37. 37. one kind is used to provide the method to the visit of online data, it is characterized in that, said method comprising the steps of:

    A) for the online plan that provides is given information, the described step that provides comprises the steps:

    I. the data file that will generate for described plan use is sent to a server computer, in order to storage there; And

    Ii. allow the spendable described data file of visit predefine student's user community, described student user can pass through the described server computer of an access to netwoks;

    B) provide described program to one group of user with online acquisition; And

    C) user who allows in described registration in the works is by the described data file of described access to netwoks.
38. 38. the method as claim 37 is characterized in that, at least one data file comprises a plan target, and described method further comprises the steps:

    D) described user responds described calculation task and creates student's file; And

    E) described user is sent to described server computer with described student's file.
39. 39. the method as claim 38 is characterized in that, further comprises the steps:

    F) teacher user visits described student's file from server computer;

    G) teacher user reads and makes comments described student's file, with matching degree definite and described plan target; With

    H) teacher user according to determine that the matching degree with plan target is that described student's file is made a call to an achievement.
40. 40. the method as claim 39 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps: teacher user is published in described achievement in the file on the described server computer, and this document only can supply the user capture relevant with this achievement.
41. 41. the method as claim 39 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps: teacher user to described in the works the registration a plurality of user's repeating steps (f)., (g) and step (h).
42. 42. the method as claim 41 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps: teacher user carries out statistical study to the achievement that is assigned to a plurality of users.
43. 43. the method as claim 42 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps: providing can be for the statistic analysis result of having used the described user who registers in the works.
44. 44. the method as claim 37 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps: provide to supply at the described asynchronous communication instrument of the user capture of registration in the works, in order between described user, to carry out asynchronous communication.
45. 45. the method as claim 37 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps, and provides can supply at the described synchronous communication instrument of the user capture of registration in the works, in order to carry out synchronous communication between described user.

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