Releasing assignments to students

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Field	Value
Publication number	US-10607498-B2
Application number	US-201514986193-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2015
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

A computer implemented method for distributing, collecting, monitoring and releasing assignments by a content management system. The method includes distributing file requests for assignments to students. Each file request includes one or more metadata tags. Students submit assignments in response to the file requests with the assignments being stored and associated with the file requests using the one or more metadata tags. In response to a release command, the assignments are searched based on one or more metadata tags and assignments associated with a student can be released to the student.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
distributing, by a content management system, a file request to a plurality of client devices associated with a corresponding plurality of students, wherein the file request comprises a set of file request metadata tags;
storing, in a content management system account associated with a teacher, one or more electronic files received in response to the file request;
associating file metadata tags with each of the one or more electronic files, the file metadata tags corresponding to one or more file request metadata tags from the set of file request metadata tags;
receiving a user-defined search term submitted in response to a prompt displayed on a client device associated with the teacher; and
in response to receiving the user-defined search term submitted in response to the prompt:
determining at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term;
identifying, within the content management system account associated with the teacher, electronic files associated with the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term, wherein at least one identified electronic file of the identified electronic files is associated with a given student from the plurality of students;
releasing the identified electronic files from the content management system account associated with the teacher; and

providing, to a client device associated with the given student, an additional prompt to associate the at least one identified electronic file with a content management system account associated with the given student or remove the at least one identified electronic file from content management storage.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein storing the one or more electronic files received in response to the file request comprises organizing the one or more electronic files by a school year or a class.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user-defined search term comprises a student identifier identifying the given student; and
determining the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term comprises determining a file metadata tag of the file metadata tags that identifies the given student.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user-defined search term comprises a class identifier identifying a class; and
determining the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term comprises determining a file metadata tag from the file metadata tags that identifies the class.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user-defined search term comprises a school identifier identifying a school; and
determining the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term comprises determining a file metadata tag from the file metadata tags that identifies the school.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
distribute, by a content management system, a file request to a plurality of client devices associated with a corresponding plurality of students, wherein the file request comprises a set of file request metadata tags;
store, in a content management system account associated with a teacher, one or more electronic files received in response to the file request;
associate file metadata tags with each of the one or more electronic files, the file metadata tags corresponding to one or more file request metadata tags from the set of file request metadata tags;
receive a user-defined search term submitted in response to a prompt displayed on a client device associated with the teacher; and
in response to receiving the user-defined search term submitted in response to the prompt:
determine at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term;
identify, within the content management system account associated with the teacher, electronic files associated with the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term, wherein at least one identified electronic file of the identified electronic files is associated with a given student from the plurality of students;
release the identified electronic files from the content management system account associated with the teacher; and
provide, to a client device associated with the given student, an additional prompt to associate the at least one identified electronic file with a content management system account associated with the given student or remove the at least one identified electronic file from content management storage.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to store the one or more electronic files received in response to the file request by organizing the one or more electronic files by a school year or a class.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein:
the user-defined search term comprises a student identifier identifying the given student; and
the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to determine the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term by determining a file metadata tag of the file metadata tag that identifies the given student.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein:
the user-define search term comprises a class identifier identifying a class; and
the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to determine the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term by determining a file metadata tag from the file metadata tags that identifies the class.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein:
the user-defined search term comprises a school identifier identifying a school; and
the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to determine the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term by determining a file metadata tag from the file metadata tags that identifies the school.

11. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
distribute, by a content management system, a file request to a plurality of client devices associated with a corresponding plurality of students, wherein the file request comprises a set of file request metadata tags;
store, in a content management system account associated with a teacher, one or more electronic files received in response to the file request;
associate file metadata tags with each of the one or more electronic files, the file metadata tags corresponding to one or more file request metadata tags from the set of file request metadata tags;
receive a user-defined search term submitted in response to a prompt displayed on a client device associated with the teacher; and
in response to receiving the user-defined search term submitted in response to the prompt:
determine at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term;
identify, within the content management system account associated with the teacher, electronic files associated with the at least one file metadata tag corresponding to the user-defined search term, wherein at least one identifi

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Bonney-Ache Kelly
• Moondra Ritu
• Low Calvin
• Witte Kristen
• Fish David
• Macartney Ian
• Stern Ben

Classifications

• G06F16/168

  Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs (query results presentation G06F16/156) · CPC title

• G09B7/02 Primary

  of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student · CPC title

• H04L67/2804

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/561

  Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata · CPC title