System and method for sharing content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11450222-B2
Application number	US-202117195447-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Feb 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

A method for completing a project using a content-generating device. The method includes receiving a task defining a content item to be generated, restricting operation of at least a first component of the content-generating device, operating at least a second component of the content-generating device to generate the content item, and making available the generated content item.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for completing a project using a content-generating device, the method comprising:
receiving a task defining a content item to be generated, wherein the task is defined by a first user;
restricting operation of at least a first component of the content-generating device;
receiving the content item, wherein the content item was generated in connection with a second user's use of at least a second component of the content-generating device; and
holding the first generated content item for a predetermined period of time to anonymize the second user with respect to the first user;
making the generated content item available, after having held the first generated content item for the predetermined period of time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least first component is operable to access pre-existing content items and wherein restricting operation of the at least first component prevents data access to the prior content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein restricting operation of the least first component of the content-generation device is ended after making available the generated content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the task for generating the content item comprises receiving a type of the content item to be generated; and wherein the at least second component of the content generated is chosen based on the type of the content item to be generated.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the type is chosen from one of text, sound, video, and still image.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to generating a first provisional content item, prompting for acceptance of the generated first content item;
receiving a response indicating acceptance of the first content item or non-acceptance of the first provisional content item;
in response to receiving the non-acceptance response of the first provisional content item, operating the at least second component to generate a second content item; and
wherein the first provisional content item is made available as the generated content item to the project management server, in response to receiving the response indicating acceptance.

7. A method for sharing of content items generated within a current project, the method comprising:
receiving a first response from a first non-instructor user, the response having a project identifier and a first generated content item and being identified as being ready to be made available to an instructor user, the first non-instructor user being associated to the project identifier, wherein the first generated content item was generated in connection with use of a first component of a content-generating device at a time when operation of a second component of the content-generating device was restricted;
holding the first generated content item for a predetermined period of time to anonymize the first non-instructor user with respect to the instructor user;
making available the first generated content item to the instructor user associated to the project identifier, after having held the first generated content item for the predetermined period of time;
receiving from the instructor user a first approbation response indicating approval or non-approval of the first content item;
in response to receiving the first approbation response indicating approval of the first content item, making available the first generated content item to at least a second non-instructor user associated to the project identifier.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving from the instructor user evaluation data for the generated content item; and
making available the evaluation to the first non-instructor user.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the first approbation response indicating non-approval of the first content item, transmitting to the first non-instructor user a project completion request for generating at least one additional content item.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving a second response from the second non-instructor user associated to the project identifier, the response having the project identifier and a second content item;
making available the received second content item to the instructor user associated to the project identifier;
receiving from the instructor user a second approbation response indicating approval or non-approval of the second content item;
in response to receiving the second approbation response indicating approval of the second content item, making available the second content item to at least the first non-instructor user associated to the project identifier.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
searching for at least one external project relevant to the current project;
making available to at least one of the first non-instructor user and the second non-instructor user at least one content item generated for the at least one external project.

12. The method of claim 7 , making available the first content item to the instructor user associated to the project identifier comprises transmitting the received content item to the instructor user, wherein the transmitting of the content item is delayed by a predetermined duration of time after receiving the first content item.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the given type associated to the project identifier is chosen from one of text, sound, video, and still image.

Assignees

• D2L Corp

Inventors

• Jandard Chantal
• Campbell Matthew
• Marr Dana
• Cottrell Rylan
• Wong Joseph
• Peralta Claudia
• Cheung Josh

Classifications

• G09B5/06

  with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied · CPC title

• G09B7/02

  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

• G09B5/08 Primary

  providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations · CPC title