US Patent:
20160217113, Jul 28, 2016
Inventors:
- Pittsburgh PA, US
David Dengler - Pittsburgh PA, US
Robert Hausmann - Swissvale PA, US
Kristine Petsche - Pittsburgh PA, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/24
G06F 17/27
G06F 3/0482
G09B 5/00
G06F 3/0484
Abstract:
A syllabus editing system is described hereafter for editing a course syllabus. The syllabus editing system aids the user in adjusting what learning objects are included in a syllabus. The system further checks dependency violations in an edited syllabus, where a dependency violation occurs when fundamental concepts for a particular learning object are not presented prior to the particular learning object within the flow of the syllabus. Embodiments provide information about detected dependency violations, information about learning objects that may be used to correct the dependency violations, and information helpful in aiding a user in editing the syllabus intelligently. Furthermore, embodiments provide an option to automatically correct dependency violations. Such an automatic correction involves identifying one or more solutions to the dependency violation. According to an embodiment, a solution that represents a minimum change to the syllabus is automatically identified and implemented in order to correct a detected dependency violation.
