Patent ID: 9111459
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A classroom response system (“CRS”) comprising: an instructor console programmed with a standalone instructor runtime software providing a graphical user interface to the classroom response system; a plurality of student consoles, each student console programmed with a standalone student runtime software providing a graphical user interface to the classroom response system; a classroom response system server communicatively coupled to the instructor console and the plurality of student consoles and being programmed with a plurality of software modules, including: a runtime server configured to be run during a class session and to provide real-time interaction between the instructor console and the student consoles, and to provide CRS functions including: receiving queries from the instructor console and providing the queries to the student consoles; receiving answers to the queries from the student consoles and providing the answers to the instructor console; randomly selecting an answer to one of the queries and providing the randomly-selected answer to student consoles; receiving a student evaluation of the randomly selected answer from the student consoles; providing the student evaluation to the student console that provided the answer that was evaluated; providing to the instructor console a visual representation of student responses; receiving instructor feedback from the instructor console feedback for one or more student answers, and providing the instructor feedback to the student console that sent the evaluated student answer; providing messaging between the instructor console and the student consoles; providing logging services, including logging the state of the runtime server; a master server configured to run continuously and to provide remote access to log files created by the runtime server and to configuration files for classroom response system; and a report generator configured to generate, display, save, and distribute reports based on the class session; a seating chart configured to: a simulator configured to: