Patent ID: 6674992
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method for document sharing between users and an instructor and for providing an electronic journal for use with an on-line educational system, comprising:providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course; providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course; receiving an education-related document from a particular one of the users; associating a message with the document based upon information entered by the particular user; receiving an identification of one or more intended recipients of the document, the intended recipients being selected from a group including the users and the instructor; storing the document with the message for accessibility by the intended recipients; providing an electronic journal for a particular one of the users permitting the particular user to enter information into the electronic journal for participation in the educational course, wherein the electronic journal provides for association of the entered information with the particular user; permitting the instructor to enter information into the electronic journal for viewing by the particular user, wherein the electronic journal provides for secure access to the instructor's entered information by the particular user; permitting the user to selectively identify permitted access to the electronic journal by the instructor; and selectively providing access to the electronic journal by the instructor based upon the particular user's identification of permitted access.