Patent ID: 8402055

Claim:
A social electronic learning system, comprising: a) a plurality of computing devices that communicates with a plurality of users in an educational community, the educational community including a first user enrolled in a particular course and a second user responsible for assessing the first user in association with the particular course; and b) at least one server in communication with each of the plurality of computing devices, each server in communication with at least one data storage device configured to host a plurality of electronic portfolios, each electronic portfolio associated with one or more users of the plurality of users in the educational community; and c) wherein each server is configured to permit one or more users to associate one or more digital items with each electronic portfolio, and to take actions on the digital items associated with each electronic portfolio depending on authorization criteria; and d) wherein at least one of the digital items is an assignment item prepared and submitted by the first user and which is locked against subsequent changes; and e) wherein the at least one server is configured to present an assessment page to the second user using at least one of the plurality of computing devices, the assessment page operable to allow the second user to select at least one rubric, and for each rubric, select a particular evaluation level to be applied to the assignment item; and f) wherein the at least one server determines a grade for the first user for the particular course based on the selected evaluation levels, and wherein the assignment item includes a plurality of questions, and the assignment item is returned to the first user after assessment by the second user without the plurality of questions.