Patent ID: 7386524

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a presentation, comprising: (a) receiving a goal, the goal in a specific task being within a context of a training objective of a student in a business simulation application, the goal being specified by a business deliverable and selected from the group consisting of joumalizing invoice transactions, structuring of a financial loan, and underwriting an insurance policy; (b) integrating information that guides the student through the business simulation application to accomplish the goal by the student; (c) evaluating the progress toward the goal and providing feedback that further guides the student to accomplish the goal for use in the presentation, comprising: (c)(i) obtaining student responses as the student completes the business deliverable; and (c)(ii) comparing the student responses with desired responses; and (d) adjusting the feedback based on progress of the student toward the goal to help the student complete the business deliverable, comprising: (d)(i) activating at least one rule from a plurality of rules based on a difference between the student responses and the desired responses; (d)(ii) obtaining at least one piece of feedback responsive to (d)(i); (d)(iii) composing the at least one piece of feedback into a coherent paragraph for display to the student; and (d)(iv) replacing at least one variable in the feedback with specifics from the student responses.