Method and system for creating and maintaining assessments

US6705872B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Michael Pearson · Kennett Square, US
• Paul Christ · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for creating and maintaining assessments involving using an interface device, connected to an electronic and/or communications channel(s), to access an assessment control system in order to identify information related to information content and develop assessment items. User activity within an interface device occurs within an environment in which multiple components are present in a manner that produces a continuous unified perceptual experience. Thus users can create and maintain assessment information while in the presence of the information content, which most likely represents, either directly or indirectly, the material or subject for which an assessment is being created. User activities within one component do not material affect or disturb information in other components unless the user intentionally chooses to alter other components. Maintenance to the information related to information content and to the assessment items also occur within the continuous unified perceptual experience.