Calculating effective GPA of students in education platforms
US9679492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B7/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An online educational publishing platform generates an effective grade point average for respective users of the platform by aggregating data describing educational activities of the users. The educational activity data includes users' interactions with pages of content distributed by the online educational platform, as well as data retrieved from user profiles of the users and external databases. The educational activity data is filtered into a plurality of categories and scored based on scoring metrics associated with the categories. Using the scored user activity data, the publishing platform generates the effective grade point averages. Each user may have multiple eGPAs whose value depends on how the eGPA was generated. Accordingly, an eGPA provides a quantitative representation of a student's academic engagement, achievements, and experiences.
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