Assessment Authoring Tool via LTI Token Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online learning management systems lack the ability to quickly and efficiently create assessments and integrate them with existing web content, failing to provide a holistic approach to learning management and data measurement.
Innovation Solution
A software tool that utilizes the Learning Tools Interoperability Standard (LTI) to embed educational assessments within a learning application, allowing instructors to create and manage assessments easily, store assessment information in tokens, and integrate them with the learning management system, enabling fast and targeted assessment deployment and data reporting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current LMS systems are used to manage educational content, then content delivery and storage are enabled, but the ability to quickly create and integrate assessments is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the assessment creation process into modular components: templates define the structure, tokens store configuration data, and parameters hold specific assessment settings. This segmentation allows instructors to quickly assemble assessments by combining pre-defined elements rather than creating everything from scratch, thereby improving productivity while maintaining manageable system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining assessment templates with standard structures, question types, and scoring mechanisms. These templates are prepared in advance and stored in the system, allowing instructors to rapidly create assessments by simply configuring specific parameters rather than building entire assessment frameworks each time, thus accelerating assessment creation.
2Loss of time
If traditional assessment integration methods are used, then assessments can be added to curriculum, but the process is not fast or targeted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses template copying where standardized assessment structures are replicated and adapted for different uses. Instructors can copy existing assessment templates and modify them for new purposes, significantly reducing the time required to create and integrate assessments while maintaining consistency and quality through the reusable template framework.
Solution Approach 2:
Assessment templates and integration frameworks are prepared in advance as preliminary structures. The system pre-configures assessment containers, scoring rules, and integration protocols, allowing rapid deployment of new assessments by simply populating the pre-prepared frameworks with specific content and parameters.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a holistic approach to learning management is implemented, then assessment and data measurement capabilities are enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal template system that serves multiple functions: it defines assessment structures, stores configuration data in tokens, manages parameters, and facilitates integration with LMS platforms. This multi-functional template framework provides holistic learning management capabilities while avoiding excessive complexity by using a single, versatile architecture rather than separate specialized systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The template system acts as an intermediary layer between the LMS platform and assessment content. It mediates the integration process by providing standardized interfaces and protocols, allowing diverse assessment types to be uniformly managed and integrated without directly increasing the complexity of the underlying LMS infrastructure.
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AI summary
A system for creating educational assessments from content files using an API and inserting the educational assessments into learning programs using tokens.