JP4634758B2 - Class support method, class support device, and class support program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a class support method , a class support apparatus, and a class support program that are suitable for use in an online class support system.

Communication networks such as the WWW (World Wide Web) have spread worldwide, and anyone with a connection environment and a Web browser can immediately obtain target information by searching.
Against this backdrop, an interactive online lesson support system has been realized in which instructors can use the Web to give lectures to students, provide teaching materials, and receive questions. For example, see Patent Document 1).

  According to the above-described online class support system, when a lecturer is necessary, a homepage related to classes can be created and information can be transmitted to students. In addition, students can conduct preparations and review by browsing the created website before and after the class. Further, the student can communicate with the instructor by downloading teaching materials for creating an assignment or discussing using the Web.

By the way, in the above-described online class support system, an information system is disclosed in which home pages to be used are grouped and registered, and only a home page registered from a student PC (Personal Computer) can be viewed as a class page (for example, patents) Reference 2).
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-12813 (paragraphs 0005 to 0012, FIG. 1) JP 2001-67262 A (paragraphs 0005 to 0009, FIG. 3)

  According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 described above, it is possible to reduce the work of selecting a large amount of flooding information, and to provide only safe and useful information, enabling the effective use of the Internet in class. Become. However, this method is a method of providing a home page to be displayed for each class, and is not a method for grouping classes.

  Usually, when there are n records (hereinafter referred to as lesson pages) as information about lessons such as lecture outlines, lecture contents, teaching materials, reports, etc., the n lesson pages exist independently of each other. It is impossible to edit and view different lesson pages with one lesson page. So, for example, a lecturer is in charge of two lectures, and another student has registered for each lecture, but the common operation part of the two lectures is combined into one lecture. It was impossible, and it was not easy to use as a system, and it was not convenient for lecturers and students.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made based on the circumstances described above, and by integrating the lesson pages that exist independently by web screen operation, integration of students of multiple lessons is realized. The purpose is to provide a means for improving convenience and providing convenience to lecturers and students.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention collects independent lesson pages with different information by Web screen operations. For this reason, the first information and the second information obtained by retrieving and retrieving the selection operation of the second information (class page) to be integrated under the first information (class page) on the Web operation screen. And to relate. As a result, the second information can be handled in the same manner as the first information Web page, and editing and browsing operations to a lesson page having virtually different contents can be operated on one lesson page.

  According to the present invention, even if an actual lesson is divided into a plurality of lesson times, it is only necessary to update one web page by integrating lesson pages existing as individual information by web screen operation. For example, it is possible to present the same content to students who are divided at a plurality of class times, and Web discussions with a wider number of people than the actual class can be realized. This improves usability as an online lesson support system and provides convenience for both instructors and students.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

≪System configuration and overview≫
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram cited for explaining a connection form of an online class support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the online class support system includes a system server 10, a plurality of client terminals 20 and 30, a management terminal 40, and the like, all of which are connected via an IP (Internet Protocol) network 50. The client terminal 20 is used for an instructor who creates, edits, or browses a home page. The client terminal 30 is used for students who browse a created and edited home page. The management terminal 40 is used for an administrator who performs system maintenance. The number of terminals connected to the IP network 50 is not limited to the number shown in FIG.

The system server 10 includes a Web server 11 and a DB (Data Base) server 12, which are connected to each other. An instructor who creates and edits a home page, a student who browses the home page, and an administrator who manages the system access the system server 10 via the IP network 50 from the client terminals 20, 30 or the management terminal 40. Can be created, edited, viewed, or maintained. In this case, it is assumed that an access right is set for each function, and a lecturer, student, administrator, etc. who can access a screen corresponding to each function are registered in advance.
When the system server 10 is accessed from the client terminals 20 and 30 and the management terminal 40 to edit and browse the home page, the class page in charge is directly updated from the Web browser that is installed in the client terminals 20 and 30 and the management terminal 40 as standard. Since real-time editing is used, easy-to-view content can be created without requiring specialized knowledge.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional expansion of the internal configuration of the Web page creation support apparatus and browsing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The Web page creation support device and the browsing device are mounted on the DB server 12 shown in FIG. 1, and include a Web server interface unit 121, an integrated data capturing unit 122, an editing / browsing control unit 123, an information operation unit 124, and an attribute. The data management part 125, the lesson table 126, the mapping table 127, and the class table 128 are comprised. Each of the above-described units 121 to 125 is realized mainly by a processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the tables 126 to 128 are realized by data stored in a storage device such as a hard disk device.

  The web server interface unit 121 manages a connection interface with the web server 11. The integrated data capturing unit 122 captures information (first information and second information to be integrated under the first information) selected and operated via the Web operation screen, and sends the information to the editing / viewing control unit 123. Supply. The editing / browsing control unit 123 permits the editing of the previously selected second information as the Web page of the first information at the integration destination, and the second information acquired by the search is the first information. When the first information is integrated, the first information is retrieved and output as a Web page together with the integrated second information, and has a function for browsing.

  When there is an instruction regarding integration from the editing / browsing control unit 123, the information operation unit 124 retrieves the designated first information and second information by searching the lesson table 126, and takes the second information as the first information. It has a function of creating a mapping table 127 to be integrated as an information group in association with information. In addition, when there is an instruction to cancel the integration from the editing / browsing control unit 123, the second information is deleted from the integrated information group and the second information before the integration is restored. The attribute data management unit 125 is a function for linking the lesson table 126 to the mapping table 127 in order to reflect the attribute such as the access right of the first information in the second information when the information operation unit 124 performs integration. have.

<< Table structure and overview >>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the mapping table, the study table, and the lesson table shown in FIG. 2, and each table is shown in FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b), and 3 (c). Has been.
As described above, the mapping table 127 is created by the information operation unit 124. As shown in FIG. 3A, each entry includes a code indicating lesson information of a parent integration destination and a child integration. A pair of codes indicating the original lesson information is recorded. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3B, students who have registered for each class indicating class information are recorded in the course table 128. Further, in the lesson table 126, as shown in FIG. 3C, for each code indicating lesson information, access information set for each function, attribute information such as design set for the page background and lines, etc. Is recorded.

≪System operation≫
4 to 6 are flowcharts cited for explaining the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the DB server on the editing side (FIGS. 4 and 5) and the operation of the DB server on the browsing side ( Each of FIG. 6) is shown. The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 also show the processing procedures of the Web page creation support program and the Web page browsing program according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 to 12 are diagrams showing an example of a Web screen configuration displayed when classifying lectures. Instructor charge list screen (FIG. 7), lecture summary setting screen (FIG. 8), lectures according to charge The name list screen (FIG. 9), lecture summary screen (FIG. 10), and attendance / editor list screen (FIGS. 11 and 12) are shown.

Prior to the description of FIGS. 4 to 12, the concept of the summary of the lecture will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 16A shows the relationship between the lecturer and the student before the lecture summary. Here, it is assumed that one lecturer is in charge of two lectures, and two students are registered for each lecture.
As a result of collecting the lectures by the Web page creation support apparatus, as shown in FIG. 16B, the students C and D of the collected lecture (lecture B) are registered as students of the parent class. At this time, students C and D can browse the lecture information of lecture A, which is the parent class. However, it is impossible to view the class information of the lecture B that has been compiled. As for the lecture editing of the lecturer, only the lecture information of lecture A can be edited after the lecture is compiled. However, since various class pages such as reports and tests edited before classifying lectures are retained as data even after classifying lectures, they can be restored by canceling the class summary as described later.

In FIG. 4, first, the lecturer displays a list of classes that he is in charge of using the Web operation screen of the client terminal 20 (step S41). FIG. 7 shows an example of the screen configuration. Here, the lecturer can transition the Web operation screen to the lecture summary setting screen shown in FIG. 8 by clicking a code indicating lesson information (hereinafter referred to as a frame code).
In the lecture summary setting screen in Fig. 8, the hatched part is the lecture designated as the parent class. At this time, the instructor checks the check box to the left of the lecture to be compiled and issues an additional instruction To do. As a result, the editing process for organizing the lecture by the system (Web page creation support device) is started.

That is, when the instructor selects a plurality of classes to be collected using the Web operation screen of the client terminal 20, the integrated data capturing unit 122 captures the corresponding parent class and child class frame codes via the Web server interface unit 121. The editing / browsing screen control unit 123 is activated (step S42).
The editing / browsing control unit 123 activates the information operation unit 124 in response to the summary addition instruction (“Summary” in step S43). Thereby, the information operation unit 124 refers to the lesson table 126 and searches for and acquires lesson information corresponding to the frame code captured by the integrated data capturing unit 122. Then, it is additionally registered in the parent class of integration (step S44).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the information operation unit 124 searches for information on the selected lesson (step S441), creates a mapping table 127, and becomes a pair of frame codes having a parent-child relationship. Data is recorded (step S442). An example of the data structure of the mapping table 127 is shown in FIG. At this time, the attribute data management unit 125 registers the parent attribute in the corresponding entry of the lesson table 126 so that the attribute information such as the access right and the design possessed by the parent lesson is reflected in the lesson related to the child. Then, the attribute is updated (step S443).
The information operation unit 124 further updates the course table 128 to integrate students (students) of the selected classes (step S444). As a result, even if an actual class is divided into a plurality of class hours, a class page that exists as individual information is integrated by a web screen operation, so that a plurality of classes can be obtained by simply updating one web page. The same content can be presented to students who are divided in time.

  Returning to FIG. When an instruction to cancel summarization is given in the process of step S43 ("cancel summarization" in step S43), that is, when the instructor unchecks using the Web operation screen shown in FIG. Deletes the lesson information (child) from the group of information recorded in the mapping table 127 and restores the lesson information before grouping (step S45). That is, after canceling lesson information that is in a child relationship from lesson information that is in a parent relationship, information that has been handled individually is restored, including attributes, and can be reused.

  FIG. 9 shows a list of lecture names by charge when referring to classes compiled by the lecturer. In addition, when referring on the browsing side, by clicking a lesson collected from the list of each lesson in the search list, a transition to the lecture summary screen shown in FIG. 10 is made. Here, the link of the collected lesson is displayed, and if not collected, the contents of the lecture summary for browsing are displayed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the browsing process. First, the viewing-side lecturer or student selects a lesson using the Web operation screen of the client terminal 20 or 30 (step S61). Thereby, the system (Web page browsing apparatus) searches for the lesson selected by the information operation unit 124 (step S62). Then, the editing / viewing control unit 123 refers to the mapping table 127 via the information operation unit 124 and checks whether or not the corresponding lesson is collected (step S63).
Here, when it is confirmed that they are grouped (“grouped” in step S63), the parent class recorded in the mapping table 127 is searched (step S64), and the editing / viewing control unit 123, via the Web server interface unit 121, the Web page is output to display the class page on the requested client terminals 20 and 30 (step S65). If the corresponding lesson is not collected (“not collected” in step S63), the corresponding Web page is output to display the lesson page as it is (step S65).

FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are attendee / editor list screens. As can be seen from these screens, students who have been registered in the grouped lectures are treated as students of the grouped lectures. In FIG. 12, the inside of the broken line frame is a student who has taken a compiled lecture. Here, when the summary is removed, it is not displayed and returns.
In addition, on the left side of the screen of FIG. 11, “Lecture Summary”, “Notice”, “Lecture Contents”, “Teaching Material”, “Discussion”, “Report”, “Related Link”, “Test”, “Questionnaire”, “ Menu buttons consisting of “Reference Search”, “List of Students / Editors”, “Update History”, and “Responsible Information” are displayed, but the class information related to one class including each is equivalent to the class page described above. To do.

  In the following, for reference, FIG. 13 shows an operation procedure by a lecturer when creating a Web page, FIG. 14 shows a processing procedure of the system (Web page creation support apparatus) at that time, and FIG. 15 shows an editing process and an editing result. The conceptual diagram of was shown.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the client terminals 20 and 30 have a selection screen “a” for selecting viewing and editing, and “browsing” and “editing” menus are displayed on this screen. By selecting “Browse”, the screen transitions to the title background screen and the student browse screen b. On the homepage creation screen c, “new addition” is displayed on the menu screen, and others are displayed as necessary. When one of them is selected (step S131), the content to be described on the homepage, for example, a screen for editing and inputting the lecture content is displayed (step S132). Here, a column for inputting the title of the homepage, Select and register the date in the field for entering the lecture date.

  Next, one of text, image, file, and link is selected from the creation screen, and an add button operation is performed (step S133). Then, the screen of the selected item is displayed (step S134). On the other hand, the created document is read by selecting the title list (step S138). Then, editing operations such as editing, addition, and deletion are performed based on the created document (step S135). When the editing operation is completed, the preview or cancellation is confirmed by selecting the OK button (step S136). In the case of cancellation, the process returns to step S135, and the deletion process is executed. In the case of preview, the screen is registered by further selecting the OK button (step S137).

As shown in FIG. 14, when the creation of the editing screen is started, a component selection process is performed (step S141). As described above, there are four parts, text, image, file, and link. Here, any part is selected, and any one of addition, movement, and deletion is selected (step S142). . In the case of addition (“add” in step S142), one of the parts (text, image, file, link) is added (step S144). In the case of movement / deletion (“movement / deletion” in step S142), a part to be moved / deleted is selected (step S143).
Next, in order to give a new number after movement or addition, the part number is converted (step S145), and the input information is held (step S146). Then, the component type is determined from the connection state of the entire edited and created sentence, and added or moved (step S147). Here, it is determined whether or not the creation is completed (step S148). If it is detected that the first OK button has been pressed (“Yes” in step S148), the creation is completed. If not (“No” in step S148), the process returns to step S141. Finally, it is determined whether or not to register contents (step S149). By pressing the OK button for the second time (“Yes” in step S149), the contents of the edited screen are registered (step S150). On the other hand, when the cancel button is pressed (“No” in step S149), the registration is discarded (step S151).

As shown in FIG. 15, it is assumed that a part A (image) created by selecting a part A (image), a part B (link), and an add button on the editing screen is edited. As a result, the created homepage is created in the order of the image of the coast of component A, the URL (Uniform Resource Locater) for linking to the related site of component B, and the image of the waterfall of component A.
This makes it possible to create a homepage about the contents of the lesson and send information to students whenever the instructor needs it. In addition, students can prepare and review by browsing the created website before and after class. Furthermore, the student can communicate with the lecturer by downloading teaching materials for creating an assignment or by using the Web for discussion. In addition, it is possible to create a web page only by an operation on the web screen, and it is possible to use the page parts and the number of formats without restriction, so that the lesson content can be freely created.

As described above, according to the present invention, independent lesson pages with different information are collected by Web screen operation. For this reason, they are integrated under the first information (lesson page) on the Web operation screen. The selection operation of power second information (class page) is taken in, and the first information obtained by searching and the second information are related. This allows the second information to be handled in the same manner as the web page of the first information, and allows editing and browsing operations to web pages with different information to be treated virtually like one lesson page. .
According to the present invention, even when an actual class is divided into a plurality of class hours, a class page existing as individual information is integrated by a Web screen operation, and a plurality of classes are simply updated by one Web page. The same content can be presented to students who are divided by class time, and Web discussions with a wider number of students than the actual class can be realized. This improves usability as an online lesson support system and provides convenience for both instructors and students.

  According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the Web page creation support and browsing device has been described as being implemented in the DB server 12 in which the functions are distributed in the system server 10. If it is built on a server, it may be installed on that server.

It is the system block diagram quoted in order to demonstrate the connection form of the online class assistance system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the internal structure of the web page creation assistance apparatus and browsing apparatus which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the tables shown in FIG. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate the operation | movement which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate the operation | movement which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate the operation | movement which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen structure of the web page which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation procedure for the homepage creation which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence for the homepage preparation which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the conceptual diagram quoted in order to demonstrate the relationship between the edit side which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and an edit result. It is the figure quoted in order to demonstrate the summary concept of the lecture which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 System Server 11 Web Server 12 DB Server (Web Page Creation Support and Browsing Device)
20, 30 Client terminal 40 Management terminal 50 IP network 121 Web server interface unit 122 Integrated data capture unit 123 Editing / viewing control unit 124 Information operation unit 125 Attribute data management unit 126 Class table 127 Mapping table 128 Course table

Claims (7)

In a server that operates in response to a predetermined instruction from a client having a Web operation screen, the processing device uses the information related to a lesson page associated with a code for identifying a lesson that is individually stored in a storage device. A class support method that presents the same information to students who are divided into multiple class hours when supporting the creation of a page,
In the storage device,
Lesson management information in which the code and attribute information of the Web page are associated;
Course information in which the code is associated with the student,
The mapping information in which the parent code and the child code are associated is stored,
The processor is
On the web operation screen, when the first code is set as a parent code and the second code is set as a child code and a new designation is made,
Additionally registering pair data of the parent code and the child code in the mapping information;
Register the child code and the attribute information of the web page of the parent code in the lesson management information in association with each other,
Register the parent code and the student associated with the child code in the course information
A class support method characterized by this. The processor is
When there is an instruction to cancel the summary on the Web operation screen,
Delete the association between the parent code and the student related to the child code from the course information,
Deleting the association between the child code and the parent code web page attribute information from the lesson management information, restoring the association between the child code before the summary and the child code web page attribute information,
Delete the paired data of the parent code and the child code from the mapping information
The class support method according to claim 1 , wherein: Before Symbol processing apparatus,
When a lesson designated on the web operation screen is selected,
Search with reference to the mapping information using the code related to the selected lesson as a key,
According to the search result, when the code related to the selected lesson is included in the pair data of the parent code and the child code,
Output as a web page based on the information on the class page related to the parent code and the information of the learner of the parent code and the learner of the child code
The class support method according to claim 1, wherein: In a server that operates in response to a predetermined instruction from a client having a Web operation screen, a Web page is created using information relating to a class page that is stored in a storage device and is associated with a code that specifies a class. When supporting, a class support device that presents the same information to students who are divided into multiple class times ,
In the storage device,
Lesson management information in which the code and attribute information of the Web page are associated;
Course information in which the code is associated with the student,
The mapping information in which the parent code and the child code are associated is stored,
A first code as a parent code, as the second child codes of code, when the new summary specified, and additionally registers the pair data of the parent code and the child code to the mapping information, child An information operation unit for associating a code with the attribute information of the web page of the parent code and registering it in the lesson management information, and associating and registering the parent code and the learner related to the child code in the course information. Class support device characterized by that.   The information operation unit is
  When there is an instruction to cancel the summary on the Web operation screen,
  Delete the association between the parent code and the student related to the child code from the course information,
  Deleting the association between the child code and the parent code web page attribute information from the lesson management information, restoring the association between the child code before the summary and the child code web page attribute information,
  Delete the paired data of the parent code and the child code from the mapping information
  The lesson support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:   The information operation unit is
  When a class specified on the Web operation screen is selected, a search is performed with reference to the mapping information using a code related to the selected class as a key, and a code related to the selected class is determined based on the search result. Is included in the pair data of the parent code and the child code, the web page based on the information on the class page related to the parent code and the information of the learner of the parent code and the learner of the child code Output as
  The lesson support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: A class support program for causing a computer to execute the class support method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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