System, method, and computer program product for delivering a training course

20080070218

11/513688

August 30, 2006

Embodiments provide methods, systems, and computer software program products that can enable presentation of a training course in an instructor-led training setting. In an exemplary embodiment, a training course that includes at least a first slide is selected and accessed from a training electronic media repository. The at least first slide includes a presenter screen and at least a first presentee screen. The at least first slide is displayed to the presenter. The at least first presentee screen is displayed to at least one presentee but the presenter screen is not displayed to the at least one presentee.

Ahl, William J. (Seattle, WA, US); Forrest, Cameron J. (Bellevue, WA, US)

1. A computer executable method for delivering a training course, the method comprising: accessing from a training electronic media repository via a computer network a training course that includes at least a first slide, the at least first slide including a presenter screen and at least a first presentee screen; displaying to a presenter the presenter screen; and displaying to at least one presentee the at least first presentee screen without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the at least first presentee screen from selected electronic media resident in an electronic media repository chosen from at least an operational electronic media repository and a training electronic media repository and accessed via a computer network through a link in the at least first slide.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the at least first presentee screen from content from selected electronic media that is inserted in the at least first slide.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a second presentee screen for at least one slide.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first presentee screen sets forth an overview of a topic and the second presentee screen sets forth details of the topic.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding instructor notes to at least one slide.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting less than all slides for presentation.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising marking up at least one screen chosen from at least a first presentee screen and a second presentee screen.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein marking up is performed while displaying to at least one presentee the at least first presentee screen.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying to at least one presentee the at least first presentee screen displays an annotated slide that includes annotations of a previous slide.

11. A system for delivering a training course, the system comprising: a training electronic media repository; a computer communications interface configured to access via a computer network the training electronic media repository; a first display subsystem; a second display subsystem; a first user interface configured to permit selecting from the training electronic media repository a training course that includes at least a first slide including a presenter screen and further including at least a first presentee screen; a first processing component configured to generate an image of the at least first slide for display by the first display subsystem; and a second processing component configured to generate an image of the at least first presentee screen for display by the second display subsystem to at least one presentee without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one slide includes a second presentee screen.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second processing component is further configured to generate an image of the second presentee screen for display by the second display subsystem to at least one presentee without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second display subsystem includes first and second monitors driven by the second processing component.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the second display subsystem includes: first and second projection screens; and a projection subsystem configured to project images of the first and second presentee screens onto the first and second projection screens, respectively.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising a second user interface configured to add instructor notes to at least one slide.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising a third processing component configured to select less than all slides for presentation.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising a fourth user interface configured to mark up at least one slide.

19. A computer software program product for delivering a training course, the method comprising: first computer program code means for accessing from a training electronic media repository via a computer network a training course that includes at least a first slide, the at least first slide including a presenter screen and at least a first presentee screen; second computer program code means for generating an image of the presenter screen for displaying to a presenter; and third computer program code means for for generating an image of the at least first presentee screen for displaying to at least one presentee without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

20. The computer software program product of claim 19, further comprising fourth computer program code means for adding instructor notes to at least one slide.

21. The computer software program product of claim 19, further comprising fifth computer program code means for selecting less than all slides for presentation.

22. The computer software program product of claim 19, further comprising sixth computer program code means for marking up at least one slide.

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