System and computer program product for developing and delivering a training course

8,647,126

11/513596

August 30, 2006

A first processing component is configured to create at least a first slide from electronic media selected from an electronic media repository. A computer communications interface is configured to access via a computer network a training electronic media repository. A first user interface is 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 second processing component is configured to generate an image of the at least first slide for display by a first display subsystem. A third processing component is configured to generate an image of the at least first presentee screen for display by a second display subsystem to at least one presentee without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

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

The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL, US)

1. A system for developing and delivering a training course, the system comprising: a course development subsystem including: an electronic media repository to store media items; and a first processing component configured to create a plurality of slides related to a particular system, wherein each of the plurality of slides is related to at least one configuration of the particular system, wherein a first slide of the plurality of slides includes a link to a first media item in the electronic media repository, wherein the first media item relates to a particular system of a plurality of configurations of the particular system, and wherein the first slide includes a first presentee screen and a presenter screen; a course packaging system including: a first user interface configured to receive a selection designating that a training course related to the particular configuration of the particular system is to be presented; and a media repository interface configured to: use the link included in the first slide to retrieve a most current version of the first media item from the electronic media repository in response to the first slide being accessed during presentation of the training course while online with the electronic media repository via a network, wherein, when the first media item has been updated in the electronic media repository between a time that the first slide was created and when the first media item is retrieved, the most current version of the first media item is automatically inserted into the first slide; and use the link included in the first slide to retrieve the most current version of the first media item from the electronic media repository and to store the most current version of the first media item in offline storage when the training course is being prepared to be presented offline from the electronic media repository; and a course delivery subsystem including: a first display subsystem; a second display subsystem; a second processing component configured to generate one or more images for display to a presenter by the first display subsystem, wherein the one or more images include the first slide; and a third processing component configured to generate an image of the first presentee screen for display to a presentee by the second display subsystem, wherein the presentee screen is displayed to the presentee and the presenter screen is not displayed to the presentee.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic media repository includes at least one of a production electronic media repository, an operations electronic media repository, and a maintenance electronic media repository.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth processing component configured to insert the link to the first media item in the electronic media repository in the first slide.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each slide of the plurality of slides includes at least a first screen.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein at least one slide of the plurality of slides includes a second screen.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a fifth processing component configured to create ad-hoc content from electronic media selected from a source other than the electronic media repository for at least one slide of the plurality of slides.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising a sixth processing component configured to add teaching points to at least one slide of the plurality of slides.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a seventh processing component configured to select less than all slides of the plurality of slides for presentation.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a first computer network interface configured to access the electronic media repository within an organization's computer network.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a second computer network interface configured to access the electronic media repository over a public computer network.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second user interface configured to define course parameters of the training course.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second user interface is configured to permit selecting a number of screens includable in each slide of the plurality of slides.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a third user interface configured to add instructor notes to at least one slide of the plurality of slides.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a fourth user interface configured to mark up at least one slide of the plurality of slides.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the fourth user interface is configured to mark up the at least one slide while the first presentee screen is being displayed to the presentee.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the fourth user interface is configured to mark up the at least one slide while the first processing component is creating the at least one slide.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one slide of the plurality of slides includes a second presentee screen.

18. The system of claim 17 , 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 the presentee without displaying the presenter screen to the presentee.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the second display subsystem includes first and second monitors driven by the second processing component.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the second display subsystem includes: first and second projection screens; and a projection subsystem configured to project images of the first presentee screen and the second presentee screen onto the first and second projection screens, respectively.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of slides includes an updated slide that describes an update to the particular configuration.

22. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular system includes at least one aspect of an aircraft, wherein the selection of the particular configuration is provided to the course packaging system by one of the presenter and the presentee providing a tail number of a particular aircraft of interest via the first user interface of the course packaging system.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing system to develop and deliver a training course on a particular system, the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions comprising: a first computer program code module to develop a training course, the first computer program code module including: first computer program code means to access an electronic media repository via a computer network, wherein the electronic media repository stores a plurality of media items; and second computer program code means to create one or more slides using media items from the electronic media repository, wherein a first slide of the one or more slides includes a link to a first media item related to a particular configuration of a particular system of the training course, wherein the first slide includes a presenter screen and a presentee screen; and a second computer program code module to deliver the training course, the second computer program code module including: third computer program code means to access the electronic media repository to generate an instance of the training course that is related to the particular configuration of the particular system that is applicable to a presentee, wherein the third computer program code means is configured to: use the link included in the first slide to retrieve a most current version of the first media item in response to the first slide being accessed during presentation of the training course while online with the electronic media repository, wherein, when the first media item has been updated in the electronic media repository between a time when the first slide was created and when the first media item is retrieved, the most current version of the first media item is automatically inserted into the first slide; and use the link included in the first slide to retrieve the most current version of the first media item from the electronic media repository and store the most current version of the first media item in offline storage when the training course is being prepared to be presented offline from the electronic media repository; fourth computer program code means to display to a presenter the presenter screen of the first slide; and fifth computer program code means to display to the presentee the presentee screen of the first slide, wherein the presentee screen is displayed to the presentee and the presenter screen is not displayed to the presentee.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , wherein the one or more slides are stored in a training electronic media repository.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , wherein the particular system concerns one of installation, operation, or maintenance of a particular vehicle or of a particular apparatus installed in the particular vehicle.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , wherein the second computer program code means is further configured to create an updated slide that describes an update to the particular configuration.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer system to develop and deliver a training course related to a particular system, the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions comprising: course development instructions executable by the computer system to: access an electronic media repository storing media items relating to the particular system; enable creation of a course template for the particular system, wherein the course template receives one or more slides that relate to a particular configuration of the particular system; and enable creation of the one or more slides relating to the particular configuration, wherein a first slide of the one or more slides includes a link to a first media item that is related to the particular configuration, and wherein the first slide includes a presenter screen and a presentee screen; and course delivery instructions executable by the computer system to: identify that the particular configuration is applicable to a presentee; access the electronic media repository to retrieve the course template and the one or more slides relating to the particular configuration of the particular system; and: use the link included in the first slide to retrieve a most current version of the first media item from the electronic media repository in response to the first slide being accessed during presentation of the training course while online with the electronic media repository, wherein, when the first media item has been updated in the electronic media repository between a time that the first slide was created and when the first media item is retrieved, the most current version of the first media item is automatically inserted into the first slide; and use the link included in the first slide to retrieve the most current version of the first media item from the electronic media repository and to store the most current version of the first media item in offline storage when the training course is being prepared to be presented offline from the electronic media repository; present the presenter screen of the first slide to a presenter; and present the presentee screen of the first slide to the presentee and the presenter screen is not presented to the presentee.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the course development instructions make the one or more slides available to the course delivery instructions when the one or more slides have been approved.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the course development instructions insert an additional link to additional electronic media in the one or more slides.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 29 , wherein the course delivery instructions use the additional link to access the additional electronic media referenced by the additional link when the training course is being prepared to be presented offline from the electronic media repository.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the particular system concerns one of installation, operation, or maintenance of a particular vehicle or of a particular apparatus installed in the particular vehicle.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein the course development instructions enable creation of an updated slide that describes an update to the particular configuration.

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