Video management system for interactive online instruction

Abstract

A system for interactive online instruction includes an instructional subscription website and video management system configured to process video recordings. The video recordings may include (i) student videos uploaded by a student and (ii) instructor videos providing feedback to said student videos. A method of interactive online instruction is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing prerecorded course materials on an instructional subscription website including video lessons accessible by subscribing students, and providing a video management system configured to process video recordings including (i) student videos submitted by a student and (ii) instructor videos providing feedback to said student videos.

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         10 . A system for interactive online instruction by an educational provider comprising:
 an instructional website provided by the educational provider, the instructional website including prerecorded video lessons accessible by a plurality of students;   one or more community webpages within the instructional website accessible by some or all of the plurality of the students; and   a video management system provided on a server to process video recordings including student videos submitted by one or more of the plurality of students and including response videos providing feedback to said submitted student videos, wherein the video management system:
 (a) receives, at the server, one or more submitted student videos; 
 (b) provides a reviewer's webpage to facilitate (i) review of one or more submitted student videos, (ii) uploading, to the server, one or more response videos; and 
 (c) automatically processes the one or more submitted student videos and the one or more response videos, wherein the video management system compresses video files of said submitted student videos and said response videos; 
   wherein the reviewer's webpage further facilitates selectively publishing a respective one of the submitted student videos together with a respective one of the response videos to create Master Class content on one of the community webpages accessible by the plurality of students.   
     
     
         11 . A system according to  claim 10 , wherein the video management system includes an assessment form generator that facilitates a reviewer to prepare an evaluation page on the instructor's private webpage. 
     
     
         12 . A system according to  claim 11 , wherein the evaluation page facilitates the reviewer to (i) select a respective one of the submitted student videos and (ii) upload a corresponding response video. 
     
     
         13 . A system according to  claim 11 , wherein a publish-student-video button is provided on the evaluation page. 
     
     
         14 . A system according to  claim 10 , wherein the prerecorded video lessons are organized by course material topics, and the video management system queues the submitted student videos for review by the course-material topics. 
     
     
         15 . A system according to  claim 10 , wherein the video management system receives the submitted student videos via the internet. 
     
     
         16 . A system according to  claim 10 , wherein the video management system generates a discussion topic to provide a venue for comments by one or more of the plurality of students. 
     
     
         17 . A system according to  claim 10 , wherein the video management system pairs the respective one of the submitted student videos and the respective one of the response videos so that the respective videos are displayed always together on one of the one or more community webpages. 
     
     
         18 . A system for interactive online instruction by an educational provider comprising: an instructional website provided by the educational provider, the instructional website including prerecorded video lessons accessible by a plurality of students;
 one or more community webpages within the instructional website accessible by some or all of the plurality of the students; and   a video management system provided on a server to process video recordings including student videos submitted by one or more of the plurality of students and including response videos providing feedback to said submitted student videos, wherein the video management system:
 (a) receives, at the server, one or more submitted student videos, and 
 (b) provides a reviewer's webpage to facilitate (i) review of one or more submitted student videos, (ii) uploading, to the server, one or more response videos, and (iii) selectively publishing a respective one of the submitted student videos together with a respective one of the response videos to create Master Class content on one of the community webpages accessible by the plurality of students. 
   
     
     
         19 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the video management system includes an assessment form generator that facilitates a reviewer to prepare an evaluation page on the instructor's private webpage. 
     
     
         20 . A system according to  claim 19 , wherein the evaluation page facilitates the reviewer to (i) select a respective one of the submitted student videos and (ii) upload a corresponding response video. 
     
     
         21 . A system according to  claim 19 , wherein a publish-student-video button is provided on the evaluation page. 
     
     
         22 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the prerecorded video lessons are organized by course material topics, and the video management system queues the submitted student videos for review by the course-material topics. 
     
     
         23 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the video management system receives the submitted student videos via the internet. 
     
     
         24 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the video management system generates a discussion topic to provide a venue for comments by one or more of the plurality of students. 
     
     
         25 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the video management system pairs the respective one of the submitted student videos and the respective one of the response videos so that the respective videos are displayed always together on one of the one or more community webpages. 
     
     
         26 . A system according to  claim 18 , wherein the video management system automatically processes the one or more submitted student videos and the one or more response videos, wherein the video management system compresses video files of said submitted student videos and said response videos;