CONTENT, CONCEPT AND TEACHING VIDEOS WITH ANSWER BANK

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of electronic textbooks, in general, more particularly to a system and method of learning to the maximum possibilities in the offline mode which includes learning through multiple videos and the multi layered content containing multiple links within an offline digital textbook.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Modem Information Technology has dramatically improved the way of education in the last decade. Recent developments in the education system through internet is advancing the digital revolution by making it possible to store and view the printed text book in a digital format on a personal computer or any other communication devices. As a result, the digitized educational books are developed to be used in online mode with internet facility.

At present, several companies are developing E-Books. A number of educational institutions use the learning management system to teach both the off campus and on campus students in online mode.

The digital/electronic textbook are increasingly getting prominence across the globe. It gives the flexibility to the students to learn subjects with the help of internet. There are multiple number of online educational platforms which improved the way of learning methodology for the students in their own way of ideas. But most of the existing applications like Moodle, Kotobee, Google Classroom, Microsoft One Note Class Notebook, Canvas, Blackboard, Byju Application, Pearson Academy, Pebbles and Learn Next are a step behind to give an easy and better way of learning for the students of all grade or standard. In the existing applications some of the applications have the very rich text content, some of the applications have the video learning for the particular concept or terminologies, or few applications have both the text content and video content but both are viewed in different places which is not as user friendly as accessing everything in an single platform for learning because accessing the book separately and relevant videos separately or learning only through the text content or learning only through videos without the relevant text content lead to confusion or difficulty in learning the subject. None of the learning management application have created an advanced digital textbook with hyperlinks for important words, terminologies or phrases having additional information in the form of text, images and videos to explicitly teach the students to learn more and to understand the subject.

Existing education applications are in the PDF format which has no additional or enhanced data, the concept and teaching videos related to the session of the subject book. There are numerous keywords, phrases or lines which require additional explanation and the phrases which need additional enhanced content with images or audio or video explanation for easy understanding. But it is not possible in the existing learning applications.

There are numerous guides or question bank available for all the subjects learnt in schools, colleges to prepare for various types of exams. These guides and question bank are available in online and are available in CD, pen drives, and other external drives etc to buy and learn but they are not provided along with the digital text book.

In the existing prior art techniques, generally learning through videos are given in online through other video servicing platforms like YouTube or their own private channels. Hence the users are in the situation to view the videos separately and learn the subject text separately. It might lead to a confused way for learning.

For the offline learning, the students are provided with the uploaded videos of the subject in separate external devices, or transferring the videos through the USB connectors to the device of the students which can be played by the user anytime in offline mode in their digital tablet, desktop or laptop computers. But user have no facility to access the textbook content with the enhanced content and teaching or concept video content, and the assessment question and answers of the session simultaneously in a single platform. The user can access only videos, text content and the assessment questions and answers separately.

There is no such application which has all the above said features in a single platform with all the subjects of the particular standard or grade or course or program to learn in offline mode which gives the experience of learning in an online advanced digital textbook. There is a need for an offline digital textbook, where the user can access all the subject related data (additional content, concept and teaching video and self-assessment questions and answers) in one location within the digital textbook itself. And the user also in need to access the digital textbook with enhanced content in offline mode.

The advanced digital textbook / lecture notes solve the difficulty for the students to avail the choice of learning the subjects with lots of reference materials in the form of texts, audio, video, images embedded within the textbook itself without the internet connection. This will support the students to enhance knowledge and learning capability in remote areas not having proper internet connectivity and also by poor students who might not be able to afford the internet connectivity. The user of the advanced digital textbook need not require the internet facility to get the required materials to learn deeply.

The advanced digital textbook / lecture notes itself have relevant content link in the offline mode with education videos / animated videos, audio, images, multiple hyperlink text to teach the student that particular section or session in the digital textbook / lecture notes.

Based on the foregoing, it is believed that a need exists for an advanced digital textbook in offline mode or in the absence of internet connectivity with the option to view the digital textbook with the hyperlinks for keywords and phrases and multiple teaching or concept videos. The teaching videos of about 30 to 40 minutes are split into several smaller videos of 2 to 15 minutes and embedded into the text content at the relevant part of the session for the students to avoid getting bored or distracted watching a long teaching video. And also need for the digital self-assessment in the offline mode which helps the student to access their knowledge, improve their learning and to know the correct answer for the various questions in the answer bank from the offline digital textbook. It helps in a way that, the students can understand the session easily and get more detailed knowledge regarding the particular topic in the specific session with the help of hyperlinks to enhanced content in the digital textbook, and teaching video by dividing the textbook into three or more parts as per the subject in the offline mode.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The following summary is provided to facilitate an understanding of some of the innovative features unique to the disclosed embodiment and is not intended to be a full description.

Users are in need of a better way to learn and improve their education skills in a single education platform with the help of educational videos, additional contents irrespective of the internet connectivity. One such way is to learn through advanced digital textbook with multilevel multiple hyperlinks and multiple teaching or concept videos embedded in the digital textbook itself, even in the absence of internet connectivity. Learning of subject through advanced offline digital textbook with multiple hyperlinks and multiple teaching or concept videos along with necessary assessment content are done with precise system and method without any disruption.

An object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the existing prior art techniques by providing a user-friendly mechanism of addressing the challenges faced by the users while using the advanced digital textbook.

An object of the present invention is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes with multiple subject/course books for multiple standards or grades or courses as per the educational need. The offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes can be used by students in all educational institutions like schools, colleges etc for better learning.

It is; therefore, one aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty/parents where each subject is divided into multiple units/chapters, and the units/chapters are further divided into multiple sessions as per the subject/course difficulty.

Another aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital /electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty/parents where the advanced digital textbook is embedded itself with additional content accessed by hyperlink for keywords, phrases or terminologies which are highlighted in bold letters or differentiated by colourfont in the text content.

One more aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital / electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty to view and access the multiple hyperlinks or multiple layers of text, and audio -visual reference materials as per the content difficulty level, in the absence of internet connection.

Another aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital /electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty where multiple concept videos (explain regarding the particular part of the session) are viewed in between the every smaller part of the particular session for easy learning and better understanding of the particular portion of the session, in the absence of internet connection.

One more aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty where teaching video (teaching video regarding the particular part of the session) is viewed in between every smaller part of the particular session for easy learning and better understanding of the particular portion of the session in the absence of internet connection.

Another aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty where multiple concept videos or teaching videos (explains and teaches regarding the particular part of the session) are the smaller videos of 2 to 15 minutes for easy learning and better understanding of the particular part of the session in the subject and not get bored or distracted watching a long teaching video of 30 to 40 minutes by the user.

One more aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes with the self-assessment facility for the students within the offline digital textbook and know how much he has understood the session or the unit or chapter he has read.

Another aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to transfer, the data from any kind of external devices or drives such as pen drive, CD and the like to the user’s device without internet connectivity.

Yet another aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the offline advanced digital/electronic textbooks/lecture notes for the students/faculty, the user device is configured with high end memory and processor to store the data.

Further aspect of the disclosed embodiments is to provide the user electronic devices including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital tablets, smart mobile phones devices and the like, the devices are configured with high speed processor and memory for viewing and storing all types of digital text and audio-visual content in offline mode.

The present invention, therefore, is a new and effortless way of learning by the users in the absence of internet connectivity, the user can view the multiple reference documents, links, videos, audio etc embedded in the offline digital textbook itself in appropriate places while the internet connectivity is not available. The entire content of the digital book can be transferred through any external devices or through the connecters (USB cable) to the user system with high end processor and speed without the internet connectivity.

The aforementioned aspects and other objectives and advantages can now be achieved as described herein. A system and method for displaying offline digital textbook which is linked with the additional contents, videos, assessment in the digital book itself in the absence of internet connectivity. The entire digital textbook can be transferred or copied to external drives or the system of the user. The user can view the offline textbook with all the existing data’s which helps for learning the subject in the offline mode, as like using the online mode of advanced digital textbook.

Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent in the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG.l illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing the digital textbook for all the subjects of the respective grade or standard in a school and course or program in a college or universities, in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention.

FIG.2 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes with multiple layers of hyperlinks from bold or coloured letters for enhanced content for the word showing Audio-Visual contents, Images, Text etc, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.3 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing the content of the hyperlink word which shows Images, Text, video etc, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.4 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes with the option to view the multiple concept videos by clicking the concept videos button in between the sessions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.5 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing the selected concept video in picture on picture format, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.6 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes with the option to view the teaching video by clicking the teaching video button, in between the sessions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.7 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing self-assessment option for the students in end of every session of the subject, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.8 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing self-assessment screen with questions and answers for the students in end of every session of the subject, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.9 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing self-assessment screen in end of every session of the subject with the answer given by the student for the selected question, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG.10 illustrates a graphical representation of the offline advanced digital textbook or lecture notes showing self-assessment screen with the answer by the student and the correct answer by the teacher in end of every session of the subject, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Persons skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and may have not been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figure may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The particular values and configurations discussed in these non-limiting examples can be varied and are cited merely to illustrate at least one embodiment and are not intended to limit the scope thereof.

The embodiments now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown. The embodiments disclosed herein can be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of different features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Referring to FIG.l, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (100). The display of the advanced digital textbook/folder (100) includes (110) the digital textbook of the subjects for the particular standard or grade in a school, or the lecture notes of a course or program in a college or university.

Referring to FIG.2, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (200). The display of the advanced digital textbook/folder (200) includes, (210) Subject Name, Unit/Chapter Number, Unit/Chapter Name and Session Number, (220) the hyperlink enabled word or sentence in bold letter or coloured letter to show the difference for the hyperlinked word, phrases, or line in the textbook or lecture notes.

Referring to FIG.3, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (300). The display of the advanced digital textbook/ folder (300) includes the text related to one of the multi-layers of hyperlinks (310), (320) the multi layers of hyperlink, (330) the image related to the hyperlink word, (340) the video related to the hyperlink word.

Referring to FIG.4, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (400). (410) shows the “concept video” button, on clicking the concept video button, multiple concept videos are viewed in the side panel (420).

Referring to FIG.5, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (500). (510) shows the selected concept video in picture on picture view, for few minutes as per the video timing.

Referring to FIG.6, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (600). (610) shows the “teaching video” button, on clicking the teaching video button, teaching video is viewed in the side panel (620).

Referring to FIG.7, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (700). (710) shows the teacher teaching the teaching video for few minutes as per the video timing, and the teaching video in picture on picture view.

Referring to FIG.8, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (800). (810) shows the self-assessment option for the students to check their knowledge regarding the particular session.

Referring to FIG.9, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (900). (900) shows the answer button, by clicking the answer button the student can answer for the selected question, (920) the “submit” button to post the answer.

Referring to FIG.10, an embodiment of the present invention illustrates a graphical representation of the Advanced Digital Text Book (1000). (1010) shows the student answer for the question, (1020) the correct answer by the teacher for the question.

According to an embodiment, a system and method of displaying an offline advanced multilayered digital document, digital textbook/ lecture notes for students, teachers or parents, said system and method comprising the steps of storing, the offline digital document having at least one subject with plurality of units or chapters and each unit or chapter is divided into plurality of sessions, viewing, the session of the subject with multiple different content layers associated with a different content difficulty level, viewing, the multiple videos relevant to the respective part of the session, wherein session of the subject is divided into multiple parts as per the content difficulty level, viewing, the self-assessments for every unit or chapter of the subject, receiving, a user input for displaying a specified content having a specified content difficulty level, receiving, a user input for displaying a specified video for the respective part of the session, receiving, a user input for displaying the self-assessment for the respective unit or chapter of the subject, displaying, the specified content on a display of a user device, the content having the specified content difficulty level, displaying, the specified video relevant to the respective part of the session, on a display of a user device; and displaying, the self-assessment for the respective unit or chapter of the subject, wherein the offline digital textbook is embedded with the plurality of concept and teaching videos in each session of the subject, wherein the multiple concept videos are viewed for every smaller portion of the sessions which explains the concept of the particular part of the session, wherein the teaching video are viewed for every smaller portion of the sessions which shows the teaching video of the particular part of the session, wherein the user device is configured with high end memory and processor to store the data, comprises the steps of, transferring, the data from any kind of external devices or drives such as pen drive, CD and the like, storing, the data in the user device of the user with high memory and processing speed, and displaying, the data on the display of the user device, wherein the user device is in offline mode, the method further comprises the steps of, fetching, from a local memory, the specified data to be displayed, as received as a user input from the user; storing, the fetched specified data from the local memory, in a local storage device; and displaying, the fetched specified data on the display of the user device and wherein the user devices are electronic devices including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital tablets, smart mobile phones devices and the like, and the device is configured with high speed and memory for viewing and storing all types of digital text and audio-visual content.

Another embodiment teaches a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors of a system for displaying a virtually advanced offline, multi-layered advanced digital text book/ digital document having a plurality of teachers, a plurality of students, a plurality of parents, the one or more programs including instructions for, storing, the offline digital document having at least one subject with plurality of units or chapters and each unit or chapter is divided into plurality of sessions; viewing, the session of the subject with multiple different content layers associated with a different content difficulty level; viewing, the multiple videos relevant to the respective part of the session, wherein session of the subject is divided into multiple parts as per the content difficulty level; viewing, the self-assessments for every unit or chapter of the subject; receiving, a user input for displaying a specified content having a specified content difficulty level; receiving, a user input for displaying a specified video for the respective part of the session; receiving, a user input for displaying the self-assessment for the respective unit or chapter of the subject; displaying, the specified content on a display of a user device, the content having the specified content difficulty level; displaying, the specified video relevant to the respective part of the session, on a display of a user device; and displaying, the self-assessment for the respective unit or chapter of the subject, wherein the offline digital textbook is embedded with the plurality of concept and teaching videos in each session of the subject, wherein the multiple concept videos are viewed for every smaller portion of the sessions which explains the concept of the particular part of the session, wherein the teaching video are viewed for every smaller portion of the sessions which shows the teaching video of the particular part of the session, wherein the offline digital textbook is embedded with the self-assessment part for every session of the unit or chapter of the subject, where the user (students) can answer for the questions, wherein the user device is configured with high end memory and processor to store the data, comprises the steps of transferring, the data from any kind of external devices or drives such as pen drive, CD and the like, storing the data in the user device of the user with high memory and processing speed, and displaying, the data on the display of the user device, wherein the user device is in offline mode, the method further comprises the steps of, fetching, from a local memory, the specified data to be displayed, as received as a user input from the user; storing, the fetched specified data from the local memory, in a local storage device; and displaying, the fetched specified data on the display of the user device and wherein the user devices are electronic devices including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital tablets, smart mobile phones devices and the like, and the device is configured with high speed and memory for viewing and storing all types of digital text and audio-visual content.

It will be appreciated that variations of the above-disclosed and other features and functions, or alternatives thereof, may be desirably combined into many other different systems or applications. Also, unforeseen or unanticipated alternatives, modifications, variations or improvements therein may be subsequently made by those skilled in the art which are also 5 intended to be encompassed by the following claims.