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1. An online interactive collaboration system, said system comprising:
an online system that allows generation of a live online synchronous collaboration board where users can view and interact with preloaded and inserted multimedia objects that are part of a learning activity, in real time, with or without moderation of an instructor, via a computer network; a client system capable of executing the live collaboration board; a host system, comprising:
a server capable of providing a shared environment to launch and host the client system;a server capable of providing an ability to connect to the shared environment; anda server capable of providing an instructor's interface in order to perform customization tasks means for the_instructor and one or more users to simultaneously share a portion of a predetermined view of the collaboration board; and means for said instructor and said one or more users to simultaneously share a portion of a predetermined view of the collaboration board only_at the discretion of the instructor, who can activate or deactivate a “team mode”; wherein, the interaction includes at least one of: moving multimedia objects by dragging and dropping them from one region of a screen to other regions of the screen, inserting text by using an annotation toolbox, dragging and dropping inserted text, inserting text in preloaded text holders, annotating the screen by using a free hand mode drawing tool, erasing items by using an eraser tool, and pointing to objects by using a pointer tool; wherein, under team mode, the instructor and the one or more users can move the multimedia objects, insert text, and use annotation tools; and wherein, the online system has a “demonstration mode” where only the instructor can move the multimedia objects, insert text, and use annotation tools. |