System and Method for Automatically Attaching a Tag and Highlight in a Single Action

摘要

A system and methods are disclosed for enabling users to attach a tag and highlight in a single action or activity to a select piece or portion of text in digital content (e.g., in a digital book or other content provided for viewing on an electronic device). In some implementations, the teacher may associate a tag with a particular text in the assignment, push the assignment embedding the tag to one or more students, and the tag becomes automatically visible to the one or more students through their highlight menu when they open up the assignment for completion. In some implementations, with this single activity, users may easily share tasks, comments etc., with ease. One or more other activities are also used among teachers and students to create and execute assignments with efficiency.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by at least one of one or more computing devices, electronic content for viewing by a first user; providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a user interface to the first user configured to permit the first user to execute a single activity with respect to at least a portion of the electronic content, the single activity including highlighting and tagging of the portion of the electronic content; and providing for display, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the electronic content with at least the portion of the text that is highlighted and tagged in the single activity to at least a second user, wherein the display is on a second user's electronic device and is automatically displayed through a highlighting menu.