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Course Complexity Analyzer for Learning Management Systems ID: 2024-003

An innovative dashboard to measure and manage the complexity of Learning Management Systems to enhance educational outcomes.

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Technology Overview:

This technology introduces a method for quantifying the complexity of Learning Management Systems and other online interfaces. It utilizes a dashboard that employs various complexity metrics to provide actionable feedback, aiming to reduce mental overload, assignment anxiety, and enhance ownership of learning among students.


Key Advantages

  • Provides a quantifiable measure of LMS complexity.
  • Reduces mental overload and assignment anxiety among students.
  • Improves the ownership of learning.
  • Enables institutions to gauge instructor efficacy and course success.
  • Facilitates the maintenance of course simplicity.

Problems Solved

  • Increasing complexity in Learning Management Systems.
  • Lack of normal-user-facing tools for complexity assessment.
  • Course material clutter and disengagement due to unmanaged complexity

Market Applications

  • Integration with existing Learning Management Systems.
  • Tool for educational institutions to manage and assess course content.
  • Resource for instructors to curate and streamline online courses

Stage of Development

The Course Complexity Analyzer for Learning Management Systems is in the prototyping stage. The invention has been documented with a provisional patent, and methods for quantifying course complexity have been described, but it has not yet been fully developed or commercialized.


Additional Information

Technology ID: 2024-003
Sell Sheet: Download the Sell Sheet here
Marketing Analysis: Link to Market Analysis here
Date Published: March 18, 2025

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