SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK FOR PROGRESS TRACKING IN A CLASSROOM SETTING

This application relates to a client-server architecture that enables progress tracking related to assignments generated by an instructor. A hand-out can include attachments that specify placeholdersfor hand-ins and/or activities to be performed by the student as part of the assignment. Some activities can be performed using third-party applications that implement at least a portion of a softwareframework that causes the applications to generate progress tracking information provided to a daemon executing in the background of a client device. The daemon and/or a client application interfacewith one or more network services to enable an instructor to utilize the progress tracking information. The network services can include a hand-out service utilized to generate hand-outs assigned to agroup of students. The network services can also include a progress pipeline including a number of services configured to process progress tracking information received from a plurality of client devices. 本专利申请涉及一种客户端-服务器架构，所述客