The Mcgraw-hill Companies, Inc.

Edunav, Inc.

Tsakhi Segal

Ori Wallenstein

Max Romanov

Daniel Shimoff

Justin Falk

Harel Gruia

Andrey Stepantsov

The method comprises: retrieving, from a database, a plurality of optimal study paths selected by a plurality of students, wherein each of the plurality of optimal study paths is a combination of courses and their order during a plurality of study terms; determining an estimated attendance for each of a plurality of courses designated in the plurality of optimal study paths; assigning class hours to each of the plurality of courses based on the estimated attendance; optimizing the assignment of class hours of the plurality of courses, wherein the optimization maximizes a number students registered to their respective study paths; and generating an optimal course catalog based on the optimized assignment of class hours.

System and method for optimizing a course catalog

Automatic annotation of recorded lectures includes the annotation of recorded presentations as presented on a computer screen during a presentation. Such annotation is accomplished with metadata that indicates the original slide and the time in the presentation that the slide was presented. Registration of the presentation tags the presentation with this metadata, which uniquely identifies the presentation and each slide. The metadata enables future searching of the recorded presentation for the annotation, such that segments of recorded presentations in which the slide was presented can be recalled. The searching function can also be used in an integrated system with other applications to enable recall of segments of relevant recorded presentations.

Method and apparatus for automatic annotation of recorded presentations

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Tsakhi Segal