Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for acquiring content components from content authors, uploading them onto a server and organizing them to enable future access. The content components are optimized for representing solutions to published text-book problems. A special purpose markup language is used, HM/SL, capable of making up problems, solutions, hints, steps, queries, formulas and figures, describes content components. The process for acquiring content components onto the server consists of the steps of preparing a solution for processing, creating an uploadable ZIP, performing the upload, browsing the solutions via drill-down interface, retrieving various reports, checking the status of these reports, and managing a shared solution message area.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for storing and providing access to content components representing solutions to published text-book problems. Tutorials are composed of solution, which in turn are composed of problem descriptions, solutions, hints, steps, queries, Socratic queries, formulas and figures, and guesses. These solutions can be stored in a relational database, or in files using the HM(SL format.