The invention consists of a computer program useful for training people
over the internet, or other computer networks. This program resides on a
server computer and upon the selection of a link to the file which
contains it, will download to the client computer. This program will
create a text document which will record the travel of the mouse cursor
over the face of the document in a way which mimics the reading of a
printed page by pointing one's finger at the words being read. The
program will record the percentage of the page covered by the mouse
cursor, and therefore closely focused upon by the trainee. It will send
that data back to the web server for posting to a database under the
log-in identifier of the trainee. The program contains algorithms which
prevent the recording of the mouse cursor movement if the movements are
random motions, right to left, too fast, or otherwise in a pattern
indicating the material is not being read. The invention can also be used
to record the thorough review of material contained in an image, such as
a graph or illustration.