Patent ID: 7092669

Claim:
A system, comprising: a lecture terminal and a plurality of listener terminals, the lecture terminal comprising: a first input unit, the first input unit comprising a touch panel for inputting information written by a lecturer on the touch panel by detecting positions at which the lecturer touches the touch panel, obtaining coordinates of the detected positions and outputting coordinate information corresponding to the detected positions, a written-information sender configured to identify the lecture-written information and send the identified lecture-written information to the listener terminals, and at least one of the listener terminals comprising: a first reader configured to read, from a listener recording medium, book information representing information from a book, a first display configured to display, on a listener page, the book information and the lecture-written information from the written-information sender, a first writer configured to record, on the listener recording medium, the lecture-written information displayed by the first display; an attendance-management terminal configured to manage listener attendance, at least one of the listener terminals comprising: an attendance-information sender configured to send attendance information representing listener attendance at a lecture to the attendance-management terminal in response to a listener touching a touch panel located on the listener page, the attendance-management terminal being configured to use the attendance information to obtain a percentage of lectures attended by a listener, a credit-management terminal configured to determine whether a listener has passed a course, the credit-management terminal comprising: a database configured to store a listener's exam result, an acquirer configured to acquire from the attendance-management terminal the percentage of the listener's attendance, a credit determiner configured to determine, based on the listener's exam result and the percentage of the listener's attendance, whether the listener has passed a course, a marking terminal configured to mark a listener's answer to a multiple-choice exam question, at least one of the listener terminals comprising: an answer acquirer configured to acquire an answer written by a listener on a listener page, and an answer sender configured to send the acquired answer to the marking terminal, the marking terminal comprising: a memory configured to store correct answers, and a marker configured to mark the acquired answer using the correct answers stored in the memory, and a result sender configured to send a marked result of the marker to the credit-management terminal as the exam result of the listener.