An educational apparatus has a controller linked with student devices, and a teacher device. Each student device is in the form of a desk with a board, a touch sensor array in the board, a display physically separate from the array, and permanent indicia. The apparatus recognises touch by a student on the board, and this is mapped to content of an overlay sheet of paper placed on the board. Moreover, multiple devices may be juxtaposed, and events may be recognised based on all of the group of devices together. An example is a paper sheet covering four devices together and having a map printed on it, in which the software recognised a particular location of touch on a particular device as being a specific region on the map.

An image associated with a poll may be acquired via a camera. One or more symbols indicating responses may be found by analyzing the image. The responses specified by the symbols may be determined and saved. The responses may also be displayed to the operator and/or to the respondents.

This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for securely conducting a digital examination. The present disclosure uploads the question papers, OMR bubble sheet and question paper's color information specific to an examination to a server wherein it is encrypted, zipped into a bundle wherein a unique key is generated. The encrypted bundle is downloaded, decrypted and unzipped on an electronic device using the user provided key wherein the invigilator adds the required details and encrypt again. The encrypted bundle is distributed to the candidate device through the paper distribution adhoc protocol. The candidate downloads, unzip and decrypts the encrypted bundle on the candidate device and provides the response to the question paper. The candidate's responses are evaluated, and result is declared locally if the candidate device is configured with a master key or uploaded to the server for further processing.

This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for securely conducting a digital examination. The present disclosure uploads the question papers, OMR bubble sheet and question paper's color information specific to an examination to a server wherein it is encrypted, zipped into a bundle wherein a unique key is generated. The encrypted bundle is downloaded, decrypted and unzipped on an electronic device using the user provided key wherein the invigilator adds the required details and encrypt again. The encrypted bundle is distributed to the candidate device through the paper distribution adhoc protocol. The candidate downloads, unzip and decrypts the encrypted bundle on the candidate device and provides the response to the question paper. The candidate's responses are evaluated, and result is declared locally if the candidate device is configured with a master key or uploaded to the server for further processing.

A system for developing a lesson plan includes a processor comprising a computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to cause the processor, upon execution of the instructions to display a practice test to a student. The processor receives inputs indicative of the student's answers to questions on the practice test. The processor automatically tabulates a mastery percentage indicative of correct answers to the questions.

A visual approach-based aptitude testing method executed by a computer includes receiving test data including positions and a number of icons which are selected and applied by an examinee to a check sheet and an examinee's ID, where the check sheet includes a plurality of areas formed by boundary elements and which include graphic figures having no inherent meaning. The computer counts up a total number of the icons in the test data, discriminates whether or not an arrangement of the icons in the data satisfies definitions in tables stored by the computer, and stores results obtained from the discrimination to be used for evaluation of the examinee's aptitude based on the total number of the icons and the arrangement of the icons.

A visual approach-based aptitude testing method executed by a computer includes receiving test data including positions and a number of icons which are selected and applied by an examinee to a check sheet and an examinee's ID, where the check sheet includes a plurality of areas formed by boundary elements depicted in a frameless test area and which include graphic figures having no inherent meaning. The computer counts up a total number of the icons in the test data, discriminates whether or not an arrangement of the icons in the data satisfies definitions in tables stored by the computer, and stores results obtained from the discrimination to be used for evaluation of the examinee's aptitude based on the total number of the icons and the arrangement of the icons.

A visual approach-based aptitude testing system includes a computer connected to an examinee's terminal through a communication network. The computer provides, to the examinee's terminal, a check sheet in which a plurality of areas are formed by boundary elements and which includes graphic figures each having no inherent meaning, and a plurality of icons applicable to the check sheet. The computer sequentially stores test data including icons applied by the examinee to the check sheet and an examinee's ID transmitted from the terminal, and sequentially reads out the test data and the examinee's ID to count a total number of the icons. The computer executes discrimination of whether the arrangement of the icons in the read-out test data falls under definitions in tables stored by the computer. Results of the discrimination are stored in the computer and used for evaluation of the examinee's aptitude.

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a machine-readable form configuration (and associated method). Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for interpreting at least one user mark (and associated methods). In one example, a plurality of user marks may be interpreted. In another example, the machine-readable form may be a lottery play slip, survey, test, or the like. In another example, the system may interpret user mark(s) made on a lottery play slip, survey, test or the like. In another example, the system may interpret user mark(s) made on a paper or the like having non-planar distortion(s).

A computing device comprising a display screen, the computing device being able to display on the screen a card-based system for organizing and presenting content including a plurality of cards in which each card has a front face and a rear face. The cards include user-provided content on at least the front face of each card, and the cards are configured to be flipped to selectively display the front face or the rear face. There is also provided at least one card deck, and each card deck comprises at least one of the cards. A computer-selected tag is associated with the content on the cards, and the computer-selected tag is chosen by a software program having artificial intelligence. In addition, the rear face of the cards can include user-provided content which is relevant to the user-provided content on the front face.