JP2024101135A - Computer-implemented method, program and computer - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technology capable of easily checking the work statuses of multiple work sheets.SOLUTION: A method includes: a step S14 of receiving either one of a first mode or a second mode as a mode for displaying, on a terminal 30, work statuses for multiple work sheets on respective multiple terminals 20; steps S18 to S21 and S23 of displaying, on the terminal 30, a screen including a list of images of designated work sheets among the multiple work sheets on the multiple terminals 20 in response to the received first mode; and steps S22 and S23 of displaying, on the terminal 30, screens representing the selected work sheets on each of the multiple terminals 20 in response to the received second mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

The present disclosure relates to a computer-executed method, a program, and a computer.

Distance learning using communication technology is becoming more common. As a technology to support such distance learning, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-127033 (Patent Document 1) discloses a system that displays a list of the contents displayed on the screens of multiple communication terminals connected to a network on the screen of a specific terminal.

JP 2014-127033 A

In distance learning, multiple worksheets may be distributed to a student's terminal. In this case, the teacher may need to check not only the worksheet displayed on the student's terminal, but also the status of work on other worksheets on the student's terminal. However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the teacher cannot check the status of work on the other worksheets.

The purpose of this disclosure is to provide technology that makes it easy to check the work status of multiple worksheets.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method executed by a computer includes the steps of: accepting one of a first mode and a second mode as a mode for displaying on a second terminal the status of work on a plurality of worksheets in each of a plurality of first terminals; displaying on the second terminal a first screen including a list of images of a specified worksheet among the plurality of worksheets in each of the plurality of first terminals in response to accepting the first mode; and displaying on the second terminal a second screen showing a worksheet selected from the plurality of worksheets in each of the plurality of first terminals in response to accepting the second mode.

Preferably, the first screen displays the designated worksheet corresponding to a first terminal that has selected a worksheet different from the designated worksheet among the plurality of first terminals in the list in a display format different from that of the designated worksheet corresponding to the remaining first terminals.

Preferably, the second screen includes a list of images of selected worksheets on a plurality of first terminals.

Preferably, the second screen displays each of the multiple worksheets in association with information about the first terminal that has selected the worksheet among the multiple first terminals.

Preferably, the second screen includes a list of multiple worksheets, and displays information corresponding to each worksheet in the list of multiple worksheets, overlaid on the worksheet.

Preferably, the information includes at least one of the number of first terminals displaying the corresponding worksheet and identification information identifying the user of the first terminal displaying the corresponding worksheet.

A program according to an aspect of the present disclosure causes a computer to execute the above method. Furthermore, a computer according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a storage device that stores the above program, and a processor that executes the program.

This disclosure makes it easy to check the work status of multiple worksheets.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system 100 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a computer 200 functioning as a server 10, a terminal 20, or a terminal 30. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by a teacher when creating or distributing a worksheet. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display 6 of a terminal 20 used by a student. 10 is a flowchart showing a process flow when a worksheet is distributed to a terminal 20. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an initial screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher after a worksheet distribution instruction is given. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display 6 of a terminal 30 used by a teacher in a first mode. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the first mode. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of a screen display process in a sharing mode in the system 100 according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of a screen display process in a shared mode in a system according to a first modified example. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing yet another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode.

Below, embodiments and modifications according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, identical parts and components are given the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed descriptions thereof will not be repeated. Note that the embodiments and modifications described below may be combined selectively as appropriate.

<Online learning system>
An online learning system (hereinafter, simply referred to as "system 100") that supports online learning (also called distance learning or remote learning) will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of system 100 according to an embodiment. System 100 includes a server 10, a plurality of terminals 20, and a terminal 30.

The server 10, the multiple terminals 20, and the terminal 30 are connected to a network such as the Internet or another WAN (Wide Area Network). The terminals 20 and 30 can communicate with each other via the server 10.

The terminal 20 is used by students or other learners at a school or seminar. The terminal 20 may be either a personal property owned by the learner or a device loaned by the organization running the school or seminar. The terminal 20 may be a desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet, or smartphone.

The terminal 30 is used by a teacher at a school, a seminar lecturer, or other lecturer. The terminal 30 may be a desktop, laptop, notebook, or tablet.

In the following description, it is assumed that system 100 is applied to a school, terminal 20 is used by students, and terminal 30 is used by teachers.

The server 10 is managed by a business that provides distance learning services or a school that conducts distance learning. For example, the server 10 has a worksheet management function and a video conference management function. The server 10 is, for example, a cloud server.

The server 10 stores data on multiple worksheets used in distance learning, and distributes the multiple worksheets to multiple terminals 20 in response to instructions from the terminal 30. The worksheet data is created in advance by a teaching material provider. Alternatively, the worksheet data may be created by a teacher using the terminal 30.

The system 100 has a sharing mode in which the work status of multiple worksheets on multiple terminals 20 is displayed on terminal 30 so that the teacher can check the work status of each student on the worksheet during a remote lesson. The details of the sharing mode will be described later.

<Hardware Configuration>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a computer 200 functioning as the server 10, the terminal 20, or the terminal 30. As shown in FIG.

The computer 200 includes, as its main components, a processor 1, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 2, a storage device 3, a communication interface 4, an input device 5, and a display 6. Each component is interconnected by a data bus.

The processor 1 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), and executes a program 7 stored in the storage device 3.

RAM 2 volatilely stores data generated by the execution of program 7 by processor 1, data input via input device 5, data received from the outside via communication interface 4, etc.

The storage device 3 stores data in a non-volatile manner. The storage device 3 is realized by a hard disk device, an SSD (Solid State Drive) device, etc.

The input device 5 includes, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, etc. The display 6 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display.

The processing in the computer 200 is realized by the cooperation of each piece of hardware and the program 7 executed by the processor 1. The program 7 is pre-stored in the storage device 3. Alternatively, the program 7 may be stored on a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) or other recording medium and distributed. Alternatively, the program 7 may be provided as a downloadable application program by an information provider connected to the Internet. Such a program 7 is read from the recording medium by an optical disk drive (not shown) or other reading device, or downloaded via the communication interface 4, and then temporarily stored in the storage device 3.

The components constituting computer 200 shown in FIG. 2 are general. Therefore, one of the essential parts of the technical idea of the present disclosure can be said to be the program 7 stored in RAM 2, storage device 3, CD-ROM or other recording medium, or the program 7 that can be downloaded via a network. The recording medium may include a non-transitory (non-volatile) computer-readable data recording medium. Note that the operation of each piece of hardware in computer 200 is well known, so a detailed description will not be repeated.

Note that recording media are not limited to CD-ROMs, FDs (Flexible Disks), and hard disks, but may also include media that carry programs in a fixed manner, such as magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, optical disks (MOs (Magnetic Optical Discs)/MDs (Mini Discs)/DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs)), IC (Integrated Circuit) cards (including memory cards), optical cards, mask ROMs, EPROMs (Electronically Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROMs (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash ROMs, and other semiconductor memories.

Program 7 includes not only programs that can be executed directly by processor 1, but also programs in source program format, compressed programs, encrypted programs, etc.

The program 7 stored in the storage device 3 of the terminals 20 and 30 may include a web browser. Furthermore, the program 7 stored in the storage device 3 of the server 10 may include a web server program. In this case, the web browser of the terminals 20 and 30 sends a request to the server 10 in response to an input to the input device 5, and displays on the display 6 a web page returned by the web server program of the server 10.

<Screen of the device used by the teacher (when creating and distributing worksheets)>
3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher when creating or distributing a worksheet. The screen 50 shown in FIG. 3 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 30 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, screen 50 includes areas 51 and 52 and buttons 53 and 54. Area 51 displays a list of worksheets 40 stored in server 10. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a list of thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e is displayed. However, area 51 may display a list of sheet numbers or sheet names that identify each of worksheets 40a to 40e, rather than thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e.

Area 52 is used to create or edit a worksheet. The teacher creates or edits a worksheet 40 by inputting text, images, etc. into area 52 using icons included in icon group 55 and input device 5.

Button 53 is used to instruct the server 10 to save the worksheet 40. In response to clicking button 53, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 instructs the server 10 to save the worksheet 40 displayed in area 52. Specifically, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 transmits the data of the worksheet 40 displayed in area 52 to the server 10. The server 10 saves the data of the worksheet 40 received from the terminal 30.

The button 54 is used to distribute the worksheet 40 to the terminal 20 used by the student. In response to clicking the button 54, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 accepts the designation of the worksheet 40 to be distributed, and transmits an instruction to distribute the designated worksheet 40 to the server 10. The number of worksheets 40 to be distributed may be one or more. The following describes the case where multiple worksheets 40 are distributed.

<Screen of device used by student>
4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 20 used by a student. The screen 60 shown in FIG. 4 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 20 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

The screen 60 includes areas 61 and 62. Area 61 displays a list of multiple worksheets 40 distributed from the server 10. In the example shown in FIG. 4, a list of thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e is displayed. However, area 61 may display a list of sheet numbers or sheet names that identify each of the worksheets 40a to 40e, rather than thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e.

The area 62 is used to perform work on the worksheet 40. The worksheet 40 selected from the list in the area 61 (worksheet 40c in the example shown in FIG. 4) is displayed in the area 62. The processor 1 of the terminal 20 accepts work on the worksheet 40 displayed in the area 62. As shown in FIG. 4, the worksheet 40 has one or more answer columns 41 in which answers to the assignments are written. If the input device 5 includes a touch panel, the student can write the answer in the answer column 41 of the worksheet 40 using a finger or a touch pen. Alternatively, the student may input the answer in the answer column 41 of the worksheet 40 by typing using a keyboard. The processor 1 of the terminal 20 updates the worksheet 40 displayed in the area 62 in response to the work on the worksheet 40. That is, the updated worksheet 40 includes the answer written in the answer column 41.

<Worksheet distribution process>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when a worksheet is distributed to the terminal 20.

In step S1, the processor 1 of the terminal 20, 30 detects a login operation and sends a login request to the server 10. The login request includes a user ID (student ID or teacher ID) and a password.

In step S2, processor 1 of server 10 executes authentication processing. Specifically, if the user ID and password are authentic, processor 1 of server 10 determines that authentication is successful. If the user ID and password are not authentic, processor 1 of server 10 requests terminals 20 and 30 to transmit the user ID and password again, and repeats the authentication processing. If authentication is successful, processing proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the processor 1 of the server 10 establishes a remote learning session between the terminals 20 and 30. The session is established when the teacher operates the terminal 30 to instruct the start of a remote classroom and the instruction is received by the server 10, or when the time to start the lesson specified in the predetermined timetable arrives. The processor 1 of the server 10 reserves an area for the remote learning session in the RAM 2 of the server 10, and associates the ID of the lesson that the teacher is about to start with the teacher ID and the student ID of each student.

In step S4, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 accepts the designation of multiple worksheets 40 to be distributed in response to an input to the input device 5 (specifically, the operation of the button 54 shown in FIG. 3), and transmits a distribution instruction for the designated multiple worksheets 40 to the server 10.

In step S5, the processor 1 of the server 10 that received the distribution instruction distributes the specified multiple worksheets 40 to multiple terminals 20.

In step S6, the processor 1 of each of the multiple terminals 20 causes the display 6 to display a screen 60 (see FIG. 4) in which a list of the multiple distributed worksheets 40 is displayed in an area 61.

After step S6, the teacher proceeds with the distance learning using the multiple worksheets 40. For example, the teacher instructs the students to work on a specified worksheet 40 from among the multiple worksheets 40. The student operates the terminal 20 to select the specified worksheet 40 from the list displayed in area 61 (see FIG. 4), thereby causing the selected worksheet 40 to be displayed in area 62. The student then writes an answer in the answer column 41 of the worksheet 40 displayed in area 62.

<Screen of the teacher's device (in shared mode)>
As described above, the system 100 has a sharing mode in which the status of work on the multiple worksheets 40 in each of the multiple terminals 20 is displayed on the terminal 30 so that the teacher can check the status of work on the worksheets 40 of each student during a remote lesson. The sharing mode includes a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode in which a screen including a list of images of a specified worksheet 40 among the multiple worksheets 40 in the multiple terminals 20 is displayed on the terminal 30. The second mode is a mode in which a screen showing a worksheet 40 selected in the multiple terminals 20 among the multiple worksheets 40 is displayed on the terminal 30.

With reference to Figures 6 to 9, examples of screens displayed on the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the shared mode will be described. Figure 6 shows an example of an initial screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher after an instruction to distribute a worksheet has been given. The screen 70 shown in Figure 6 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 30 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

The screen 70 shown in FIG. 6 includes areas 71 and 72, and buttons 73 and 74. Area 71 displays a list of multiple worksheets 40 that have been distributed to the student's terminal 20. In the example shown in FIG. 6, area 71 displays a list of thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e. However, area 71 may display a list of sheet numbers or sheet names that identify each of the worksheets 40a to 40e, rather than thumbnail images of worksheets 40a to 40e.

Buttons 73 and 74 are used to switch to the sharing mode. Button 73 is used to transition to the first mode screen. Button 74 is used to transition to the second mode screen.

Area 72 is used to display the work status for multiple worksheets 40 on each of multiple terminals 20 after switching to the sharing mode.

Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the first mode. That is, the screen 70a shown in Figure 7 is displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 in response to clicking of the button 73. The screen 70a shown in Figure 7 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 30 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode. That is, the screen 70b shown in Figure 8 is displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 in response to clicking of the button 74. The screen 70b shown in Figure 8 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 30 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

When the first mode is selected, as shown in FIG. 7, a list of images of a specified worksheet 40 among multiple worksheets 40 on multiple terminals 20 is displayed in area 72. FIG. 7 shows screen 70a when worksheet 40c is specified. Therefore, for example, a teacher can grasp the status of each student's work on worksheet 40c by checking screen 70a shown in FIG. 7 after instructing each student to work on worksheet 40c.

In addition, in the first mode, the worksheet 40 displayed in area 72 is selected, for example, from the list displayed in area 71.

On the other hand, when the second mode is selected, as shown in FIG. 8, a list of worksheets 40 selected from among the multiple worksheets 40 in the multiple terminals 20 is displayed in the area 72. Therefore, by checking the screen 70b shown in FIG. 8, the teacher can recognize that the worksheet 40b is selected in the terminals 20 used by "Student 2" and "Student 6", that the worksheet 40d is selected in the terminal 20 used by "Student 15", and that the worksheet 40c is selected in the terminals used by the remaining students. As a result, for example, the teacher can identify students who have selected worksheets 40 other than the instructed worksheet 40c by checking the screen 70b shown in FIG. 8 after instructing each student to work on the worksheet 40c. As a result, the teacher can proceed with the lesson while urging the identified students to select the instructed worksheet 40c or checking the reason why they have selected another worksheet 40.

When button 74 is clicked on screen 70a shown in FIG. 7, the screen on display 6 of terminal 30 transitions to screen 70b shown in FIG. 8. Conversely, when button 73 is clicked on screen 70b shown in FIG. 8, the screen on display 6 of terminal 30 transitions to screen 70a shown in FIG. 7. Therefore, by operating buttons 73 and 74, the teacher can switch from the first mode screen to the second mode screen, or from the second mode screen to the first mode screen, at any time.

Figure 9 is a diagram showing another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the first mode. The screen 70c shown in Figure 9 may be generated by the processor 1 of the terminal 30 executing the program 7, or may be a web page provided by the server 10.

Screen 70c shown in FIG. 9 differs from screen 70a shown in FIG. 7 in that worksheets 40c corresponding to terminals 20 that have selected a worksheet 40 other than the specified worksheet 40c in area 72 are displayed in a different display format from the worksheets 40c corresponding to the remaining terminals 20. Specifically, in area 72, the borders of worksheets 40c of terminals 20 (terminals 20 used by "Student 2", "Student 6" and "Student 15") that have selected worksheets 40b and 40d other than the specified worksheet 40c are thicker than the borders of the remaining worksheets 40c.

For example, by instructing each student to work on worksheet 40c and then checking screen 70a shown in FIG. 9, the teacher can grasp the status of work on worksheet 40c on the terminal 20 used by each student and identify students who have selected a worksheet 40 other than the instructed worksheet 40c.

When the first mode is selected, whether to display screen 70a shown in FIG. 7 or screen 70c shown in FIG. 9 is determined according to an emphasis flag stored in RAM 2 or storage device 3 of server 10. Specifically, when the emphasis flag is OFF, screen 70a shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and when the emphasis flag is ON, screen 70c shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. The emphasis flag is set in advance for each teacher. The teacher sets the emphasis flag stored in server 10 by operating terminal 30. For example, when button 73 is clicked, processor 1 of terminal 30 may display a window on display 6 inquiring whether the emphasis flag should be set to "ON" or "OFF," and set the emphasis flag stored in server 10 according to the input to the window.

<Screen display process in shared mode>
Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of a screen display process in the shared mode in the system 100 according to the embodiment. The flow shown in Fig. 10 is executed every time either of the buttons 73 and 74 is clicked on the screens shown in Figs.

In step S11, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 determines whether button 73 or 74 has been clicked. If it is determined that button 73 has been clicked, the process proceeds to step S12. If it is determined that button 74 has been clicked, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S12, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 identifies the designated worksheet 40 (hereinafter referred to as the "designated worksheet"). For example, the processor 1 identifies the worksheet 40 selected from the list displayed in area 71 of the screens of Figures 6 to 9 as the designated worksheet. After step S12, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 sends a request for a shared mode screen (hereinafter referred to as a "screen request") to the server 10. The type of button that was clicked (either button 73 or 74) and the teacher ID of the teacher using the terminal 30 are added to the screen request. Furthermore, if button 73 is clicked, a sheet number that identifies the specified worksheet (hereinafter referred to as a "specified sheet number") is added to the screen request. After step S13, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the processor 1 of the server 10 accepts one of the first mode and the second mode as the sharing mode in accordance with the screen request. Specifically, if the type of button added to the screen request indicates button 73, the processor 1 accepts the first mode. If the type of button added to the screen request indicates button 74, the processor 1 accepts the second mode. After step S14, the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the processor 1 of the server 10 requests the terminals 20 used by each student to transmit the worksheets 40 to be acquired (hereinafter referred to as "target sheets"). Specifically, if the processor 1 receives a designation of the first mode in step S14, it determines the worksheet 40 with the designated sheet number added to the screen request (i.e., the designated worksheet) as the target sheet. If the processor 1 receives a designation of the second mode in step S14, it determines the worksheet 40 selected on each terminal 20 (hereinafter referred to as the "selected worksheet") as the target sheet. After step S15, the process proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, the processor 1 of each terminal 20 that has received the request to send the target sheet sends to the server 10 an image of the target sheet, a sheet number that identifies the currently selected worksheet 40 (hereinafter referred to as the "selected sheet number"), and the student ID of the student using that terminal 20. After step S16, the process proceeds to step S17.

In step S17, the processor 1 of the server 10 determines whether the mode accepted in step S14 is the first mode or the second mode. If the first mode is accepted, the process proceeds to step S18. If the second mode is accepted, the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S18, the processor 1 of the server 10 creates a screen 70a (see FIG. 7) in which images of the target sheets (i.e., the designated worksheets) received from each terminal 20 are arranged in an area 72. Furthermore, the processor 1 places the student IDs received from each terminal 20 within or near the images of the designated worksheets corresponding to the terminals 20. Note that the processor 1 may place the student names linked to the student IDs instead of the student IDs. After step S18, the process proceeds to step S19.

In step S19, the processor 1 of the server 10 determines whether the emphasis flag corresponding to the teacher ID added to the screen request is on. If the emphasis flag is on (YES in step S19), the processor 1 of the server 10 performs steps S20 and S21 for each terminal 20. If the emphasis flag is off (NO in step S19), the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S20, the processor 1 of the server 10 judges whether the selected sheet number and the designated sheet number match. If the selected sheet number and the designated sheet number do not match (NO in step S20), in step S21, the processor 1 of the server 10 highlights the image of the designated worksheet of the corresponding terminal 20 in the area 72. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the frame line of the designated worksheet is made thicker. If the selected sheet number and the designated sheet number match (YES in step S20), the process of step S21 is omitted. When the process of step S20 (and step S21 for terminals 20 judged as NO in step S20) is completed for all terminals 20, the screen 70c shown in FIG. 9 is created. When the process of step S20 (and step S21 for terminals 20 judged as NO in step S20) is completed for all terminals 20, the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S22, the processor 1 of the server 10 creates a screen 70b (see FIG. 8) in which images of the target sheets (i.e., selected worksheets) received from each terminal 20 are arranged in an area 72. Furthermore, the processor 1 places the student ID received from each terminal 20 within or near the image of the selected worksheet corresponding to that terminal 20. Note that the processor 1 may place the student name linked to the student ID instead of the student ID. After step S21, the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, the processor 1 of the server 10 transmits data of the screen in the shared mode to the terminal 30. After step S23, the process proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, the processor 1 of the terminal 30 displays a screen in the sharing mode on the display 6 based on the data received from the server 10. After step S24, the process ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the processor 1 of the server 10 executes step S14 of accepting one of the first mode and the second mode as a sharing mode for displaying the work status of the multiple worksheets 40 in each of the multiple terminals 20 on the terminal 30. Then, in response to accepting the first mode, the processor 1 executes steps S18 to S21, S23 of displaying the screens 70a, 70c including a list of images of the designated worksheets in the multiple terminals 20 on the terminal 30. Furthermore, in response to accepting the second mode, the processor 1 executes steps S22, S23 of displaying the screens 70b including a list of images of the selected worksheets in each of the multiple terminals 20 on the terminal 30. This allows the teacher to easily check the work status of the designated worksheets of each student by clicking the button 73 to select the first mode. Also, the teacher can grasp the work status of the worksheets 40 selected by each student by clicking the button 74 to select the second mode. As a result, the teacher can easily check the work status of the multiple worksheets 40 in each terminal 20.

<Modification 1>
In the above description, the screen 70b when the second mode is selected includes a list of images of worksheets 40 selected from the multiple worksheets 40 in the multiple terminals 20. In this case, the image of the worksheet 40 selected in each terminal 20 is communicated between the terminal 20 and the server 10. Therefore, the amount of communication between the multiple terminals 20 and the server 10 increases.

In order to reduce the amount of communication between the multiple terminals 20 and the server 10, the screen displayed on the terminal 30 when the second mode is selected may display each of the multiple worksheets 40 in association with information about the terminal 20 among the multiple terminals 20 that has selected the worksheet. The information includes, for example, at least one of the number of terminals 20 that are displaying the corresponding worksheet 40 and identification information (for example, student ID or student name) that identifies the student using the terminal 20 that is displaying the corresponding worksheet 40. As a result, when the second mode is selected, the processor 1 of each terminal 20 does not need to transmit an image of the selected worksheet 40 to the server 10 in step S15 shown in FIG. 10, and only the selected worksheet number and student ID need to be transmitted to the server 10. As a result, the amount of communication between the multiple terminals 20 and the server 10 is reduced.

Figure 11 shows another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode.

11, the screen 70d includes a list 75 of multiple worksheets 40 distributed to each terminal 20. In the example shown in FIG. 11, the list 75 includes thumbnail images of the worksheets 40a to 40e. The screen 70d displays information corresponding to each worksheet 40 in the list 75, overlaid on the worksheet. In the example shown in FIG. 11, the screen 70d displays text 76 indicating the number of terminals 20 that have selected the worksheet, overlaid on the thumbnail image of each worksheet 40. Specifically, text 76b indicating "2" is displayed over worksheet 40b, text 76c indicating "17" is displayed over worksheet 40c, and text 76d indicating "1" is displayed over worksheet 40d. Note that if the number of selected terminals 20 is "0", the display of the text 76 is omitted.

By checking screen 70d, the teacher can see that 17 terminals 20 have selected worksheet 40c, 2 terminals 20 have selected worksheet 40b, and 1 terminal 20 has selected worksheet 40d.

Furthermore, when the cursor is placed over any of the text 76 on the screen 70d, a tooltip 78 may be displayed showing the name of the student using the terminal 20 who has selected the worksheet 40 corresponding to that text 76. This allows the teacher to identify the student using the terminal 20 who has selected each worksheet 40.

When the second mode is selected, whether to display screen 70b shown in FIG. 8 or screen 70d shown in FIG. 11 is determined according to the simplified display flag stored in RAM 2 or storage device 3 of server 10. Specifically, when the simplified display flag indicates OFF, screen 70b shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and when the simplified display flag indicates ON, screen 70d shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. The simplified display flag is set in advance for each teacher. The teacher sets the simplified display flag stored in server 10 by operating terminal 30. For example, when button 74 is clicked, processor 1 of terminal 30 displays on display 6 a window inquiring whether the simplified display flag should be set to "ON" or "OFF", and sets the simplified display flag stored in server 10 according to the input to the window.

Figure 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of screen display processing in the shared mode in the system according to the first modified example. The flow shown in Figure 12 is executed each time either of buttons 73, 74 is clicked on the screens shown in Figures 6 to 9 and 11. The flowchart shown in Figure 12 differs from the flowchart shown in Figure 10 in that it includes steps S15A and S16A instead of steps S15 and S16, and further includes steps S31 to S33.

Step S15A differs from the processing of step S15 above in that if the second mode is accepted and the simplified display flag corresponding to the teacher ID added to the screen request indicates ON, only the selection sheet number and student ID are requested from each terminal 20. If the first mode is accepted, or if the second mode is accepted and the simplified display flag indicates OFF, the processor 1 of the server 10 performs the same processing in step S15A as in step S15 above.

Step S16A differs from the processing of step S16 above in that if a request for only the selection sheet number and student ID is received, then only the selection sheet number and student ID are sent to the server 10. If a request for only the selection sheet number and student ID is not received, in step S16A, the processor 1 of each terminal 20 performs the same processing as in step S16 above.

If it is determined in step S17 that the first mode has been accepted, the process proceeds to step S31. In step S31, the processor 1 of the server 10 determines whether the simplified display flag corresponding to the teacher ID added to the screen request is on. If the simplified display flag is off (NO in step S31), the process proceeds to step S22. If the simplified display flag is on (YES in step S31), the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the processor 1 of the server 10 performs a counting process on the selection sheet numbers received from each terminal 20. Specifically, for each of the multiple worksheets 40 distributed to the terminals 20, the processor 1 counts the number of terminals 20 that transmitted a selection sheet number identifying that worksheet 40. Furthermore, for each worksheet 40, the processor 1 identifies the student name linked to the student ID transmitted together with the selection sheet number identifying that worksheet 40. After step S32, the process proceeds to step S33.

In step S33, the processor 1 of the server 10 creates a screen 70d (see FIG. 11) showing the tabulation results of step S32. After step S33, the process proceeds to step S23.

<Modification 2>
In the system according to the first modification, the screen displayed when the second mode is selected and the simplified display flag is ON is not limited to the screen 70d shown in FIG.

Figure 13 shows yet another example of a screen displayed on the display 6 of the terminal 30 used by the teacher in the second mode.

As shown in FIG. 13, screen 70e differs from screen 70d shown in FIG. 11 in that it includes a table 77 instead of text 76 and tooltip 78. Table 77 is arranged below list 75 and has columns corresponding to each worksheet 40 included in list 75. Each column has field 77a in which the number of terminals 20 that have selected the corresponding worksheet 40 is written, and field 77b in which the name of the student using the terminal 20 that has selected the corresponding worksheet 40 is written.

By checking screen 70e, the teacher can easily grasp the number of terminals 20 that have selected each worksheet 40 and the students who are using the terminals 20 that have selected each worksheet 40.

<Modification 3>
Some or all of the functions realized by the processor 1 of the server 10 may be realized by the processor 1 of the terminal 30.

<Modification 4>
10 or 12, when the sharing mode is accepted, a target sheet is requested from the terminal 20 used by each student (steps S15, S15A). However, the processor 1 of the terminal 20 used by each student may periodically transmit an image of each worksheet 40, a selected sheet number, and a student ID to the server 10. The processor 1 of the server 10 may store this information periodically received from the terminal 20, and generate a screen in the sharing mode using this information when a screen request in the sharing mode is received from the terminal 30.

<Additional Notes>
As described above, the present embodiment includes the following disclosure.

[Configuration 1]
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accepting one of a first mode and a second mode as a mode for displaying on a second terminal a work status for a plurality of worksheets in each of a plurality of first terminals;
displaying, in response to receiving the first mode, a first screen including a list of images of a specified worksheet among the plurality of worksheets in the plurality of first terminals on the second terminal;
in response to receiving the second mode, causing each of the plurality of first terminals to display a second screen indicating a worksheet selected from the plurality of worksheets at the second terminal.

[Configuration 2]
The method according to configuration 1, wherein the first screen displays the specified worksheet corresponding to a first terminal among the plurality of first terminals that has selected a worksheet different from the specified worksheet in the list in a display format different from that of the specified worksheet corresponding to the remaining first terminals.

[Configuration 3]
3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second screen includes a list of images of the selected worksheets at the plurality of first terminals.

[Configuration 4]
The method according to configuration 1 or 2, wherein the second screen displays each of the plurality of worksheets in association with information about a first terminal that has selected the worksheet among the plurality of first terminals.

[Configuration 5]
The second screen is
a list of said plurality of worksheets;
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising overlaying each worksheet of the list of worksheets with the information corresponding to that worksheet.

[Configuration 6]
The method of configuration 4 or 5, wherein the information includes at least one of the number of first terminals displaying the corresponding worksheet and identification information identifying the users of the first terminals displaying the corresponding worksheet.

[Configuration 7]
A program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of configurations 1 to 6.

[Configuration 8]
A storage device storing the program according to configuration 7;
A computer comprising: a processor for executing the program.

The embodiments disclosed herein should be considered to be illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims, not by the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of the claims.

1 Processor, 2 RAM, 3 Storage device, 4 Communication interface, 5 Input device, 6 Display, 7 Program, 10 Server, 20, 30 Terminal, 40, 40a-40e Worksheet, 41 Answer column, 50, 60, 70, 70a-70e Screen, 51, 52, 61, 62, 71, 72 Area, 53, 54, 73, 74 Button, 55 Icon group, 75 List, 76, 76b-76d Text, 77 Table, 77a, 77b Field, 78 Tooltip, 100 System, 200 Computer.

Claims (8)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accepting one of a first mode and a second mode as a mode for displaying on a second terminal a work status for a plurality of worksheets in each of a plurality of first terminals;
displaying, in response to receiving the first mode, a first screen including a list of images of a specified worksheet among the plurality of worksheets in the plurality of first terminals on the second terminal;
in response to receiving the second mode, causing each of the plurality of first terminals to display a second screen indicating a worksheet selected from the plurality of worksheets at the second terminal. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first screen displays the specified worksheet corresponding to a first terminal that has selected a worksheet different from the specified worksheet among the plurality of first terminals in the list in a display format different from that of the specified worksheet corresponding to the remaining first terminals. The method of claim 1, wherein the second screen includes a list of images of the selected worksheets on the multiple first terminals. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second screen displays each of the plurality of worksheets in association with information about a first terminal that has selected the worksheet among the plurality of first terminals. The second screen is
a list of said plurality of worksheets;
The method of claim 4 , further comprising displaying the information corresponding to each worksheet in the list of worksheets overlaid on that worksheet. The method of claim 4, wherein the information includes at least one of the number of first terminals displaying the corresponding worksheet and identification information identifying a user of the first terminal displaying the corresponding worksheet. A program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A storage device storing the program according to claim 7;
A computer comprising: a processor for executing the program.

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