JPH09231290A - Entrance examination application system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden of production of an application form and also to reduce the burden of electronic jobs for check of the application forms and the generation of data at a university by distributing the application forms and the check programs via a storage medium and by accessing them via the electronic mails. SOLUTION: An application form/check program editing part 103 edits the contents of a storage means 101. An applicant sets a storage medium 108 storing his application form and input check program to a processor 110 and performs an input operation of the application form. Then this input operation is checked. A completed application form is stored in the medium 108 such as a floppy disk, etc., and sent to a university or sent to the university through an electronic mail, etc., via a public circuit network 109. An application check part 104 of a host computer 102 of the university adds an examinee's number, etc., to the application form data received via the medium 108 or an electronic mail control part 106. Then an application master production part 105 stores the contents of the application form in an application master 107.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an application for an entrance examination conducted at an educational institution such as a university.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of applying for an entrance examination conducted at a university or the like, the applicant refers to a manual filled in by an applicant's application form (OCR paper, handwritten) mailed from the university or purchased from a bookstore. Fill out directly and send to the university. In addition, the university side creates data for the applicant master by inputting the data of the application form sent by mail. For this reason, the burden on the applicant side such as rewriting and resending due to entry mistakes is large for the applicant, and the university side has a lot of work such as checking the sent application form and digitizing the data, and mistakes also occur. doing.

[0003]

As described above, according to the conventional method of applying, the burden on the applicant such as rewriting and resending due to an entry error is heavy for the applicant, and further, the university does not There is a problem in that there are many operations such as checking and digitization of data, and mistakes are likely to occur. The object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of rewriting and re-sending due to entry mistakes by the applicant by providing a system for reducing entry mistakes in the applicant's vote, and to check the application form and digitize data on the university side. It is to reduce the work load.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the following may be performed.

[0005] A check program for checking the contents by comparing the input screen information for creating the application form, the check information for checking the contents of the input items, and the previous period check information and the entered application form creation data. Provided to volunteers, display the application form creation screen based on the input screen information when creating the application form, and when the application form data is input, enter the application form using the application form creation data and the check information by the check program. The feature is to check the contents.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The entrance examination application system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, the outline of processing will be described with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 101 designates a storage means for storing an entry screen for the application form and a check program for each input item, 102 a host computer, 103 for editing the contents of the storage means 101, and storing such as an electronic mail or a CD-ROM. This is the application form and check program editorial department for providing the applicants with a medium. Reference numeral 104 is a volunteer application check unit that adds an examination number and the like to the volunteer application created by the volunteer, 105 is a volunteer master creation unit that creates a volunteer master from the volunteer application, and 106
Is an e-mail control unit for providing the application form by e-mail and receiving the application form created by the applicant by e-mail.
Reference numeral 107 denotes an application master that stores the contents of the application form. 1
08 is the application form and the check program editing unit 10
3 is a recording medium in which the contents edited by 3 are stored, and is realized by a CD-ROM or the like. 109 is a public line network. 110 is a processing device for creating the application form,
Implemented on workstations and personal computers. A storage medium 111 stores the created application form, and is realized by a floppy disk or the like.

First, the content of the storage means 101 is edited in the application form and check program editing section 103. Then, the information is distributed to the applicants by a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or becomes accessible to the applicants by electronic mail through a public line. As a method of distributing the application form and the check program to the applicants, distribution on the storage medium as described above or distribution by e-mail using a public line can be considered.
The case of distribution by a medium such as a ROM will be described as an example.

The applicant sets the storage medium in which the application form and the input check program are stored in the processing device 110.

The applicant inputs from the processing device 110 to the application form. At that time, the input is checked. The completed application form is stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk and sent to the university side, or transmitted to the university side by e-mail using the public line network 109.

On the university side, the application form data (e-mail control unit 1) sent by the sent storage medium or e-mail.
The application number is received by the application check unit 104, and the content of the application form is stored in the application master 107 by the application master creation unit 105.

Next, regarding the work for preparing the application form, FIG. 2 and FIG.
-It will be described using the flow of FIG.

The applicant sets the application form and the input check program provided on a storage medium such as a CD-ROM in the processor 110 and activates the input check program for creating the application form. (Step 501) A table for input check is expanded by the start command, the input screen is stored in the input screen data storage unit 205, and is displayed on the display device 202 through the screen control unit 206. (Step 502) FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram when the input check program is expanded in the processing device 110.

Reference numeral 201 is a control unit, 202 is a display device which is realized by a CRT display or the like, 203 is an input device and 204 is a storage device which is realized by a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk. The control unit 201 has 20
There are 5 to 211 means.

Reference numeral 205 denotes a storage unit for storing input screen data (application form), and 206 denotes screen control for performing control for displaying input operations such as data and commands input from the input device 203 on the display device 202. Part, 207 is the input device 2
03 is an input control unit for controlling 03, 208 is a check table expanded for input check, 209 is an input item check unit for checking by comparing the check table with input contents, 210 is a storage unit for the created application form The storage device control unit 211 stores the data in the storage device and the electronic mail control unit 211.

FIG. 3 shows a part of the relationship between the input screen data 205 and the check table 208 and the e-mail address used when sending the application form to the university.

Reference numeral 301 is an image of an input screen (application form), and reference numerals 302 to 308 are part of the contents of the check table. 302 is the name of the desired department, 303 is the name of the desired department,
304 is the same content item, 305 is a high school code etc. added for each school, 306 is a high school name, 307 is a course existing in the school, and 308 is a department. The same content item 304 stores the position information when it is necessary to enter the same content in not only the application form but also the examination form such as a name. 30
Reference numeral 9 is an e-mail address used when sending the created application form to the university.

To create the application form, the applicant performs an input operation from the input means 203 on the input screen displayed on the screen. (Step 503) Whether the input content is a data input operation or an input operation such as a command is judged by the input item check unit 209, and if it is an input operation, the control moves to Step 505, and otherwise. If there is, control is transferred to 508. (Step 504) If the input contents are data, the input data and the check table are input item check unit 209.
Will be checked by. For example, if “11111A” is entered in the high school code, the value entered in the check table high school code 305 (11
Search using 11A) as a key. If the corresponding record exists, it is determined that the input is correct, and if the corresponding record does not exist, it is determined that the input is incorrect. If there is a corresponding record, the content of the high school name etc. 306 of that record is extracted, and "Japan high school" is automatically displayed as the high school name on the input screen. Also, when you position the cursor for input in the course input area, the contents of the 307 course part of the check table, which is an input candidate, "Full time system" and "Part time system" are displayed on a separate screen, and by selecting there, The selected content is input in the input area of. Even if the wrong high school code etc. is entered, the name of the high school etc. is displayed on the screen, so that the applicant can easily notice the input error. Also, like the desired department / department or name,
For items that have the same input contents on the application form and the examination form,
Based on the location information stored in the same content of 304,
By displaying the entered contents in the input items, it is possible to save the trouble of repeatedly entering the same contents. (Steps 503 to 505) When the value is determined to be correct in step 505, the input data is temporarily stored in the internal memory (step 50).
6) Move the cursor to the next input item (step 50)
7) If it is determined in step 504 that the command has been input, it is checked whether or not there is an uninput item. this is,
When the input data is judged to be a correct value, it is temporarily stored, so it is possible to check the stored data. Then, if there is an uninput item, an input operation is requested, and if all items are input, the stored data is stored in the storage device 204 through the storage device control unit 210.
To store. (Step 509) The applicant inputs an end command from the input device 203 and ends the application form preparation. (Step 510) The e-mail address 309 of the university is stored in the storage medium or e-mail containing the application form and the input check program provided by the university. The created application form is transmitted to the university using the electronic mail control unit 211 based on this address. There is also a method of storing the application form in a recording medium such as a floppy disk instead of e-mail and sending it to the university, but in the description of the embodiment of the present invention,
The description will focus on the case of using electronic mail.

(Step 511) The electronic mail control unit 106 on the university side takes out the application form from the received electronic mail and sends a reception notice to the processing unit of the applicant. (Step 512) With this, the applicant can confirm whether or not the application form has been certainly received.

For the application form taken out by the electronic mail control unit, the application number is added to the application form in the application form check 104. Next, the applicant master creation unit 10
5, the content of the application form is stored in the application master. (Step 513) FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the volunteer master. Examination number 401 is the first choice
The department, name, etc. are stored in one record for each applicant. As a result, the work of digitizing the application form sent by paper as in the conventional method can be performed without human intervention, so that the burden of digitization work can be reduced.

[0022]

According to the present invention, a program for checking the application form and its input items can be distributed by a storage medium or accessed by e-mail so that the applicant can fill out a paper or OCR sheet. Since the application form that has been done is digitized and the input contents are automatically checked, there is no need to make entry mistakes as in the conventional method, and input mistakes can be corrected immediately. Therefore, the burden of creating the application form can be reduced. Since the application form can be obtained as electronic information from the university side, it is possible to significantly reduce the burden of checking the application form and digitizing the data. Further, by using an electronic mail as a method of submitting the application form, there is an advantage for the applicant to immediately know whether or not the application form has been accepted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a processing device

[Fig. 3] Configuration diagram of input screen and check table

[Fig. 4] Data structure of volunteer master

[Figure 5] Processing flow

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Application form and check program storage means, 10
2 ... Host computer, 103 ... Applicant and check program editing section, 104 ... Applicant check section, 10
5 ... Volunteer master creation unit, 106 ... E-mail control unit,
107 ... Volunteer master, 108 ... Storage medium, 109 ... Public line network, 110 ... Processing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Input screen information for creating the application form, check information for checking the contents of the input items, and checking the contents by comparing the previous period check information with the entered application form data The program is provided to the volunteers through the communication line, the application form creation screen is displayed based on the input screen information when creating the application form, and the application form is created by the check program when the application form data is input. An entrance examination application system characterized by checking the input contents based on data and check information.