QUOTE(PDUNZ @ 22 Jul, 2009 - 06:54 AM)

I actually think some schools use a system like that.
I know some universities use a system like that...We supplied the signature pads and software to them

If you are going to be looking at an electronic roll call type application, why not go the whole hog and automate everything? The system we supplied was really simple - it took a signature and converted it into an image to be printed on an ID card. As well as doing this, there is no reason why it could not be expanded to take fingerprints as well as signatures.
You could then have the fingerprint scanners in the classrooms so everyone scans in when they arrive (and maybe when they leave). You could even go so far as to have this all conencted to a central database with everyone's timetable stored in it, so if anyone scans into the wrong class, or misses a class, they system can email (or page or something) the class lecturer.
This post has been edited by Bort: 22 Jul, 2009 - 07:56 AM