The general problems to be solved by the EClass software solution are the following:

• Provides a tool for displaying presentations and slideshows to students over multiple computer workstations.
• Allows for interactive learning through visual tools, including an interactive whiteboard.
• Gives instructors the power to control students' learning environment from their consoles.
• Cuts down on the amount of paper handouts needed in the classroom.
• Allows for more hierarchically-based lectures, with the ability to expand and collapse topics dynamically.
• Gives students the ability to take notes electronically and associate their notes with a particular point or slide of the lecture.

The interactive learning environment provided by EClass allows students to learn in a manner different from typical in-class lectures. While other commercial distance learning software solutions exist, the EClass solution provides the added benefit of being created as an educational study. This means that the fully-documented source code is public domain and available for others to learn from.