diff --git a/packages/alea-frontend/components/DrawingInput.tsx b/packages/alea-frontend/components/DrawingInput.tsx
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+import React, { useRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+enum DrawingStatus {
+  start,
+  continue,
+  end,
+}
+type DrawingOperation = {
+  status: DrawingStatus;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  color: string;
+  opacity: number;
+  width: number;
+};
+const DrawingComponent = ({
+  initialDrawing = [],
+  children,
+  onExport,
+  width = '100%',
+  height = '400px',
+  id = '',
+}: {
+  initialDrawing?: [];
+  children?;
+  onExport?;
+  width?: string;
+  height?: string;
+  id?: string;
+}) => {
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement | null>(null);
+  const ctxRef = useRef(null);
+  const [isDrawing, setIsDrawing] = useState(false);
+  const [lineWidth, setLineWidth] = useState(2);
+  const [lineColor, setLineColor] = useState('black');
+  const [lineOpacity, setLineOpacity] = useState(1);
+
+  const [drawingOperations, setDrawingOperations] = useState<DrawingOperation[]>(
+    JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(`${id}-draw`) ?? '[]')
+  );
+  // Initialization when the component
+  // mounts for the first time
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    ctx.canvas.style.touchAction = 'none';
+    // ctx.lineCap = 'round';
+    // ctx.lineJoin = 'round';
+    ctx.globalAlpha = lineOpacity;
+    ctx.strokeStyle = lineColor;
+    ctx.lineWidth = lineWidth;
+    ctxRef.current = ctx;
+  }, [lineColor, lineOpacity, lineWidth]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    drawingOperations.forEach((c) => {
+      ctxRef.current.globalAlpha = c.opacity;
+      ctxRef.current.strokeStyle = c.color;
+      ctxRef.current.lineWidth = c.width;
+      switch (c.status) {
+        case DrawingStatus.start:
+          ctxRef.current.beginPath();
+          ctxRef.current.moveTo(c.x, c.y);
+          break;
+        case DrawingStatus.continue:
+          ctxRef.current.lineTo(c.x, c.y);
+          ctxRef.current.stroke();
+          ctxRef.current.beginPath();
+          ctxRef.current.moveTo(c.x, c.y);
+          break;
+        case DrawingStatus.end:
+          ctxRef.current.closePath();
+          break;
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+    });
+  }, []);
+  // Function for starting the drawing
+  const startDrawing = (
+    e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLCanvasElement> | React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>
+  ) => {
+    const { x, y } = getMousePos(e);
+    ctxRef.current.beginPath();
+
+    ctxRef.current.moveTo(x, y);
+    drawingOperations.push({
+      status: DrawingStatus.start,
+      x,
+      y,
+      color: lineColor,
+      opacity: lineOpacity,
+      width: lineWidth,
+    });
+    setIsDrawing(true);
+  };
+  function getMousePos(
+    evt: React.MouseEvent<HTMLCanvasElement> | React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>
+  ): { x: number; y: number } {
+    let clientX: number, clientY: number;
+    if (!evt) return;
+    if ('clientX' in evt) {
+      clientX = evt.clientX;
+      clientY = evt.clientY;
+    } else {
+      clientX = evt.touches[0]?.clientX ?? 0;
+      clientY = evt.touches[0]?.clientY ?? 0;
+    }
+    const rect = canvasRef.current.getBoundingClientRect(),
+      scaleX = canvasRef.current.width / rect.width,
+      scaleY = canvasRef.current.height / rect.height;
+    return {
+      x: (clientX - rect.left) * scaleX,
+      y: (clientY - rect.top) * scaleY,
+    };
+  }
+  // Function for ending the drawing
+  const endDrawing = (
+    e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLCanvasElement> | React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>
+  ) => {
+    ctxRef.current.closePath();
+    const { x, y } = getMousePos(e);
+    drawingOperations.push({
+      status: DrawingStatus.end,
+      x,
+      y,
+      color: lineColor,
+      opacity: lineOpacity,
+      width: lineWidth,
+    });
+    setIsDrawing(false);
+  };
+  setTimeout(() => localStorage.setItem(`${id}-draw`, JSON.stringify(drawingOperations)), 300);
+  const onResetClicked = () => {
+    setDrawingOperations([]);
+    const ctx = canvasRef.current.getContext('2d');
+    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvasRef.current.width, canvasRef.current.height);
+  };
+  const draw = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLCanvasElement> | React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>) => {
+    if (!isDrawing) {
+      return;
+    }
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const { x, y } = getMousePos(e);
+    ctxRef.current.lineTo(x, y);
+
+    ctxRef.current.stroke();
+    // for smoother drawing
+    ctxRef.current.beginPath();
+    ctxRef.current.moveTo(x, y);
+    drawingOperations.push({
+      status: DrawingStatus.continue,
+      x,
+      y,
+      color: lineColor,
+      opacity: lineOpacity,
+      width: lineWidth,
+    });
+  };
+  const startDrawingTouch = (e: React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>) => {
+    console.log(e);
+  };
+  const drawingTouch = (e: React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+
+    console.log(e);
+  };
+  const endDrawingTouch = (e: React.TouchEvent<HTMLCanvasElement>) => {
+    console.log(e);
+  };
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={ctxRef}
+      style={{ position: 'relative', width: width, height: height, touchAction: 'none' }}
+    >
+      {children}
+      <canvas
+        ref={canvasRef}
+        onMouseDown={startDrawing}
+        onMouseUp={endDrawing}
+        onMouseMove={draw}
+        onTouchStart={startDrawing}
+        onTouchMove={draw}
+        onTouchEnd={endDrawing}
+        style={{
+          position: 'absolute',
+          top: 0,
+          left: 0,
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          background: 'transparent',
+        }}
+      />
+      <Menu
+        onReset={onResetClicked}
+        setLineColor={setLineColor}
+        setLineWidth={setLineWidth}
+        setLineOpacity={setLineOpacity}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default DrawingComponent;
+function Menu({ setLineColor, setLineWidth, setLineOpacity, onReset }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="Menu">
+      <label>Brush Color </label>
+      <input
+        type="color"
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          setLineColor(e.target.value);
+        }}
+      />
+      <label>Brush Width </label>
+      <input
+        type="range"
+        min="3"
+        max="20"
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          setLineWidth(e.target.value);
+        }}
+      />
+      <label>Brush Opacity</label>
+      <input
+        type="range"
+        min="1"
+        max="100"
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          setLineOpacity(+e.target.value / 100);
+        }}
+      />
+      <button onClick={onReset}>Reset</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/alea-frontend/pages/taking-note/[courseId].tsx b/packages/alea-frontend/pages/taking-note/[courseId].tsx
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+import { FTML, FTMLDocument, FTMLSetup, getFlamsServer } from '@kwarc/ftml-react';
+import { Box, CircularProgress } from '@mui/material';
+import { getCourseInfo } from '@stex-react/api';
+import { CourseInfo } from '@stex-react/utils';
+import { NextPage } from 'next';
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
+import DrawingComponent from '../../components/DrawingInput';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+const CourseTakingNote: NextPage = () => {
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const courseId = router.query.courseId as string;
+  const [courses, setCourses] = useState<{ [id: string]: CourseInfo } | undefined>(undefined);
+  const [toc, setToc] = useState<FTML.TOCElem[] | undefined>(undefined);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getCourseInfo().then(setCourses);
+  }, []);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const notes = courses?.[courseId]?.notes;
+    if (!notes) return;
+    setToc(undefined);
+    getFlamsServer()
+      .contentToc({ uri: notes })
+      .then(([css, toc] = [[], []]) => {
+        setToc(toc);
+      });
+  }, [router.isReady, courses, courseId]);
+  if (!router.isReady || !courses || !toc) {
+    return <CircularProgress />;
+  }
+  const courseInfo = courses[courseId];
+  const { notes } = courseInfo;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <FTMLSetup>
+        <FTMLDocument
+          key={notes}
+          document={{ type: 'FromBackend', uri: notes, toc: { Predefined: toc } }}
+          onFragment={(uri, kind) => {
+            if (kind.type === 'Slide')
+              return (ch) => (
+                <Box display="flex" justifyContent="space-between">
+                    <DrawingComponent id={uri}>
+                  <Box flex={1}>{ch}</Box>
+                  </DrawingComponent>
+                </Box>
+              );
+            return;
+          }}
+        ></FTMLDocument>
+      </FTMLSetup>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+export default CourseTakingNote;
diff --git a/packages/alea-frontend/pages/taking-note/index.tsx b/packages/alea-frontend/pages/taking-note/index.tsx
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+import { NextPage } from 'next';
+import DrawingComponent from '../../components/DrawingInput';
+
+const IndexPage: NextPage = () => {
+  return <DrawingComponent></DrawingComponent>;
+};
+export default IndexPage;