The nodes are linked to each other to form a web, so that a person can wander through the stack of cards at will rather than go down a liner path of information. HyperStudio is a software package which allows a multimedia author to create nodes and link them together. To create visual images, the author can paint them using fairly sophisticated paint tools, or bring them in from clip art, a screen capture, a digital camera, the Internet, or a graphics program. Adding sounds or creating animations are also easy to do. The cards are linked through buttons.
Any card can have a single button to move to the next card, or many buttons to choose from.
The alphabet stack below illustrates how an interconnected web might be structured. To learn how to use Hyperstudio, click on the link below.