Controversial issues are avoided, leaving instructors free to set the tone of the course as they please. The modules can be assigned as homework and the material tested with short multiple-choice tests before it is covered in class. Since the presentation is at least as good as most lectures, students can grasp the material as easily as if it were covered in class. Test banks for each module containing questions geared exclusively to the material covered in it are being made available for use by instructors but at present they contain only enough questions for one or two tests. More questions will be added as I use the modules myself.
Study guides are available for each module for use by students and instructors.
They outline what is covered in the respective modules and reproduce all equations, figures and charts. The main function of these guides is to provide instructors with a quick run-down of what is covered in the modules without requiring them to use the computer. Experience shows that students do not need them because they tend to make notes as they go through the modules, just as they would do in a lecture. Indeed, the guides are constructed to present only sparce summaries of the material in the modules to discourage students with limited grade aspirations from using them instead of the modules. They are designed to lay down the basic principles that must be in any introductory-intermediate theory course, while staying away from issues of controversy that instructors would typically want to address in their own way.