My aim was not only to provide this material to my students, but also to have some mechanism whereby I could check whether the students had read it. One way was to provide questions on each reading assignment that would have to be handed in. Company tours I wanted to utilize the computer for some virtual tours of various companies. I know, from previous semesters, that students expressed interest in being able to see what a company does. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to arrange for a class trip to a company.
Students are too pressed for time when they come to class.
I was never able to find a common time when students would be able to take a physical tour. I was looking for software that would provide some interesting walk-through tours. I would need some questions provided at the end of each tour that students could e-mail to me. Although I was not treating this course as a traditional one, I felt a textbook should be required. Students feel more at home when there is reading material designed to supplement the computer.