Animated graphics are part of the NetBiochem offerings. Some are part of the completed instructional material, while others are stand-alone QuickTime movies that will eventually be linked to treatments of appropriate topics. In designing them we tried to make reasonable decisions regarding the relationship between file size and information content. Long waits for files that prove not to be very instructive can be frustrating. Repurposing The information in NetBiochem can be used on line by students, or it can be downloaded for local use by students or faculty.
Students can generate permanent printed records of what they learned.
Faculty could modify downloaded files to correspond to local needs, adding or deleting material to bring the content into congruence with the emphasis they prefer in their own course. They would then run the modified versions locally for their own students. This would be far easier than de novo creation of instructional software, yet it would allow any specific instructor or faculty group to provide software with content conforming exactly to their own ideas of what is important, and containing every intellectual nuance deemed valuable. Faculty who do not intend to use computer based learning, but who need visual material such as diagrams or animated sequences for traditional lectures could download items of their choice for this purpose. They could then project these from a computer during their lectures, using a video projector or a projection panel, both of which are becoming commonly available in educational facilities.