Using buttons on some of the cards, we were able to provide some interactivity. While it was still primarily a linear learning experience, it worked. Students learned more, and we could spend time in class discussing the images that they had looked at, as well as the cultural and political forces which were revealed by the images and which had a hand in bringing about changes in Style. This past year, we have converted the HyperCard stacks into interactive World Wide Web pages. We use frames so that the student can look at the image while scrolling through the text and so that we can link a series of images to one block of text.
Students seem to respond well, they learn even better, and they can study the images at home.
This past fall, we used the Web to give the Objective portion of our Final exam, which students could either take at home, at any computer lab on campus, or in our own design lab. Their answers were e-mailed, and we could give them responses to their exam within 30 minutes.