Given a short unit on web surfing and using search engines. It is also assumed that, except for those students who forge ahead on their own, the instructor will be available either in the classroom or through e-mail to assist students. The concepts of HTML and hypertext are not difficult. And that's why all the political cartoons about parents going to their children for help with computers, from installations of software to hardware. So, instructors using this module may be the last generation to have to focus so much on the mechanics of hypertext.
Students are likely to arrive at college already knowing it.
We can then, perhaps, focus on the more sophisticated and philosophical aspects of hypertext communication, instead of the techniques that make it possible. Until then, we've got a bit of learning to do ourselves. If hypertext, HTML, and URLs are new to you, take heart, they're not difficult. You and your students can learn together. I started learning HTML with a book titled something like Learn HTML in 10 Minutes a Day .