Case Builder

Case Builder 5.0.9 is a HyperCard 2.2 stack designed to make it easy to develop, test, and modify interactive case studies, especially in ethics. Please note that Case Builder will run only on Macintosh computers. You can read more about using Case Builder, and look at a mock-up of two sample cases, by selecting here.

Everything you need to run Case Builder is in a self-extracting archive. Two versions are available -- one which requires HyperCard 2.2 to run, and one which does not (the "standalone" version, which is much larger than the other). Once you have transferred the archive to your hard disk, double-click on it to create a new folder.

The following items will be in the folder:

HyperCard stacks needed to run Case Builder:

Case Builder
Case Template
Options

Sample cases:

"Anonymous Letter" is a complex case study in research ethics, focussing on a historian who may have fabricated data.
"Helpful Hints" includes very simple examples of two different models of interactive case studies, some ethical considerations to bear in mind when creating case studies, and "Using Case Builder."
"Mary Anderson" is a relatively simple case study on collegial interactions.

Microsoft Word documents:

Tools Explanation -- explains the drawing tools available in Case Builder
Using Case Builder -- explains how to use Case Builder; "Tools Explanation" is embedded in this document

To use Case Builder, simply double-click on "Case Builder" and you're ready to go.

Feel free to use or adapt the sample cases as needed. We strongly suggest that you try out the Helpful Hints stack first.

In Case Builder, click on "About Case Builder" (in the lower right corner of the map) for information about Case Builder's development and its distribution as shareware.

Case Builder was primarily tested on a Centris 650 with 6 megabytes of RAM dedicated to HyperCard. It may not perform in a satisfactory manner on slower machines, or machines with less memory.

We do not recommend using HyperCard Player; it may work most of the time, but the stack has not been tested on the Player.

Send comments or questions to Kenneth D. Pimple, Ph.D., Research Associate, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408; (812) 855-0261; PIMPLE@INDIANA.EDU.

If you have HyperCard 2.2, select here to transfer Case Builder.

If you do NOT have HyperCard 2.2, select here to transfer the standalone version of Case Builder.

Last updated: 20 June 1996
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/casebld.html
Comments: pimple@indiana.edu
Copyright 1996, The Trustees of Indiana University