Fig. 1

Summary of student responses to the prompt Drag and drop each of the following vodcast attributes into the box that best describes their value to your learning: Essential, Nice to have, or Not helpful. This figure shows the relative ranking of attributes that students deemed Essential. Graphs summarizing the relative student ranking of Not helpful and Nice to have attributes are in Additional files 2 and 3. On the far right side of the x axis, an interactive Table of contents is generated automatically with the Flash™ vodcast software listed in Table 1. Suggested reading refers to slides with assigned pages/chapters in required/recommended textbooks. Objects moving on screen includes animations, PowerPoint™ slide transitions and the mouse/cursor