In the fall of 2012, two language courses—French C and Modern Hebrew—worked with ATG to make multimedia-rich flashcards, replacing the traditional paper model with a digital version that would offer additional tools and appeal to different learning styles.

The goals of this project were to add “culturally representative” images to the cards, to include audio of a native speaker saying the word, to indicate with color coding whether a word was masculine or feminine, to embed short video clips in the cards, and to create cards that were easily edited and organized by teaching staff. It was built with HTML, CSS, and XML.

The cards helped with teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom, from the basic challenge of preparing a new vocabulary list to the more complex task of practicing communication. The content that was added to the cards acted as a springboard for discussion.

Before being sunset in 2020, the flashcard tool that ATG staff developed for French and Hebrew was used many other courses in the languages, sciences, and art history.